2011 AS&U 100: 20-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 (1989-90)	20-Year Change (%)
1	New York City	NY	1,038,741	930,440	11.64%
2	Los Angeles Unified	CA	670,746	609,746	10.00%
3	Chicago	IL	407,157	408,442	-0.31%
4	Miami-Dade County	FL	345,804	279,420	23.76%
5	Clark County	NV	307,059	111,460	175.49%
6	Broward County	FL	256,137	148,803	72.13%
7	Houston	TX	202,773	185,566	9.27%
8	Hillsborough County	FL	193,265	119,810	61.31%
9	Hawaii	HI	180,196	169,493	6.31%
10	Orange County	FL	173,259	96,244	80.02%
11	Palm Beach	FL	172,897	98,705	75.17%
12	Fairfax County	VA	171,956	126,790	35.62%
13	Philadelphia	PA	165,694	189,451	-12.54%
14	Gwinnett County	GA	159,296	62,196	156.12%
15	Dallas	TX	157,111	125,897	24.79%
16	Montgomery County	MD	141,722	100,261	41.35%
17	Wake County	NC	140,558	62,474	124.99%
18	Charlotte-Mecklenburg County	NC	136,969	75,903	80.45%
19	San Diego Unified	CA	131,417	119,314	10.14%
20	Prince George's County	MD	127,039	106,974	18.76%
21	Duval County	FL	122,586	106,593	15.00%
22	Memphis	TN	109,300	104,410	4.68%
23	Cobb County	GA	107,245	66,668	60.86%
24	Pinellas County	FL	105,238	91,393	15.15%
25	Cypress-Fairbanks	TX	104,231	37,224	180.01%
26	Baltimore County	MD	103,324	84,133	22.81%
27	DeKalb County	GA	99,406	72,865	36.42%
28	Jefferson County	KY	98,808	91,353	8.16%
29	Albuquerque	NM	96,572	86,653	11.45%
30	Polk County	FL	94,530	63,932	47.86%
31	Northside	TX	92,335	49,539	86.39%
32	Detroit	MI	90,499	175,436	-48.41%
33	Fulton County	GA	90,399	40,280	124.43%
34	Long Beach Unified	CA	86,283	68,292	26.34%
35	Jefferson County	CO	86,282	75,164	14.79%
36	Austin	TX	84,676	61,666	37.31%
37	Baltimore City	MD	82,866	107,782	-23.12%
38	Milwaukee	WI	82,096	92,061	-10.82%
39	Lee County	FL	80,484	40,569	98.39%
40	Fort Worth	TX	80,209	66,535	20.55%
41	Denver	CO	77,267	58,299	32.54%
42	Prince William County	VA	76,861	40,991	87.51%
43	Fresno Unified	CA	75,468	67,492	11.82%
44	Nashville-Davidson County	TN	75,080	68,473	9.65%
45	Anne Arundel County	MD	74,776	64,104	16.65%
46	Guilford County	NC	72,758	23,981	203.40%
47	Brevard County	FL	72,412	53,615	35.06%
48	Virginia Beach	VA	71,182	68,348	4.15%
49	Greenville	SC	70,969	50,849	39.57%
50	Granite	UT	70,595	77,515	-8.93%
51	Davis	UT	69,689	53,425	30.44%
52	Fort Bend	TX	69,374	33,165	109.18%
53	Mesa Unified	AZ	67,471	61,636	9.47%
54	Pasco County	FL	67,147	32,164	108.76%
55	Alpine	UT	65,918	38,246	72.35%
56	North East	TX	65,498	40,644	61.15%
57	Washoe County	NV	64,838	36,662	76.85%
58	Seminole County	FL	64,457	46,499	38.62%
59	Arlington	TX	63,487	42,651	48.85%
60	El Paso	TX	63,378	61,729	2.67%
61	Aldine	TX	62,792	38,245	64.18%
62	Mobile County	AL	62,767	67,620	-7.18%
63	Elk Grove Unified	CA	62,483	24,390	156.18%
64	Volusia County	FL	62,306	45,775	36.11%
65	Loudoun County	VA	60,003	14,174	323.33%
66	Douglas County	CO	59,932	12,001	399.39%
67	Chesterfield County	VA	59,509	42,864	38.83%
68	Katy	TX	59,078	17,889	230.25%
69	Garland	TX	57,861	36,029	60.60%
70	Santa Ana Unified	CA	56,937	42,785	33.08%
71	Knox County	TN	56,758	49,926	13.68%
72	Boston	MA	55,371	59,597	-7.09%
73	Tucson Unified	AZ	55,369	56,115	-1.33%
74	San Antonio	TX	55,327	58,720	-5.78%
75	San Francisco Unified	CA	55,140	61,935	-10.97%
76	Plano	TX	54,939	29,209	88.09%
77	San Bernardino Unified	CA	53,837	39,033	37.93%
78	Capistrano Unified	CA	53,381	24,846	114.85%
79	Cumberland County	NC	53,035	44,327	19.64%
80	Columbus	OH	52,810	64,051	-17.55%
81	Forsyth County	NC	52,795	37,842	39.51%
82	Pasadena	TX	52,303	35,251	48.37%
83	Osceola County	FL	52,139	17,769	193.43%
84	Corona-Norco Unified	CA	52,052	21,660	140.31%
85	Cherry Creek	CO	51,786	28,027	84.77%
86	Lewisville	TX	50,840	19,652	158.70%
87	Howard County	MD	50,641	28,874	75.39%
88	Clayton County	GA	50,204	33,641	49.23%
89	Conroe	TX	49,629	22,475	120.82%
90	Anchorage	AK	49,592	40,924	21.18%
91	Henrico County	VA	49,407	31,963	54.58%
92	Brownsville	TX	49,121	34,998	40.35%
93	Atlanta	GA	48,909	61,373	-20.31%
94	Jordan	UT	48,853	63,605	-23.19%
95	Omaha	NE	48,692	41,251	18.04%
96	Cleveland	OH	48,392	69,812	-30.68%
97	Wichita	KS	48,324	47,251	2.27%
98	Shelby County	TN	48,211	36,254	32.98%
99	Garden Grove Unified	CA	47,950	36,725	30.57%
100	Sacramento City Unified	CA	47,890	48,061	-0.36%
101	San Juan Unified	CA	47,327	46,640	1.47%
102	Seattle	WA	46,522	40,917	13.70%
103	Oakland Unified	CA	46,099	50,741	-9.15%
104	Portland	OR	45,748	53,116	-13.87%
105	Alief	TX	45,553	27,949	62.99%
106	Klein	TX	44,824	25,304	77.14%
107	Jefferson Parish	LA	44,713	57,663	-22.46%
108	Ysleta	TX	44,620	49,675	-10.18%
109	Washington, D.C.	DC	43,866	81,301	-46.04%
110	Charleston	SC	43,063	42,877	0.43%
111	Round Rock	TX	43,008	18,136	137.14%
112	Manatee County	FL	42,939	25,471	68.58%
113	Collier County	FL	42,714	19,586	118.08%
114	Riverside Unified	CA	42,696	30,258	41.11%
115	Oklahoma City	OK	42,549	38,212	11.35%
116	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	42,307	60,279	-29.81%
117	Sweetwater Union High	CA	42,209	27,265	54.81%
118	Marion County	FL	42,005	27,702	51.63%
119	Adams 12 Five Star	CO	41,949	20,692	102.73%
120	Hamilton County	TN	41,832	22,348	87.18%
121	Caddo Parish	LA	41,757	52,309	-20.17%
122	Tulsa	OK	41,493	40,919	1.40%
123	Elgin Unit-46	IL	41,446	26,767	54.84%
124	Socorro	TX	41,357	12,216	238.55%
125	Sarasota County	FL	41,281	27,541	49.89%
126	Lake County	FL	41,050	20,096	104.27%
127	Fontana Unified	CA	41,004	24,521	67.22%
128	Henry County	GA	40,951	10,350	295.66%
129	United	TX	40,885	10,622	284.91%
130	Escambia County	FL	40,613	42,071	-3.47%
131	Salem-Keizer	OR	40,259	26,930	49.49%
132	Frederick County	MD	40,159	26,173	53.44%
133	Anoka-Hennepin	MN	39,904	33,709	18.38%
134	Chesapeake	VA	39,883	28,324	40.81%
135	Killeen	TX	39,603	21,013	88.47%
136	Newark	NJ	39,443	48,573	-18.80%
137	Union County	NC	39,395	12,623	212.09%
138	St. Lucie County	FL	39,013	20,647	88.95%
139	Gilbert Unified	AZ	38,800	9,874	292.95%
140	Harford County	MD	38,636	30,217	27.86%
141	St. Paul	MN	38,531	34,758	10.86%
142	Cherokee County	GA	38,293	15,339	149.64%
143	Corpus Christi	TX	38,196	42,054	-9.17%
144	Chandler Unified	AZ	38,147	10,511	262.92%
145	Stockton Unified	CA	38,141	31,849	19.76%
146	Beaverton	OR	38,120	23,490	62.28%
147	Clovis Unified	CA	38,004	21,299	78.43%
148	Kern Union High	CA	37,928	19,391	95.60%
149	Horry	SC	37,790	23,701	59.44%
150	Rutherford County	TN	37,679	17,371	116.91%
151	Clear Creek	TX	37,611	21,368	76.02%
152	Peoria Unified	AZ	37,500	19,860	88.82%
153	Mesquite	TX	37,272	24,299	53.39%
154	Fayette County	KY	36,988	31,191	18.59%
155	Adams-Arapahoe	CO	36,967	25,345	45.86%
156	Moreno Valley Unified	CA	36,822	26,630	38.27%
157	Deer Valley Unified	AZ	36,241	15,291	137.01%
158	Jefferson County	AL	36,058	40,627	-11.25%
159	St. Tammany Parish	LA	36,021	28,055	28.39%
160	Clay County	FL	35,956	20,861	72.36%
161	Spring	TX	35,350	17,523	101.73%
162	Minneapolis	MN	35,076	40,831	-14.09%
163	Humble	TX	34,923	18,828	85.48%
164	Lincoln	NE	34,915	27,356	27.63%
165	Richardson	TX	34,843	33,324	4.56%
166	Chatham County	GA	34,668	33,407	3.77%
167	Buffalo	NY	34,526	46,694	-26.06%
168	Mount Diablo	CA	34,316	32,534	5.48%
169	Meridian	ID	34,233	14,228	140.60%
170	Forsyth County	GA	34,208	7,485	357.02%
171	Norfolk	VA	34,011	36,428	-6.64%
172	Frisco	TX	33,973	1,237	2646.40%
173	Poway	CA	33,797	23,402	44.42%
174	Irving	TX	33,679	22,504	49.66%
175	Canyons	UT	33,678	N/A	N/A
176	Cincinnati	OH	33,449	50,842	-34.21%
177	Indianapolis	IN	33,372	48,805	-31.62%
178	Anaheim Union High	CA	33,187	21,394	55.12%
179	Paradise Valley Unified	AZ	33,146	25,969	27.64%
180	Calcasieu Parish	LA	32,905	32,726	0.55%
181	Des Moines	IA	32,749	30,267	8.20%
182	Montebello Unified	CA	32,739	32,362	1.16%
183	Leon County	FL	32,733	26,211	24.88%
184	Rochester	NY	32,516	31,941	1.80%
185	Spring Branch	TX	32,502	25,807	25.94%
186	Durham	NC	32,470	18,046	79.93%
187	Muscogee County	GA	32,458	29,569	9.77%
188	Richmond County	GA	32,449	32,392	0.18%
189	San Jose Unified	CA	32,423	29,005	11.78%
190	Saddleback Valley Unified	CA	32,387	24,156	34.07%
191	Gaston County	NC	32,351	30,064	7.61%
192	Fremont Unified	CA	32,304	26,913	20.03%
193	Edinburg	TX	32,011	14,380	122.61%
194	Chino Valley Unified	CA	31,992	22,127	44.58%
195	Johnston County	NC	31,960	14,547	119.70%
196	Amarillo	TX	31,890	26,146	21.97%
197	Montgomery County	AL	31,764	36,004	-11.78%
198	Mansfield	TX	31,662	7,111	345.25%
199	Keller	TX	31,569	7,358	329.04%
200	Fort Wayne	IN	31,549	31,843	-0.92%

2011 AS&U 100: 20-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

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