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:
- Largest Enrollment (2010-11)
- 1-Year % Change in Enrollment (2010-11 vs. 2009-10)
- 10-Year % Change in Enrollment (2010-11 vs. 2000-01)
- 20-Year % Change in Enrollment (2010-11 vs. 1990-91)
| Rank | School District | State | Enrollment (2010-11) | Per-Pupil Expenditure (2009-10) | Per-Pupil Expenditure (1999-00) | 10-Year PPE Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | NY | 1,043,886 | $19,597 | $9,465 | 107.05% |
| 2 | Los Angeles | CA | 667,273 | $10,886 | $6,740 | 61.51% |
| 3 | Chicago | IL | 405,644 | $11,596 | $7,214 | 60.74% |
| 4 | Miami-Dade County | FL | 347,366 | $9,017 | $6,202 | 45.39% |
| 5 | Clark County | NV | 314,059 | $8,262 | $5,557 | 48.68% |
| 6 | Broward County | FL | 256,472 | $9,290 | $5,630 | 65.01% |
| 7 | Houston | TX | 204,245 | $9,152 | $6,195 | 47.73% |
| 8 | Hillsborough County | FL | 194,525 | $8,487 | $5,811 | 46.05% |
| 9 | Hawaii | HI | 179,601 | $11,754 | $6,487 | 81.19% |
| 10 | Orange County | FL | 176,008 | $8,206 | $5,485 | 49.61% |
| 11 | Palm Beach County | FL | 174,663 | $9,225 | $5,950 | 55.04% |
| 12 | Fairfax County | VA | 174,490 | $12,554 | $8,530 | 47.17% |
| 13 | Philadelphia | PA | 166,233 | $11,417 | $6,388 | 78.73% |
| 14 | Gwinnett County | GA | 160,744 | $9,278 | $6,353 | 46.04% |
| 15 | Dallas | TX | 157,162 | $9,073 | $5,950 | 52.49% |
| 16 | Wake County | NC | 144,173 | $7,727 | $6,017 | 28.42% |
| 17 | Montgomery County | MD | 144,023 | $15,582 | $8,963 | 73.85% |
| 18 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg | NC | 135,954 | $8,292 | $6,617 | 25.31% |
| 19 | San Diego | CA | 131,785 | $9,669 | $6,681 | 44.72% |
| 20 | Prince George's County | MD | 126,671 | $14,020 | $7,286 | 92.42% |
| 21 | Duval County | FL | 123,997 | $8,907 | $5,354 | 66.36% |
| 22 | Memphis | TN | 111,968 | $9,451 | $6,188 | 52.73% |
| 23 | Cobb County | GA | 107,315 | $9,103 | $6,188 | 47.11% |
| 24 | Cypress-Fairbanks | TX | 106,097 | $7,281 | $6,109 | 19.18% |
| 25 | Baltimore County | MD | 104,160 | $13,260 | $7,452 | 77.94% |
| 26 | Pinellas County | FL | 104,001 | $8,783 | $5,666 | 55.01% |
| 27 | DeKalb County | GA | 98,115 | $10,013 | $6,893 | 45.26% |
| 28 | Jefferson County | KY | 97,331 | $10,312 | $6,775 | 52.21% |
| 29 | Northside | TX | 95,581 | $8,207 | $5,824 | 40.92% |
| 30 | Albuquerque | NM | 95,415 | $8,973 | $5,367 | 67.19% |
| 31 | Polk County | FL | 95,178 | $8,670 | $5,565 | 55.80% |
| 32 | Fulton County | GA | 91,864 | $9,824 | $7,118 | 38.02% |
| 33 | Jefferson County | CO | 85,979 | $8,857 | $6,712 | 31.96% |
| 34 | Austin | TX | 85,697 | $9,498 | $6,314 | 50.43% |
| 35 | Long Beach | CA | 84,812 | $8,948 | $6,057 | 47.73% |
| 36 | Baltimore City | MD | 83,800 | $14,711 | $7,846 | 87.50% |
| 37 | Lee County | FL | 81,967 | $8,790 | $5,794 | 51.71% |
| 38 | Fort Worth | TX | 81,651 | $8,641 | $5,989 | 44.28% |
| 39 | Milwaukee | WI | 80,934 | $14,038 | $8,688 | 61.58% |
| 40 | Prince William | VA | 79,358 | $10,188 | $6,624 | 53.80% |
| 41 | Nashville | TN | 78,783 | $9,875 | $6,333 | 55.93% |
| 42 | Denver | CO | 78,339 | $9,930 | $6,242 | 59.08% |
| 43 | Anne Arundel County | MD | 75,481 | $12,727 | $7,014 | 81.45% |
| 44 | Fresno | CA | 74,833 | $9,422 | $6,408 | 47.03% |
| 45 | Detroit | MI | 74,365 | $12,801 | $8,494 | 50.71% |
| 46 | Guilford County | NC | 73,220 | $8,975 | $6,365 | 41.01% |
| 47 | Greenville | SC | 71,930 | $7,688 | $5,506 | 39.63% |
| 48 | Brevard County | FL | 71,866 | $7,993 | $5,180 | 54.31% |
| 49 | Granite | UT | 71,234 | $5,935 | $4,192 | 41.58% |
| 50 | Virginia Beach | VA | 71,209 | $10,267 | $5,998 | 71.17% |
| 51 | Fort Bend | TX | 68,948 | $7,818 | $5,494 | 42.30% |
| 52 | Davis | UT | 68,574 | $5,658 | $4,307 | 31.37% |
| 53 | Alpine | UT | 67,893 | $5,428 | $3,935 | 37.94% |
| 54 | Pasco County | FL | 66,994 | $8,536 | $5,625 | 51.75% |
| 55 | North East | TX | 66,604 | $8,535 | $6,201 | 37.64% |
| 56 | Mesa | AZ | 65,110 | $7,990 | $5,249 | 52.22% |
| 57 | Arlington | TX | 64,484 | $7,825 | $5,305 | 47.50% |
| 58 | Washoe County | NV | 64,380 | $8,572 | $5,588 | 53.40% |
| 59 | El Paso | TX | 64,330 | $9,048 | $5,960 | 51.81% |
| 60 | Seminole County | FL | 64,229 | $7,910 | $5,114 | 54.67% |
| 61 | Aldine | TX | 63,154 | $8,649 | $6,519 | 32.67% |
| 62 | Loudoun County | VA | 63,151 | $12,031 | $7,124 | 68.88% |
| 63 | Elk Grove | CA | 62,455 | $8,393 | $5,663 | 48.21% |
| 64 | Mobile County | AL | 62,383 | $8,720 | $5,291 | 64.81% |
| 65 | Volusia County | FL | 61,559 | $8,358 | $5,498 | 52.02% |
| 66 | Douglas County | CO | 61,465 | $7,813 | $6,494 | 20.31% |
| 67 | Katy | TX | 60,803 | $7,958 | $5,952 | 33.70% |
| 68 | Chesterfield County | VA | 59,243 | $8,971 | $5,895 | 52.18% |
| 69 | Knox County | TN | 57,956 | $7,880 | $5,670 | 38.98% |
| 70 | Garland | TX | 57,833 | $7,758 | $5,003 | 55.07% |
| 71 | Santa Ana | CA | 57,319 | $8,570 | $5,727 | 49.64% |
| 72 | Boston | MA | 56,401 | $17,784 | $11,128 | 59.81% |
| 73 | San Francisco | CA | 55,571 | $10,402 | $5,816 | 78.85% |
| 74 | Plano | TX | 55,568 | $8,349 | $6,395 | 30.56% |
| 75 | San Antonio | TX | 55,116 | $8,945 | $6,490 | 37.83% |
| 76 | San Bernardino | CA | 54,518 | $9,658 | $6,150 | 57.04% |
| 77 | Forsyth County | NC | 53,367 | $9,056 | $6,455 | 40.29% |
| 78 | Osceola County | FL | 53,357 | $8,284 | $5,172 | 60.17% |
| 79 | Cumberland County | NC | 53,307 | $8,579 | $5,687 | 50.85% |
| 80 | Tucson | AZ | 53,287 | $8,332 | $5,369 | 55.19% |
| 81 | Capistrano | CA | 53,192 | $7,185 | $5,413 | 32.74% |
| 82 | Corona-Norco | CA | 53,149 | $7,662 | $5,465 | 40.20% |
| 83 | Cherry Creek | CO | 52,232 | $9,044 | $6,605 | 36.93% |
| 84 | Pasadena | TX | 52,218 | $8,516 | $5,614 | 51.69% |
| 85 | Lewisville | TX | 51,484 | $8,390 | $5,735 | 46.29% |
| 86 | Conroe | TX | 51,170 | $7,390 | $5,731 | 28.95% |
| 87 | Columbus | OH | 51,134 | $13,698 | $8,035 | 70.48% |
| 88 | Howard County | MD | 50,994 | $14,704 | $8,047 | 82.73% |
| 89 | Jordan | UT | 50,389 | $5,801 | $4,040 | 43.59% |
| 90 | Clayton County | GA | 50,366 | $9,295 | $6,097 | 52.45% |
| 91 | Brownsville | TX | 49,879 | $9,385 | $6,518 | 43.99% |
| 92 | Atlanta | GA | 49,796 | $14,256 | $8,623 | 65.33% |
| 93 | Omaha | NE | 49,405 | $10,679 | $6,063 | 76.13% |
| 94 | Henrico County | VA | 49,405 | $8,879 | $6,135 | 44.73% |
| 95 | Wichita | KS | 49,329 | $10,695 | $6,251 | 71.09% |
| 96 | Anchorage | AK | 49,206 | $13,435 | $7,240 | 85.57% |
| 97 | Garden Grove | CA | 48,659 | $8,594 | $5,741 | 49.70% |
| 98 | Sacramento | CA | 47,897 | $9,496 | $6,017 | 57.82% |
| 99 | Seattle | WA | 47,716 | $11,490 | $7,538 | 52.43% |
| 100 | Shelby County | TN | 47,705 | $7,723 | $4,578 | 68.70% |
| 101 | San Juan | CA | 47,116 | $8,880 | $6,365 | 39.51% |
| 102 | Oakland | CA | 46,586 | $9,582 | $6,988 | 37.12% |
| 103 | Portland | OR | 46,395 | $10,949 | $7,453 | 46.91% |
| 104 | Alief | TX | 45,768 | $8,865 | $5,695 | 55.66% |
| 105 | Washington, D.C. | DC | 45,631 | $18,667 | $10,836 | 72.27% |
| 106 | Klein | TX | 45,310 | $7,758 | $5,968 | 29.99% |
| 107 | Jefferson Parish | LA | 45,230 | $11,733 | $6,038 | 94.32% |
| 108 | Cleveland | OH | 44,974 | $13,963 | $7,679 | 81.83% |
| 109 | Round Rock | TX | 44,776 | $7,971 | $5,719 | 39.38% |
| 110 | Ysleta | TX | 44,746 | $8,762 | $6,101 | 43.62% |
| 111 | Manatee County | FL | 44,249 | $8,942 | $5,569 | 60.57% |
| 112 | Charleston County | SC | 43,654 | $9,132 | $5,798 | 57.50% |
| 113 | Oklahoma City | OK | 42,989 | $8,252 | $5,743 | 43.69% |
| 114 | Collier County | FL | 42,919 | $10,092 | $6,411 | 57.42% |
| 115 | Hamilton County | TN | 42,883 | $8,537 | $5,895 | 44.82% |
| 116 | East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 42,723 | $12,183 | $6,383 | 90.87% |
| 117 | Socorro | TX | 42,569 | $8,000 | $5,245 | 52.53% |
| 118 | Riverside | CA | 42,532 | $8,267 | $6,010 | 37.55% |
| 119 | Adams 12 Five Star | CO | 41,957 | $8,596 | $5,603 | 53.42% |
| 120 | Marion County | FL | 41,955 | $8,627 | $5,448 | 58.35% |
| 121 | Caddo Parish | LA | 41,894 | $10,887 | $6,013 | 81.06% |
| 122 | United | TX | 41,876 | $8,624 | $5,701 | 51.27% |
| 123 | Tulsa | OK | 41,501 | $8,630 | $5,689 | 51.70% |
| 124 | Sweetwater Union | CA | 41,426 | $8,840 | $5,754 | 53.63% |
| 125 | Lake | FL | 41,110 | $7,772 | $5,169 | 50.36% |
| 126 | Henry County | GA | 40,909 | $8,415 | $5,516 | 52.56% |
| 127 | Sarasota | FL | 40,899 | $10,489 | $6,636 | 58.06% |
| 128 | Salem-Keizer | OR | 40,865 | $9,324 | $7,111 | 31.12% |
| 129 | Fontana Unified | CA | 40,841 | $8,359 | $5,794 | 44.27% |
| 130 | Elgin 46 | IL | 40,683 | $10,068 | $6,908 | 45.74% |
| 131 | Killeen | TX | 40,231 | $8,404 | $5,868 | 43.22% |
| 132 | Escambia County | FL | 40,227 | $8,557 | $5,528 | 54.79% |
| 133 | Frederick County | MD | 40,188 | $12,186 | $6,534 | 86.50% |
| 134 | Union County | NC | 40,181 | $7,559 | $5,327 | 41.90% |
| 135 | Chesapeake | VA | 39,748 | $10,278 | $6,450 | 59.35% |
| 136 | Beaverton | OR | 39,349 | $8,480 | $6,036 | 40.49% |
| 137 | St. Lucie County | FL | 39,259 | $8,472 | $5,781 | 46.55% |
| 138 | Anoka Hennepin | MN | 39,158 | $10,442 | $6,256 | 66.91% |
| 139 | Chandler Unified | AZ | 38,852 | $7,323 | $5,035 | 45.44% |
| 140 | Rutherford County | TN | 38,819 | $7,263 | $5,041 | 44.08% |
| 141 | Cherokee County | GA | 38,760 | $8,628 | $6,096 | 41.54% |
| 142 | Aurora Joint 46 | CO | 38,605 | $8,759 | $6,000 | 45.98% |
| 143 | Horry County | SC | 38,534 | $9,929 | $6,759 | 46.90% |
| 144 | Clovis Unified | CA | 38,495 | $8,229 | $5,827 | 41.22% |
| 145 | Corpus Christi | TX | 38,409 | $8,375 | $6,001 | 39.56% |
| 146 | Clear Creek | TX | 38,406 | $8,296 | $5,434 | 52.67% |
| 147 | Harford County | MD | 38,394 | $12,401 | $6,413 | 93.37% |
| 148 | Gilbert | AZ | 38,347 | $6,912 | $4,262 | 62.18% |
| 149 | St Paul | MN | 38,316 | $13,734 | $8,848 | 55.22% |
| 150 | Stockton | CA | 38,252 | $9,140 | $5,960 | 53.36% |
| 151 | Fayette County | KY | 37,819 | $9,770 | $6,785 | 43.99% |
| 152 | Mesquite | TX | 37,747 | $8,047 | $5,311 | 51.52% |
| 153 | Frisco | TX | 37,279 | $8,346 | n/a | #VALUE! |
| 154 | Moreno Valley | CA | 36,901 | $7,831 | $5,496 | 42.49% |
| 155 | Peoria Unified | AZ | 36,877 | $7,006 | $4,671 | 49.99% |
| 156 | St Tammany Parish | LA | 36,651 | $11,305 | $6,020 | 87.79% |
| 157 | Kern Union High | CA | 36,452 | $8,927 | $5,833 | 53.04% |
| 158 | Spring | TX | 36,323 | $8,276 | $5,940 | 39.33% |
| 159 | Richardson | TX | 36,070 | $8,440 | $6,866 | 22.92% |
| 160 | Forsyth County | GA | 35,920 | $8,492 | $6,265 | 35.55% |
| 161 | Humble | TX | 35,913 | $7,787 | $5,773 | 34.89% |
| 162 | Lincoln | NE | 35,896 | $9,827 | $6,383 | 53.96% |
| 163 | Jefferson County | AL | 35,860 | $9,072 | $5,548 | 63.52% |
| 164 | Clay County | FL | 35,812 | $7,982 | $5,108 | 56.26% |
| 165 | Meridian | ID | 35,537 | $6,387 | $4,392 | 45.42% |
| 166 | Chatham County | GA | 35,246 | $9,592 | $6,154 | 55.87% |
| 167 | Deer Valley | AZ | 35,188 | $7,084 | $4,692 | 50.98% |
| 168 | Minneapolis | MN | 34,934 | $14,013 | $10,348 | 35.42% |
| 169 | Irving | TX | 34,243 | $8,580 | $6,238 | 37.54% |
| 170 | Poway | CA | 34,135 | $8,280 | $5,761 | 43.73% |
| 171 | Mount Diablo Unified | CA | 34,116 | $8,605 | $5,388 | 59.71% |
| 172 | Canyons | UT | 34,002 | $5,936 | n/a | n/a |
| 173 | Norfolk | VA | 33,829 | $10,576 | $6,801 | 55.51% |
| 174 | Cincinnati | OH | 33,783 | $13,037 | $7,572 | 72.17% |
| 175 | Buffalo | NY | 33,543 | $17,277 | $11,067 | 56.11% |
| 176 | Leon County | FL | 33,326 | $8,319 | $5,992 | 38.84% |
| 177 | Newark | NJ | 33,279 | $22,391 | $13,236 | 69.17% |
| 178 | Edinburg | TX | 33,223 | $8,818 | $6,675 | 32.10% |
| 179 | Anaheim Union | CA | 33,156 | $8,806 | $6,142 | 43.37% |
| 180 | Des Moines | IA | 33,091 | $10,193 | $7,252 | 40.55% |
| 181 | Indianapolis | IN | 33,079 | $14,032 | $8,842 | 58.70% |
| 182 | Calcasieu Parish | LA | 33,063 | $9,651 | $5,442 | 77.34% |
| 183 | San Jose Unified | CA | 33,018 | $9,214 | $6,699 | 37.54% |
| 184 | Paradise Valley | AZ | 32,995 | $7,456 | $4,870 | 53.10% |
| 185 | Spring Branch | TX | 32,948 | $9,451 | $6,337 | 49.14% |
| 186 | Keller | TX | 32,746 | $7,053 | $4,536 | 55.49% |
| 187 | Amarillo | TX | 32,682 | $8,159 | $5,634 | 44.82% |
| 188 | Fremont Unified | CA | 32,607 | $7,661 | $5,602 | 36.75% |
| 189 | Durham County | NC | 32,479 | $9,679 | $7,104 | 36.25% |
| 190 | Johnston County | NC | 32,454 | $8,053 | $5,812 | 38.56% |
| 191 | Leander | TX | 32,152 | $8,174 | n/a | n/a |
| 192 | Gaston County | NC | 32,326 | $7,657 | $5,487 | 39.55% |
| 193 | Rochester | NY | 32,223 | $18,530 | $10,257 | 80.66% |
| 194 | Richmond County | GA | 32,322 | $9,361 | $5,942 | 57.54% |
| 195 | Muscogee County | GA | 32,288 | $9,553 | $6,558 | 45.67% |
| 196 | Mansfield | TX | 32,251 | $7,305 | n/a | n/a |
| 197 | Montebello Unified | CA | 32,046 | $8,909 | $5,795 | 53.74% |
| 198 | Desoto County | MS | 31,916 | $6,707 | $3,932 | 70.57% |
| 199 | Montgomery County | AL | 31,790 | $8,895 | $5,440 | 63.51% |
| 200 | Saddleback Valley | CA | 31,724 | $7,719 | $5,541 | 39.31% |