2012 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 2012 AS&U 100 — a compilation of the nation's 100 largest school districts — also provides the following data:

Rank	School District	State	Enrollment (2010-11)	Enrollment (2000-01)	10-Year Change (%)
1	New York	NY	1,043,886	1,066,516	-2.12%
2	Los Angeles	CA	667,273	721,346	-7.50%
3	Chicago	IL	405,644	435,261	-6.80%
4	Miami-Dade County	FL	347,366	368,625	-5.77%
5	Clark County	NV	314,059	231,655	35.57%
6	Broward County	FL	256,472	251,129	2.13%
7	Houston	TX	204,245	208,462	-2.02%
8	Hillsborough County	FL	194,525	164,311	18.39%
9	Hawaii	HI	179,601	184,360	-2.58%
10	Orange County	FL	176,008	150,681	16.81%
11	Palm Beach County	FL	174,663	153,871	13.51%
12	Fairfax County	VA	174,490	156,412	11.56%
13	Philadelphia	PA	166,233	201,190	-17.38%
14	Gwinnett County	GA	160,744	110,075	46.03%
15	Dallas	TX	157,162	161,548	-2.71%
16	Wake County	NC	144,173	98,950	45.70%
17	Montgomery County	MD	144,023	134,180	7.34%
18	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	NC	135,954	103,336	31.56%
19	San Diego	CA	131,785	141,804	-7.07%
20	Prince George's County	MD	126,671	133,723	-5.27%
21	Duval County	FL	123,997	125,846	-1.47%
22	Memphis	TN	111,968	113,730	-1.55%
23	Cobb County	GA	107,315	95,781	12.04%
24	Cypress-Fairbanks	TX	106,097	63,497	67.09%
25	Baltimore County	MD	104,160	106,898	-2.56%
26	Pinellas County	FL	104,001	113,027	-7.99%
27	DeKalb County	GA	98,115	95,958	2.25%
28	Jefferson County	KY	97,331	96,860	0.49%
29	Northside	TX	95,581	63,739	49.96%
30	Albuquerque	NM	95,415	85,276	11.89%
31	Polk County	FL	95,178	79,477	19.76%
32	Fulton County	GA	91,864	68,583	33.95%
33	Jefferson County	CO	85,979	87,703	-1.97%
34	Austin	TX	85,697	77,816	10.13%
35	Long Beach	CA	84,812	93,694	-9.48%
36	Baltimore City	MD	83,800	99,859	-16.08%
37	Lee County	FL	81,967	58,401	40.35%
38	Fort Worth	TX	81,651	79,661	2.50%
39	Milwaukee	WI	80,934	97,985	-17.40%
40	Prince William	VA	79,358	54,646	45.22%
41	Nashville	TN	78,783	67,669	16.42%
42	Denver	CO	78,339	70,847	10.57%
43	Anne Arundel County	MD	75,481	74,491	1.33%
44	Fresno	CA	74,833	79,007	-5.28%
45	Detroit	MI	74,365	162,194	-54.15%
46	Guilford County	NC	73,220	63,417	15.46%
47	Greenville	SC	71,930	59,875	20.13%
48	Brevard County	FL	71,866	70,597	1.80%
49	Granite	UT	71,234	71,328	-0.13%
50	Virginia Beach	VA	71,209	76,586	-7.02%
51	Fort Bend	TX	68,948	53,999	27.68%
52	Davis	UT	68,574	59,578	15.10%
53	Alpine	UT	67,893	47,117	44.09%
54	Pasco County	FL	66,994	49,704	34.79%
55	North East	TX	66,604	50,875	30.92%
56	Mesa	AZ	65,110	73,587	-11.52%
57	Arlington	TX	64,484	58,866	9.54%
58	Washoe County	NV	64,380	56,268	14.42%
59	El Paso	TX	64,330	62,325	3.22%
60	Seminole County	FL	64,229	60,869	5.52%
61	Aldine	TX	63,154	52,520	20.25%
62	Loudoun County	VA	63,151	31,804	98.56%
63	Elk Grove	CA	62,455	47,736	30.83%
64	Mobile County	AL	62,383	64,976	-3.99%
65	Volusia County	FL	61,559	61,517	0.07%
66	Douglas County	CO	61,465	34,918	76.03%
67	Katy	TX	60,803	34,503	76.23%
68	Chesterfield County	VA	59,243	51,212	15.68%
69	Knox County	TN	57,956	51,944	11.57%
70	Garland	TX	57,833	50,312	14.95%
71	Santa Ana	CA	57,319	60,643	-5.48%
72	Boston	MA	56,401	63,024	-10.51%
73	San Francisco	CA	55,571	59,979	-7.35%
74	Plano	TX	55,568	47,161	17.83%
75	San Antonio	TX	55,116	57,273	-3.77%
76	San Bernardino	CA	54,518	52,031	4.78%
77	Forsyth County	NC	53,367	44,769	19.21%
78	Osceola County	FL	53,357	34,566	54.36%
79	Cumberland County	NC	53,307	50,850	4.83%
80	Tucson	AZ	53,287	61,869	-13.87%
81	Capistrano	CA	53,192	45,074	18.01%
82	Corona-Norco	CA	53,149	37,487	41.78%
83	Cherry Creek	CO	52,232	42,320	23.42%
84	Pasadena	TX	52,218	42,577	22.64%
85	Lewisville	TX	51,484	39,096	31.69%
86	Conroe	TX	51,170	34,928	46.50%
87	Columbus	OH	51,134	64,511	-20.74%
88	Howard County	MD	50,994	44,946	13.46%
89	Jordan	UT	50,389	73,158	-31.12%
90	Clayton County	GA	50,366	46,930	7.32%
91	Brownsville	TX	49,879	40,898	21.96%
92	Atlanta	GA	49,796	58,230	-14.48%
93	Omaha	NE	49,405	45,197	9.31%
94	Henrico County	VA	49,405	41,655	18.61%
95	Wichita	KS	49,329	48,228	2.28%
96	Anchorage	AK	49,206	49,526	-0.65%
97	Garden Grove	CA	48,659	48,742	-0.17%
98	Sacramento	CA	47,897	52,734	-9.17%
99	Seattle	WA	47,716	47,575	0.30%
100	Shelby County	TN	47,705	46,972	1.56%
101	San Juan	CA	47,116	50,266	-6.27%
102	Oakland	CA	46,586	54,863	-15.09%
103	Portland	OR	46,395	53,141	-12.69%
104	Alief	TX	45,768	42,151	8.58%
105	Washington, D.C.	DC	45,631	68,925	-33.80%
106	Klein	TX	45,310	32,376	39.95%
107	Jefferson Parish	LA	45,230	50,891	-11.12%
108	Cleveland	OH	44,974	75,684	-40.58%
109	Round Rock	TX	44,776	31,536	41.98%
110	Ysleta	TX	44,746	46,394	-3.55%
111	Manatee County	FL	44,249	36,569	21.00%
112	Charleston County	SC	43,654	44,767	-2.49%
113	Oklahoma City	OK	42,989	39,750	8.15%
114	Collier County	FL	42,919	34,203	25.48%
115	Hamilton County	TN	42,883	39,915	7.44%
116	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	42,723	54,246	-21.24%
117	Socorro	TX	42,569	26,711	59.37%
118	Riverside	CA	42,532	38,124	11.56%
119	Adams 12 Five Star	CO	41,957	30,079	39.49%
120	Marion County	FL	41,955	38,562	8.80%
121	Caddo Parish	LA	41,894	45,119	-7.15%
122	United	TX	41,876	27,556	51.97%
123	Tulsa	OK	41,501	42,812	-3.06%
124	Sweetwater Union	CA	41,426	35,330	17.25%
125	Lake	FL	41,110	29,293	40.34%
126	Henry County	GA	40,909	23,601	73.34%
127	Sarasota	FL	40,899	35,533	15.10%
128	Salem-Keizer	OR	40,865	35,108	16.40%
129	Fontana Unified	CA	40,841	37,244	9.66%
130	Elgin 46	IL	40,683	36,767	10.65%
131	Killeen	TX	40,231	29,687	35.52%
132	Escambia County	FL	40,227	45,012	-10.63%
133	Frederick County	MD	40,188	36,885	8.95%
134	Union County	NC	40,181	22,862	75.75%
135	Chesapeake	VA	39,748	37,645	5.59%
136	Beaverton	OR	39,349	33,600	17.11%
137	St. Lucie County	FL	39,259	29,540	32.90%
138	Anoka Hennepin	MN	39,158	41,314	-5.22%
139	Chandler Unified	AZ	38,852	21,703	79.02%
140	Rutherford County	TN	38,819	25,356	53.10%
141	Cherokee County	GA	38,760	26,043	48.83%
142	Aurora Joint 46	CO	38,605	30,453	26.77%
143	Horry County	SC	38,534	29,894	28.90%
144	Clovis Unified	CA	38,495	32,717	17.66%
145	Corpus Christi	TX	38,409	39,138	-1.86%
146	Clear Creek	TX	38,406	29,875	28.56%
147	Harford County	MD	38,394	39,520	-2.85%
148	Gilbert	AZ	38,347	29,188	31.38%
149	St Paul	MN	38,316	45,115	-15.07%
150	Stockton	CA	38,252	37,573	1.81%
151	Fayette County	KY	37,819	33,130	14.15%
152	Mesquite	TX	37,747	32,334	16.74%
153	Frisco	TX	37,279	7,234	415.33%
154	Moreno Valley	CA	36,901	32,730	12.74%
155	Peoria Unified	AZ	36,877	32,608	13.09%
156	St Tammany Parish	LA	36,651	32,392	13.15%
157	Kern Union High	CA	36,452	29,333	24.27%
158	Spring	TX	36,323	23,034	57.69%
159	Richardson	TX	36,070	35,138	2.65%
160	Forsyth County	GA	35,920	17,131	109.68%
161	Humble	TX	35,913	24,684	45.49%
162	Lincoln	NE	35,896	31,354	14.49%
163	Jefferson County	AL	35,860	40,726	-11.95%
164	Clay County	FL	35,812	28,115	27.38%
165	Meridian	ID	35,537	23,854	48.98%
166	Chatham County	GA	35,246	35,344	-0.28%
167	Deer Valley	AZ	35,188	27,158	29.57%
168	Minneapolis	MN	34,934	48,834	-28.46%
169	Irving	TX	34,243	29,097	17.69%
170	Poway	CA	34,135	32,532	4.93%
171	Mount Diablo Unified	CA	34,116	36,648	-6.91%
172	Canyons	UT	34,002	n/a	n/a
173	Norfolk	VA	33,829	37,349	-9.42%
174	Cincinnati	OH	33,783	46,562	-27.45%
175	Buffalo	NY	33,543	45,721	-26.64%
176	Leon County	FL	33,326	32,050	3.98%
177	Newark	NJ	33,279	42,150	-21.05%
178	Edinburg	TX	33,223	22,005	50.98%
179	Anaheim Union	CA	33,156	29,363	12.92%
180	Des Moines	IA	33,091	32,435	2.02%
181	Indianapolis	IN	33,079	41,008	-19.34%
182	Calcasieu Parish	LA	33,063	32,261	2.49%
183	San Jose Unified	CA	33,018	33,015	0.01%
184	Paradise Valley	AZ	32,995	34,882	-5.41%
185	Spring Branch	TX	32,948	31,659	4.07%
186	Keller	TX	32,746	17,083	91.69%
187	Amarillo	TX	32,682	28,908	13.06%
188	Fremont Unified	CA	32,607	31,078	4.92%
189	Durham County	NC	32,479	29,728	9.25%
190	Johnston County	NC	32,454	21,334	52.12%
191	Leander	TX	32,152	14,499	121.75%
192	Gaston County	NC	32,326	30,603	5.63%
193	Rochester	NY	32,223	36,294	-11.22%
194	Richmond County	GA	32,322	35,424	-8.76%
195	Muscogee County	GA	32,288	32,916	-1.91%
196	Mansfield	TX	32,251	14,888	116.62%
197	Montebello Unified	CA	32,046	34,794	-7.90%
198	Desoto County	MS	31,916	19,812	n/a
199	Montgomery County	AL	31,790	33,267	-4.44%
200	Saddleback Valley	CA	31,724	35,199	-9.87%

2012 AS&U 100: 10-Year Change in Enrollment at Largest School Districts

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