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

This is a list of school districts in the United States ranked by 2021 enrollment. 2021 2014 vs 2016 2016 vs 2018 2018 vs 20192019 vs 2021 School district State/Territory Students (autumn 2014) Students (autumn 2016)Students (autumn 2018) Students (autumn 2019)Students (autumn 2021)1 New York City New York 995,192 984,462 960,484 956,634859,5142 Los Angeles Unified California 646,683 633,621 495,255483,234435,9583 City of Chicago (SD 299) Illinois 392,558 378,199 359,476347,484329,8364 Miami-Dade County Florida 356,964 357,249 350,434347,307328,5895 Clark County Nevada 324,093 326,953 330,225328,991315,7876 Broward County Florida 266,265 271,852 270,978269,172256,0377 1 Hillsborough County Florida 207,469 214,386 220,252223,305224,14981Orange CountyFlorida191,648200,674208,203208,875203,2249 1 1 Houston ISD Texas 215,225 216,106 209,772210,061194,60710 Palm Beach Florida 186,605 192,721 192,533194,675187,94311 2 Gwinnett County Georgia 173,246 178,214 179,758180,589179,58112 1 Fairfax County Virginia 185,541 187,467 187,797188,887178,47913 1 Hawaii Department of Education Hawaii 182,384 181,550 181,278181,088173,17814 1 1 1 Wake County North Carolina 155,820 160,467 161,784163,404160,09915 1 1 1 Montgomery County Maryland 154,434 159,010 162,680165,267158,23116 2 Dallas ISD Texas 160,253 157,886 155,119153,861143,55817 Charlotte-Mecklenburg North Carolina 145,636 147,428 147,638149,845143,24418 2 Duval County Florida 128,685 129,479 130,229130,279128,94819 2 1 1 Prince George's County Maryland 127,576 130,814 132,657135,952128,77020 1 1 Philadelphia City Pennsylvania 134,241 133,929 132,520130,617118,05321 1 1 Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Texas 113,023 114,868 116,512117,446117,21722 1 2 Baltimore County Maryland 109,830 112,139 113,814115,038111,13623 1 1 1 Cobb County Georgia 111,751 113,151 111,854112,097106,97024 3 2 1 Shelby County Tennessee 115,810 111,403 112,125113,198105,59625 2 1 11 Polk County Florida 99,723 102,295 101,408102,952105,42226 1 1 1 Northside ISD Texas 103,606 106,145 106,501107,817102,37727 14 Lee County Florida 89,364 92,686 94,41095,61397,26428 1 1 11 Pinellas County Florida 103,774 102,905 100,94899,77295,44629 2 512 San Diego Unified California 129,779 128,040 103,194102,27095,23330 1 22 Jefferson County Kentucky 100,602 99,813 97,936100,34894,39331 1 11 DeKalb County Georgia 101,103 101,284 99,16698,80093,47332 1 Fulton County Georgia 95,460 96,122 94,49193,89790,35533 1 1 Prince William County Virginia 86,641 89,345 90,84392,23790,07034 1 Denver Colorado 88,839 91,138 92,03992,14388,911355426Katy ISDTexas70,33075,42879,91383,42388,36836 3 1 14 Alpine Utah 75,161 78,957 81,71583,54086,27537 1 2 2 Anne Arundel County Maryland 79,518 81,379 83,30084,98483,16338 1 3 Albuquerque New Mexico 93,001 90,651 89,78888,31281,76239 3 518 Pasco County Florida 69,295 72,493 75,04876,66181,15740 4 3 11 Loudoun County Virginia 73,418 78,348 81,90683,60681,13141 2 2 5 Davidson County Tennessee 84,069 85,163 84,66785,58880,38142 2 4 2 Baltimore City Maryland 84,976 82,354 79,29779,18777,80743 2 2 12 Fort Bend ISD Texas 72,152 74,146 76,12277,75677,54544 1 12 Greenville County, 01 South Carolina 75,508 76,918 76,15877,30276,93945 17 Jefferson County, No R1 Colorado 86,581 86,371 84,64684,07876,90446244Fort Worth ISDTexas85,97587,42884,51082,89174,85047314Austin ISDTexas84,56483,06780,03280,91174,60248 1 3 1 Davis Utah 70,857 72,987 74,28974,77374,4864911Brevard CountyFlorida72,28573,44473,73473,96272,497505814Osceola CountyFlorida59,32063,03168,55469,92572,42751432Fresno UnifiedCalifornia73,54373,35671,15271,26569,87352 3 1 Guilford County North Carolina 73,416 73,059 72,95072,68269,17353 3 1 24 Milwaukee Wisconsin 77,316 76,206 75,43174,68369,11554 4 4 47 Conroe ISD Texas 56,363 59,764 62,83764,79967,76155 4 7 3 Long Beach Unified California 79,709 76,428 72,93571,71267,29256 2 1 Seminole County Florida 66,134 67,808 68,26968,09666,72957 20 6 38 Frisco ISD Texas 49,644 55,923 60,18262,70565,82558 2 Washoe County Nevada 65,682 66,671 67,11367,30165,53859 3 2 14 Virginia Beach City Virginia 70,121 69,085 68,62468,70665,45060 1 2 3 Douglas County, No RE1 Colorado 66,702 67,470 67,59167,30563,59661 2 23 Volusia County Florida 61,777 63,028 63,22363,00962,66662 1 5 2 Granite Utah 69,994 69,580 66,76766,27662,54463 1 2 14 Chesterfield County Virginia 59,725 60,060 61,55262,61462,44564 1 2 11 Elk Grove Unified California 62,888 63,061 63,10063,66062,22965 1 5 6 Aldine ISD Texas 69,716 69,768 66,85467,25961,63366 1 12 Knox County Tennessee 59,733 60,372 60,85461,54560,42667 1 3 15 North East ISD Texas 67,971 67,531 65,18664,53959,83068 3 12 13 Jordan Utah 52,274 53,416 56,17657,77159,36369 1 2 33 Mesa Unified Arizona 63,849 63,444 63,12462,70358,85970 7 5 Howard County Maryland 53,685 55,626 57,90758,86857,32571 4 4 2 Arlington ISD Texas 63,882 62,181 59,90059,53256,31172 2 12 Garland ISD Texas 57,436 57,133 55,98755,70153,67473 3 21 Cherry Creek, No 5 Colorado 54,535 54,852 55,83956,22853,58774 4 12 14 Klein ISD Texas 49,402 51,810 53,32854,09653,29475 8 16 217 Forsyth County Georgia 42,435 46,238 49,34650,54452,75776111Winston-Salem/Forsyth CountyNorth Carolina54,76255,22854,70754,56652,681771612Mobile CountyAlabama57,91056,62853,96753,94152,614784311Clayton CountyGeorgia53,36754,34554,84054,42452,335791811OmahaNebraska51,92852,34453,19453,48351,62680 6 5 27 Seattle Washington 52,834 54,215 55,27155,98651,44381 5 3 13 Corona-Norco Unified California 53,739 53,157 53,00252,55750,88982 5 1 47 El Paso ISD Texas 60,852 59,424 57,31555,25350,76983 3 3 12 Manatee County Florida 47,883 48,884 49,30150,08850,24884 5 1 Atlanta Georgia 51,145 51,927 52,37752,41649,99485 1 5 2 Henrico County Virginia 50,971 51,425 51,52351,78649,99186 5 1 13 Plano ISD Texas 54,689 54,173 53,05752,62949,40087 8 7 17 Charleston, 01 South Carolina 46,790 48,551 49,76950,29949,33188 1 7 17 Pasadena ISD Texas 55,577 56,282 53,29152,87849,32689 new 10 215 Rutherford County Tennessee 44,149 46,30347,45849,25390 1 4 Lewisville ISD Texas 53,356 53,257 52,21852,18949,20591 2 17 29 San Francisco Unified California 58,414 60,133 52,49852,81149,20492 4 4 12 Cumberland County North Carolina 51,604 51,194 50,87950,75048,86093 9 5 85 District of Columbia District of Columbia 46,155 48,462 49,06550,97148,63594 8 21 3 Detroit Michigan 47,277 45,455 49,93150,64448,53695 NR new 38 Humble ISD Texas 43,55345,07848,11296 NR NR new22 St. Johns County School District Florida 43,62848,03297 4 6 5 Collier County Florida 45,228 46,416 47,43647,83447,61798 1 6 25 Socorro ISD Texas 44,561 45,927 46,81447,57547,27899 3 12 110 Round Rock ISD Texas 47,251 48,321 50,38750,95347,167100 3 2 54 Jefferson Parish Louisiana 47,817 48,668 48,25449,86246,896101 2 2 54 Wichita Kansas 50,947 50,600 49,88549,32346,657102 new 4 65 Horry County, 01 South Carolina 44,93145,75946,55110331024San Bernardino City UnifiedCalifornia53,36553,15249,00548,75546,50910446511BostonMassachusetts54,31253,64051,43350,48046,169105 NR new 10 Lake Florida 43,94144,79345,845106 2 3 8 Columbus City Ohio 50,407 50,331 48,92548,75945,547107 NR NR new9 Frederick County Public Schools (Maryland) Maryland 43,82845,220108 2 12 Hamilton County Tennessee 43,797 44,446 45,05245,34245,176109 1 4 9 Portland, SD1J Oregon 47,806 48,173 48,71048,60145,171110 8 11 29 San Antonio ISD Texas 53,750 52,514 48,74548,53244,710111 6 6 3 Chandler Unified Arizona 42,252 44,352 45,96845,74943,923112 NR new 7 Sarasota Florida 43,11143,48543,896113 3 4 12 Killeen ISD Texas 42,638 43,782 44,97445,33643,882114 NR NR NRnew St. Lucie Public Schools Florida 43,612115 4 4 19 Anchorage Alaska 48,089 48,238 46,11546,14343,054116 NR NR NRnew Kern High School District California 42,863117 NR NR NRnew Henry County Schools (Georgia) Georgia 42, 792118 4 20 213 Capistrano Unified California 54,036 53,613 47,20546,50142,754119 NR new 12 Clovis Unified California 43,26443,65442,6991204(Dropped out of top 120)(Returned to top 120)Marion County Public Schools (Florida)Florida42,678

Previously listed schools 2014 Rank 2016 Rank 2018 Rank2019 Rank School district State/TerritoryStudents (autumn 2014)Students (autumn 2016)Students (autumn 2018)Students (autumn 2019)7278104109Santa Ana UnifiedCalifornia56,81554,50546,96145,576106109110112Alief ISDTexas47,20246,37645,43645,30097105109114Tucson UnifiedArizona48,45547,36645,56045,036NRNRNR120Fayette County Public Schools (Kentucky)KentuckyN/AN/AN/A43,34298106114Brownsville ISDTexas48,35546,88044,402115119117United ISDTexas43,42143,66043,364 100 96 Oakland Unified California 48,077 49,760 96 97 San Juan Unified California 49,114 49,255 107 107 Sacramento City Unified California 46,868 46,815 110 115 Garden Grove Unified California 46,177 44,223 117 Ysleta ISD Texas 42,488 119 Riverside Unified California 42,339

References

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) 100 largest school districts, by enrollment size, from the United States Department of Education (2010–11 school year) 120 largest school districts, by enrollment size, from the United States Department of Education (2017–18 school year)