List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment

This is a list of the largest school districts in the United States by 2010 enrollment.

Rank	Change from 2008	School district	State/Territory	Students in Fall 2010
1	0	New York City Department of Education	New York	995,336
2	0	Los Angeles Unified School District	California	667,273
3	0	Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	437,202
4	0	Chicago Public Schools	Illinois	405,644
5	+1	Miami-Dade County Public Schools	Florida	347,366
6	-1	Clark County School District	Nevada	314,059
7	0	Broward County Public Schools	Florida	256,472
8	0	Houston Independent School District	Texas	204,245
9	0	Hillsborough County Public Schools	Florida	194,525
10	0	Hawaiʻi Department of Education	Hawaii	179,601
11	+2	Orange County Public Schools	Florida	176,008
12	+2	School District of Palm Beach County	Florida	174,663
13	-1	Fairfax County Public Schools	Virginia	174,479
14	-3	School District of Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	166,233
15	+2	Gwinnett County Public Schools	Georgia	160,744
16	-1	Dallas Independent School District	Texas	157,162
17	+5	Wake County Public School System	North Carolina	144,173
18	+1	Montgomery County Public Schools	Maryland	144,023
19	+2	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	North Carolina	135,954
20	0	San Diego Unified School District	California	131,785
21	-2	Prince George's County Public Schools	Maryland	126,671
22	-6	Duval County Public Schools	Florida	123,997
23	0	Memphis City Schools	Tennessee	111,834
24	+2	Cobb County School District	Georgia	107,315
25	+7	Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District	Texas	106,097
26	+8	Baltimore County Public Schools	Maryland	104,160
27	-2	Pinellas County Schools	Florida	104,001
28	0	DeKalb County School System	Georgia	98,115
29	+2	Jefferson County Public Schools	Kentucky	97,331
30	+8	Northside Independent School District	Texas	95,581
31	-2	Albuquerque Public Schools	New Mexico	95,415
32	-2	Polk County Public Schools	Florida	95,178
33	+4	Fulton County School System	Georgia	91,864
34	+1	Jefferson County Public Schools	Colorado	85,979
35	+4	Austin Independent School District	Texas	85,697
36	-3	Long Beach Unified School District	California	84,812
37	-1	Baltimore City Public School System	Maryland	83,800
38	+3	School District of Lee County	Florida	81,967
39	+1	Fort Worth Independent School District	Texas	81,651
40	-6	Milwaukee Public Schools	Wisconsin	80,934
41	+11	Prince William County Public Schools	Virginia	79,358
42	+4	Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools	Tennessee	78,782
43	+5	Denver Public Schools	Colorado	78,339
44	-21	Detroit Public Schools	Michigan	77,757
45	+2	Anne Arundel County Public Schools	Maryland	75,481
46	-3	Fresno Unified School District	California	74,833
47	+4	Guilford County Schools	North Carolina	73,205
48	+2	Greenville County School District	South Carolina	71,930
49	-5	Brevard Public Schools	Florida	71,866
50	-1	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia	71,185
51	+2	Granite School District	Utah	70,083
52	+2	Fort Bend Independent School District	Texas	68,948
53	+9	Davis School District	Utah	67,452
54	+19	Alpine School District	Utah	67,076
55	+4	Pasco County Schools	Florida	66,994
56	+8	North East Independent School District	Texas	66,604
57	-12	Mesa Public Schools	Arizona	65,123
58	+2	Arlington Independent School District	Texas	64,484
59	-1	Washoe County School District	Nevada	64,380
60	+1	El Paso Independent School District	Texas	64,330
61	-6	Seminole County Public Schools	Florida	64,229
62	+5	Aldine Independent School District	Texas	63,154
63	+24	Loudoun County Public Schools	Virginia	63,142
64	-1	Elk Grove Unified School District	California	62,455
65	-8	Mobile County Public School System	Alabama	62,016
66	-10	Volusia County Schools	Florida	61,559
67	+20	Douglas County School District RE-1	Colorado	61,465
68	+17	Katy Independent School District	Texas	60,803
69	-1	Chesterfield County Public Schools	Virginia	59,243
70	-4	Knox County Schools	Tennessee	57,977
71	0	Garland Independent School District	Texas	57,833
72	-2	Santa Ana Unified School District	California	57,319
73	+1	Boston Public Schools	Massachusetts	56,037
74	+4	San Francisco Unified School District	California	55,571
75	+5	Plano Independent School District	Texas	55,568
76	+1	San Antonio Independent School District	Texas	55,116
77	-8	San Bernardino City Unified School District	California	54,518
78	+6	Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools	North Carolina	53,367
79	+3	School District of Osceola County, Florida	Florida	53,357
80	-1	Cumberland County Schools	North Carolina	53,307
81	-16	Tucson Unified School District	Arizona	53,275
82	+1	Capistrano Unified School District	California	53,192
83	+6	Corona-Norco Unified School District	California	53,149
84	+7	Cherry Creek School District	Colorado	52,232
85	+5	Pasadena Independent School District	Texas	52,218
86	+9	Lewisville Independent School District	Texas	51,484
87	new	Conroe Independent School District	Texas	51,170
88	-13	Columbus City Schools	Ohio	51,134
89	+7	Howard County Public Schools	Maryland	50,994
90	-9	Clayton County Public Schools	Georgia	50,366
91	-49	Jordan School District	Utah	50,048
92	+6	Brownsville Independent School District	Texas	49,879
93	-7	Atlanta Public Schools	Georgia	54,956
94	new	Omaha Public Schools	Nebraska	49,405
95	+5	Henrico County Public Schools	Virginia	49,405
96	new	Wichita Public Schools	Kansas	49,329
97	-4	Anchorage School District	Alaska	49,206
98	-1	Garden Grove Unified School District	California	48,659
99	-7	Sacramento City Unified School District	California	47,897
100	new	Seattle Public Schools	Washington	47,735
101	0	Shelby County Schools	Tennessee	47,706

External links

• 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size, from the United States Department of Education (2004-05 school year)
• List of largest school districts from ProximityOne.com
• A list of the 500 largest school districts in 2000-2001 from the National Center for Education Statistics (Department of Education)