Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary SchoolDistricts in the United States: 1999-2000. Statistical Analysis Report

摘要

This publication provides basic descriptive information about the 100 largestschool districts (ranked by student membership) in the United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Defense schools, and outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). For the sake of simplicity, when discussing characteristics, the term 'nation' (or 'United States') is used to refer to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Defense schools, and outlying areas. This is different from most NCES reports, which only include the 50 states and the District of Columbia in U.S. totals. Almost one in every four public school students in this nation is served by one of these 100 districts (table A). They are distinguished from smaller districts by characteristics in addition to sheer size, such as average and median school size, pupil/teacher ratios, number of high school graduates, number of pupils receiving special education services, and minority enrollment as a proportion of total enrollment. Information about the characteristics cited above is found in 16 'basic tables'. For the purpose of establishing a meaningful context for the information on the 100 largest districts, four text tables provide national and 100 largest school district data and precede the basic tables. Following the basic tables, appendix A lists the 500 largest school districts with some identifying information and basic statistical data. Appendix B is an alphabetical list of the 500 districts and their rank by size. Appendix C provides data for the 1989-90 school year. Appendix D provides a count of the number of largest districts represented by state. In all basic tables and appendices, with the exception of appendices B and D, districts are presented by decreasing order of size.