2011 AS&U 100: 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

The school districts listed below represent the biggest schools in the United States by enrollment. The 2011 AS&U 100 — a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts — also provides the following data:

Rank	School District	State	Enrollment (2009-10)	Enrollment (1999-2000)	10-Year Change (%)
1	New York City	NY	1,038,741	1,075,710	-3.44%
2	Los Angeles Unified	CA	670,746	710,007	-5.53%
3	Chicago	IL	407,157	431,750	-5.70%
4	Miami-Dade County	FL	345,804	360,136	-3.98%
5	Clark County	NV	307,059	217,526	41.16%
6	Broward County	FL	256,137	241,094	6.24%
7	Houston	TX	202,773	209,716	-3.31%
8	Hillsborough County	FL	193,265	159,517	21.16%
9	Hawaii	HI	180,196	185,860	-3.05%
10	Orange County	FL	173,259	144,231	20.13%
11	Palm Beach	FL	172,897	149,665	15.52%
12	Fairfax County	VA	171,956	152,952	12.42%
13	Philadelphia	PA	165,694	205,199	-19.25%
14	Gwinnett County	GA	159,296	104,552	52.36%
15	Dallas	TX	157,111	160,477	-2.10%
16	Montgomery County	MD	141,722	130,720	8.42%
17	Wake County	NC	140,558	95,248	47.57%
18	Charlotte-Mecklenburg County	NC	136,969	100,553	36.22%
19	San Diego Unified	CA	131,417	140,743	-6.63%
20	Prince George's County	MD	127,039	131,059	-3.07%
21	Duval County	FL	122,586	126,362	-2.99%
22	Memphis	TN	109,300	112,819	-3.12%
23	Cobb County	GA	107,245	93,657	14.51%
24	Pinellas County	FL	105,238	111,793	-5.86%
25	Cypress-Fairbanks	TX	104,231	60,370	72.65%
26	Baltimore County	MD	103,324	106,465	-2.95%
27	DeKalb County	GA	99,406	95,283	4.33%
28	Jefferson County	KY	98,808	97,053	1.81%
29	Albuquerque	NM	96,572	85,381	13.11%
30	Polk County	FL	94,530	78,685	20.14%
31	Northside	TX	92,335	62,536	47.65%
32	Detroit	MI	90,499	167,124	-45.85%
33	Fulton County	GA	90,399	67,025	34.87%
34	Long Beach Unified	CA	86,283	91,465	-5.67%
35	Jefferson County	CO	86,282	88,579	-2.59%
36	Austin	TX	84,676	77,723	8.95%
37	Baltimore City	MD	82,866	103,000	-19.55%
38	Milwaukee	WI	82,096	99,729	-17.68%
39	Lee County	FL	80,484	56,109	43.44%
40	Fort Worth	TX	80,209	78,654	1.98%
41	Denver	CO	77,267	69,693	10.87%
42	Prince William County	VA	76,861	52,551	46.26%
43	Fresno Unified	CA	75,468	78,766	-4.19%
44	Nashville-Davidson County	TN	75,080	70,176	6.99%
45	Anne Arundel County	MD	74,776	74,663	0.15%
46	Guilford County	NC	72,758	62,486	16.44%
47	Brevard County	FL	72,412	69,661	3.95%
48	Virginia Beach	VA	71,182	77,363	-7.99%
49	Greenville	SC	70,969	59,176	19.93%
50	Granite	UT	70,595	72,170	-2.18%
51	Davis	UT	69,689	59,486	17.15%
52	Fort Bend	TX	69,374	52,704	31.63%
53	Mesa Unified	AZ	67,471	71,894	-6.15%
54	Pasco County	FL	67,147	47,691	40.80%
55	Alpine	UT	65,918	45,842	43.79%
56	North East	TX	65,498	49,197	33.13%
57	Washoe County	NV	64,838	54,508	18.95%
58	Seminole County	FL	64,457	59,326	8.65%
59	Arlington	TX	63,487	56,773	11.83%
60	El Paso	TX	63,378	62,306	1.72%
61	Aldine	TX	62,792	50,890	23.39%
62	Mobile County	AL	62,767	65,067	-3.53%
63	Elk Grove Unified	CA	62,483	45,094	38.56%
64	Volusia County	FL	62,306	60,688	2.67%
65	Loudoun County	VA	60,003	28,787	108.44%
66	Douglas County	CO	59,932	32,446	84.71%
67	Chesterfield County	VA	59,509	50,847	17.04%
68	Katy	TX	59,078	32,072	84.20%
69	Garland	TX	57,861	49,036	18.00%
70	Santa Ana Unified	CA	56,937	58,043	-1.91%
71	Knox County	TN	56,758	52,840	7.41%
72	Boston	MA	55,371	62,950	-12.04%
73	Tucson Unified	AZ	55,369	62,548	-11.48%
74	San Antonio	TX	55,327	57,565	-3.89%
75	San Francisco Unified	CA	55,140	60,896	-9.45%
76	Plano	TX	54,939	45,133	21.73%
77	San Bernardino Unified	CA	53,837	50,340	6.95%
78	Capistrano Unified	CA	53,381	43,648	22.30%
79	Cumberland County	NC	53,035	51,300	3.38%
80	Columbus	OH	52,810	65,490	-19.36%
81	Forsyth County	NC	52,795	43,687	20.85%
82	Pasadena	TX	52,303	41,880	24.89%
83	Osceola County	FL	52,139	31,866	63.62%
84	Corona-Norco Unified	CA	52,052	35,148	48.09%
85	Cherry Creek	CO	51,786	41,052	26.15%
86	Lewisville	TX	50,840	36,944	37.61%
87	Howard County	MD	50,641	43,473	16.49%
88	Clayton County	GA	50,204	45,266	10.91%
89	Conroe	TX	49,629	33,286	49.10%
90	Anchorage	AK	49,592	49,382	0.43%
91	Henrico County	VA	49,407	40,818	21.04%
92	Brownsville	TX	49,121	40,195	22.21%
93	Atlanta	GA	48,909	59,429	-17.70%
94	Jordan	UT	48,853	73,111	-33.18%
95	Omaha	NE	48,692	45,039	8.11%
96	Cleveland	OH	48,392	76,559	-36.79%
97	Wichita	KS	48,324	47,778	1.14%
98	Shelby County	TN	48,211	49,078	-1.77%
99	Garden Grove Unified	CA	47,950	48,031	-0.17%
100	Sacramento City Unified	CA	47,890	51,898	-7.72%
101	San Juan Unified	CA	47,327	48,052	-1.51%
102	Seattle	WA	46,522	47,989	-3.06%
103	Oakland Unified	CA	46,099	55,051	-16.26%
104	Portland	OR	45,748	53,587	-14.63%
105	Alief	TX	45,553	41,762	9.08%
106	Klein	TX	44,824	31,777	41.06%
107	Jefferson Parish	LA	44,713	51,835	-13.74%
108	Ysleta	TX	44,620	46,950	-4.96%
109	Washington, D.C.	DC	43,866	70,762	-38.01%
110	Charleston	SC	43,063	43,793	-1.67%
111	Round Rock	TX	43,008	30,086	42.95%
112	Manatee County	FL	42,939	35,463	21.08%
113	Collier County	FL	42,714	32,306	32.22%
114	Riverside Unified	CA	42,696	37,597	13.56%
115	Oklahoma City	OK	42,549	39,531	7.63%
116	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	42,307	55,652	-23.98%
117	Sweetwater Union High	CA	42,209	34,010	24.11%
118	Marion County	FL	42,005	38,405	9.37%
119	Adams 12 Five Star	CO	41,949	28,947	44.92%
120	Hamilton County	TN	41,832	42,929	-2.56%
121	Caddo Parish	LA	41,757	46,222	-9.66%
122	Tulsa	OK	41,493	42,793	-3.04%
123	Elgin Unit-46	IL	41,446	35,546	16.60%
124	Socorro	TX	41,357	25,305	63.43%
125	Sarasota County	FL	41,281	34,569	19.42%
126	Lake County	FL	41,050	28,548	43.79%
127	Fontana Unified	CA	41,004	35,644	15.04%
128	Henry County	GA	40,951	21,784	87.99%
129	United	TX	40,885	25,627	59.54%
130	Escambia County	FL	40,613	45,297	-10.34%
131	Salem-Keizer	OR	40,259	34,293	17.40%
132	Frederick County	MD	40,159	36,059	11.37%
133	Anoka-Hennepin	MN	39,904	40,964	-2.59%
134	Chesapeake	VA	39,883	37,363	6.74%
135	Killeen	TX	39,603	29,298	35.17%
136	Newark	NJ	39,443	42,101	-6.31%
137	Union County	NC	39,395	21,949	79.48%
138	St. Lucie County	FL	39,013	29,356	32.90%
139	Gilbert Unified	AZ	38,800	26,483	46.51%
140	Harford County	MD	38,636	39,334	-1.77%
141	St. Paul	MN	38,531	45,253	-14.85%
142	Cherokee County	GA	38,293	24,969	53.36%
143	Corpus Christi	TX	38,196	39,618	-3.59%
144	Chandler Unified	AZ	38,147	18,690	104.10%
145	Stockton Unified	CA	38,141	36,771	3.73%
146	Beaverton	OR	38,120	32,591	16.96%
147	Clovis Unified	CA	38,004	31,933	19.01%
148	Kern Union High	CA	37,928	28,452	33.31%
149	Horry	SC	37,790	27,989	35.02%
150	Rutherford County	TN	37,679	24,815	51.84%
151	Clear Creek	TX	37,611	28,846	30.39%
152	Peoria Unified	AZ	37,500	31,063	20.72%
153	Mesquite	TX	37,272	31,661	17.72%
154	Fayette County	KY	36,988	33,267	11.19%
155	Adams-Arapahoe	CO	36,967	29,639	24.72%
156	Moreno Valley Unified	CA	36,822	32,348	13.83%
157	Deer Valley Unified	AZ	36,241	25,467	42.31%
158	Jefferson County	AL	36,058	41,310	-12.71%
159	St. Tammany Parish	LA	36,021	32,261	11.65%
160	Clay County	FL	35,956	27,609	30.23%
161	Spring	TX	35,350	22,112	59.87%
162	Minneapolis	MN	35,076	48,688	-27.96%
163	Humble	TX	34,923	24,135	44.70%
164	Lincoln	NE	34,915	31,052	12.44%
165	Richardson	TX	34,843	34,655	0.54%
166	Chatham County	GA	34,668	36,111	-4.00%
167	Buffalo	NY	34,526	46,370	-25.54%
168	Mount Diablo	CA	34,316	36,436	-5.82%
169	Meridian	ID	34,233	22,820	50.01%
170	Forsyth County	GA	34,208	15,703	117.84%
171	Norfolk	VA	34,011	37,465	-9.22%
172	Frisco	TX	33,973	5,554	511.69%
173	Poway	CA	33,797	32,536	3.88%
174	Irving	TX	33,679	27,961	20.45%
175	Canyons	UT	33,678	N/A	N/A
176	Cincinnati	OH	33,449	49,574	-32.53%
177	Indianapolis	IN	33,372	41,359	-19.31%
178	Anaheim Union High	CA	33,187	28,543	16.27%
179	Paradise Valley Unified	AZ	33,146	34,625	-4.27%
180	Calcasieu Parish	LA	32,905	32,562	1.05%
181	Des Moines	IA	32,749	31,509	3.94%
182	Montebello Unified	CA	32,739	34,256	-4.43%
183	Leon County	FL	32,733	31,123	5.17%
184	Rochester	NY	32,516	37,741	-13.84%
185	Spring Branch	TX	32,502	31,537	3.06%
186	Durham	NC	32,470	29,244	11.03%
187	Muscogee County	GA	32,458	33,303	-2.54%
188	Richmond County	GA	32,449	36,120	-10.16%
189	San Jose Unified	CA	32,423	33,035	-1.85%
190	Saddleback Valley Unified	CA	32,387	34,657	-6.55%
191	Gaston County	NC	32,351	30,661	5.51%
192	Fremont Unified	CA	32,304	31,160	3.67%
193	Edinburg	TX	32,011	21,113	51.62%
194	Chino Valley Unified	CA	31,992	31,545	1.42%
195	Johnston County	NC	31,960	20,339	57.14%
196	Amarillo	TX	31,890	29,069	9.70%
197	Montgomery County	AL	31,764	33,229	-4.41%
198	Mansfield	TX	31,662	13,423	135.88%
199	Keller	TX	31,569	15,794	99.88%
200	Fort Wayne	IN	31,549	31,507	0.13%

2011 AS&U 100: 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

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