The Top Ten Lists

Jan 1, 2006 12:00 PM

States with lowest per-pupil expenditures, 2004-05
▪ Utah	$5,245
▪ Arizona	$5,474
▪ Arkansas	$6,202
▪ Oklahoma	$6,269
▪ Mississippi	$6,452
▪ Nevada	$6,525
▪ Idaho	$6,743
▪ Tennessee	$6,856
▪ Alabama	$6,886
▪ North Dakota	$7,033
Source: National Education Association

High schools with largest enrollments, 2003-04
▪ Elizabeth (Elizabeth, N.J.) (tie)	5,299
▪ Belmont (Los Angeles) (tie)	5,299
▪ Fremont (Los Angeles)	5,083
▪ South Gate (South Gate, Calif.)	5,020
▪ Roosevelt (Los Angeles)	4,940
▪ Monroe (Sepulveda, Calif.)	4,881
▪ Los Angeles (Los Angeles)	4,876
▪ Bell (Bell, Calif.)	4,855
▪ Garfield (Los Angeles)	4,844
▪ Lynwood (Lynwood, Calif.)	4,818
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

States with highest per-pupil expenditures, 2004-05
▪ District of Columbia	$15,073
▪ New Jersey	$13,370
▪ New York	$12,879
▪ Connecticut	$11,893
▪ Massachusetts	$11,681
▪ Vermont	$11,608
▪ Delaware	$11,016
▪ Maine	$10,723
▪ Rhode Island	$10,641
▪ Wyoming	$10,198
Source: National Education Association

States with most students, 2004-05
▪ California	6,322,142
▪ Texas	4,383,871
▪ New York	2,822,000
▪ Florida	2,630,229
▪ Illinois	2,097,518
▪ Ohio	1,846,763
▪ Pennsylvania	1,815,170
▪ Michigan	1,726,204
▪ Georgia	1,553,437
▪ New Jersey	1,392,204
Source: National Education Association

States with most public school teachers (K-12), 2004-05
▪ California	318,386
▪ Texas	294,547
▪ New York	223,000
▪ Florida	158,684
▪ Illinois	131,779
▪ Pennsylvania	121,120
▪ Ohio	114,146
▪ New Jersey	109,577
▪ Georgia	104,847
▪ Virginia	102,391
Source: National Education Association

States with largest student-enrollment increase, 1993 to 2003
▪ Nevada	63.44%
▪ Arizona	42.65%
▪ Florida	26.80%
▪ Georgia	23.26%
▪ Colorado	21.22%
▪ California	20.40%
▪ Texas	20.05%
▪ North Carolina	20.03%
▪ New Jersey	19.93%
▪ Connecticut	16.30%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

States with sharpest decrease in student enrollment, 1993 to 2003
▪ North Dakota	-14.18%
▪ Wyoming	-13.32%
▪ South Dakota	-12.10%
▪ West Virginia	-10.55%
▪ Louisiana	-9.10%
▪ Montana	-8.99%
▪ Maine	-6.87%
▪ Vermont	-3.55%
▪ Iowa	-3.47%
▪ Washington, D.C.	-3.25%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Largest universities by main-campus enrollment, fall 2005
▪ Arizona State University	51,612
▪ University of Minnesota	51,175
▪ Ohio State University	50,504
▪ University of Texas	49,696
▪ University of Florida	49,693
▪ Michigan State University	45,166
▪ Texas A&M University	44,910
▪ University of Illinois	41,862
▪ University of Wisconsin	41,447
▪ Penn State University	40,709
Source: Associated Press

States with most students attending charter schools, fall 2005
▪ California	219,480
▪ Arizona	96,934
▪ Florida	96,676
▪ Michigan	86,874
▪ Texas	85,444
▪ Ohio	85,082
▪ Pennsylvania	51,504
▪ Colorado	38,032
▪ Wisconsin	35,406
▪ North Carolina	28,154
Source: The Center for Education Reform

States with most charter schools, fall 2005
▪ California	592
▪ Arizona	449
▪ Florida	326
▪ Ohio	277
▪ Texas	259
▪ Michigan	233
▪ Wisconsin	188
▪ Minnesota	126
▪ Colorado	116
▪ Pennsylvania	115
Source: The Center for Education Reform

Districts with most enrollment added, 1993 to 2003
▪ Clark County, Nev.	125,202
▪ Los Angeles	107,880
▪ Broward County, Fla.	82,973
▪ Miami-Dade County, Fla.	63,320
▪ Gwinnett County, Ga.	52,532
▪ Orange County, Fla.	52,354
▪ Palm Beach County, Fla.	48,115
▪ Hillsborough County, Fla.	46,796
▪ Wake County, N.C.	36,161
▪ Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C.	31,229
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Districts with most enrollment lost, 1993 to 2003 (enrollment 40,000 or larger)
▪ Detroit	-20,261
▪ Baltimore City	-19,305
▪ Orleans Parish, La.	-18,061
▪ Philadelphia	-17,888
▪ East Baton Rouge Parish, La.	-16,535
▪ Washington, D.C.	-15,579
▪ Cincinnati	-12,007
▪ Granite, Utah	-8,975
▪ Atlanta	-7,141
▪ Buffalo, N.Y.	-7,039
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Universities with largest academic research and development expenditures in sciences and engineering, 2002-03
▪ Johns Hopkins University	$1.24 billion
▪ University of California, Los Angeles	$849 million
▪ University of Michigan (all campuses)	$780 million
▪ University of Wisconsin, Madison	$721 million
▪ University of Washington	$685 million
▪ University of California, San Francisco	$671 million
▪ University of California, San Diego	$647 million
▪ Stanford University	$603 million
▪ University of Pennsylvania	$565 million
▪ Cornell University (all campuses)	$555 million
Source: National Science Foundation

Districts with fastest enrollment growth, 1993 to 2003 (enrollments 20,000 to 40,000)
▪ Gilbert, Ariz.	156.1%
▪ Forsyth County, Ga.	155.9%
▪ Indian Prairie (Ill.) 204	148.1%
▪ Temecula Valley, Calif.	136.6%
▪ Mansfield, Texas	130.4%
▪ Henry County, Ga.	124.4%
▪ Paulding County, Ga.	117.2%
▪ Keller, Texas	112.7%
▪ Chandler, Ariz.	101.9%
▪ Alamance-Burlington, N.C.	96.4%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Districts with steepest enrollment drop, 1993 to 2003 (enrollments 20,000 to 40,000)
▪ Flint, Mich.	-21.9%
▪ Birmingham, Ala.	-20.4%
▪ Kanawha County, W.Va.	-15.9%
▪ Indianapolis, Ind.	-14.3%
▪ Akron, Ohio	-14.0%
▪ Pittsburgh, Pa.	-13.6%
▪ Toledo, Ohio	-12.1%
▪ Grand Rapids, Mich.	-10.8%
▪ Hartford, Conn.	-10.7%
▪ Huntsville, Ala.	-9.9%
Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Districts with highest per-pupil spending (larger than 10,000 enrollment), 2002-03
▪ Newark, N.J.	$17,652
▪ Trenton, N.J.	$15,438
▪ Jersey City, N.J.	$14,820
▪ Paterson, N.J.	$14,514
▪ Camden, N.J.	$14,499
▪ Passaic, N.J.	$14,380
▪ East Orange, N.J.	$14,047
▪ Yonkers, N.Y.	$13,892
▪ New Rochelle, N.Y.	$13,803
▪ Boston	$13,730
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Districts with lowest per-pupil spending (larger than 10,000 enrollment), 2002-03
▪ Nebo, Utah	$4,339
▪ Tooele County, Utah	$4,374
▪ Alpine Utah	$4,413
▪ Desoto County, Miss.	$4,444
▪ Jordan, Utah	$4,520
▪ Weber County, Utah	$4,521
▪ Washington County, Utah	$4,524
▪ Granite, Utah	$4,595
▪ Davis County, Utah	$4,692
▪ Gilbert, Ariz.	$4,698
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Largest school districts
▪ New York City	1,071,237
▪ Los Angeles	727,117
▪ Chicago	428,482
▪ Miami	354,120
▪ Clark County, Nev.	291,505
▪ Broward County, Fla.	270,935
▪ Philadelphia	212,520
▪ Houston	208,945
▪ Hillsborough County, Fla.	193,631
▪ Hawaii	181,355
Source: Individual districts

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