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

This is a list of the 120 largest school districts in the United States by 2016 enrollment.

Rank	vs 2014	School district	State/Territory	Students in autumn of 2016
1	--	New York City	New York	984,462
2	--	Los Angeles Unified	California	633,621
3	--	City of Chicago (SD 299)	Illinois	378,199
4	--	Miami-Dade	Florida	357,249
5	--	Clark County	Nevada	326,953
6	--	Broward	Florida	271,852
7	--	Houston ISD	Texas	216,106
8	--	Hillsborough	Florida	214,386
9	--	Orange	Florida	200,674
10	--	Palm Beach	Florida	192,721
11	--	Fairfax County	Virginia	187,467
12	--	Hawaii Department of Education	Hawaii	181,550
13	--	Gwinnett County	Georgia	178,214
14	↑1	Wake County	North Carolina	160,467
15	↑1	Montgomery County	Maryland	159,010
16	↓2	Dallas ISD	Texas	157,886
17	--	Charlotte-Mecklenburg	North Carolina	147,428
18	--	Philadelphia City	Pennsylvania	133,929
19	↑2	Prince George's County	Maryland	130,814
20	--	Duval	Florida	129,479
21	↓2	San Diego Unified	California	128,040
22	↑1	Cypress-Fairbanks ISD	Texas	114,868
23	↑1	Cobb County	Georgia	113,151
24	↑1	Baltimore County	Maryland	112,139
25	↓3	Shelby County	Tennessee	111,403
26	↑1	Northside ISD	Texas	106,145
27	↓1	Pinellas	Florida	102,905
28	↑2	Polk	Florida	102,295
29	↓1	DeKalb County	Georgia	101,284
30	↓1	Jefferson County	Kentucky	99,813
31	--	Fulton County	Georgia	96,122
32	↑1	Lee	Florida	92,686
33	↑1	Denver	Colorado	91,138
34	↓2	Albuquerque	New Mexico	90,651
35	--	Prince William County	Virginia	89,345
36	↑1	Fort Worth ISD	Texas	87,428
37	↓1	Jefferson County, No R1	Colorado	86,371
38	↑2	Davidson County	Tennessee	85,163
39	--	Austin ISD	Texas	83,067
40	↓2	Baltimore City	Maryland	82,354
41	↑1	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	81,379
42	↑3	Alpine	Utah	78,957
43	↑4	Loudoun County	Virginia	78,348
44	--	Greenville, 01	South Carolina	76,918
45	↓4	Long Beach Unified	California	76,428
46	↓3	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	76,206
47	↑5	Katy ISD	Texas	75,428
48	↑2	Fort Bend ISD	Texas	74,146
49	--	Brevard	Florida	73,444
50	↓4	Fresno Unified	California	73,356
51	↓3	Guilford County	North Carolina	73,059
52	↓1	Davis	Utah	72,987
53	↑3	Pasco	Florida	72,493
54	↑1	Aldine ISD	Texas	69,768
55	↓1	Granite	Utah	69,580
56	↓3	Virginia Beach City	Virginia	69,085
57	↑2	Seminole	Florida	67,808
58	↓1	North East ISD	Texas	67,531
59	↓1	Douglas County, No RE1	Colorado	67,470
60	--	Washoe County	Nevada	66,671
61	↑1	Mesa Unified	Arizona	63,444
62	↑1	Elk Grove Unified	California	63,061
63	↑5	Osceola	Florida	63,031
64	--	Volusia	Florida	63,028
65	↓4	Arlington ISD	Texas	62,181
66	--	Knox County	Tennessee	60,372
67	↑2	San Francisco Unified	California	60,133
68	↓1	Chesterfield County	Virginia	60,060
69	↑4	Conroe ISD	Texas	59,764
70	↓5	El Paso ISD	Texas	59,424
71	--	Garland ISD	Texas	57,133
72	↓1	Mobile County	Alabama	56,628
73	↑1	Pasadena ISD	Texas	56,282
74	↑20	Frisco ISD	Texas	55,923
75	↑7	Howard County	Maryland	55,626
76	↓1	Winston-Salem/Forsyth County	North Carolina	55,228
77	--	Cherry Creek, No 5	Colorado	54,852
78	↓6	Santa Ana Unified	California	54,505
79	↑4	Clayton County	Georgia	54,345
80	↑6	Seattle	Washington	54,215
81	↓5	Plano ISD	Texas	54,173
82	↓4	Boston	Massachusetts	53,640
83	↓4	Capistrano Unified	California	53,613
84	↑3	Jordan	Utah	53,146
85	--	Lewisville ISD	Texas	53,257
86	↓5	Corona-Norco Unified	California	53,157
87	↓3	San Bernardino City Unified	California	53,152
88	↓8	San Antonio ISD	Texas	52,514
89	↓1	Omaha	Nebraska	52,344
90	--	Atlanta	Georgia	51,927
91	↑4	Klein ISD	Texas	51,810
92	↓1	Henrico County	Virginia	51,425
93	↓4	Cumberland County	North Carolina	51,194
94	↓2	Wichita	Kansas	50,600
95	↓2	Columbus City	Ohio	50,331
96	↑4	Oakland Unified	California	49,760
97	↓1	San Juan Unified	California	49,255
98	↑3	Manatee	Florida	47,884
99	↑3	Jefferson Parish	Louisiana	48,668
100	↑8	Charleston, 01	South Carolina	48,551
101	↑9	District of Columbia	District of Columbia	48,462
102	↑3	Round Rock ISD	Texas	48,321
103	↓4	Anchorage	Alaska	48,238
104	↓1	Portland, SD1J	Oregon	48,173
105	↓1	Tucson Unified	Arizona	48,455
106	↓8	Brownsville ISD	Texas	46,880
107	--	Sacramento City Unified	California	46,815
108	↑4	Collier	Florida	46,416
109	↓3	Alief ISD	Texas	46,376
110	↑8	Forsyth County	Georgia	46,238
111	↑1	Socorro ISD	Texas	45,927
112	↓8	Detroit City	Michigan	45,455
113	--	Hamilton County	Tennessee	44,446
114	↑6	Chandler Unified	Arizona	44,352
115	↓6	Garden Grove Unified	California	44,223
116	new	Rutherford County	Tennessee	44,149
117	new	Horry County	South Carolina	43,991
118	↓3	Killeen ISD	Texas	43,782
119	↓5	United ISD	Texas	43,660
120	↓4	Marion	Florida	43,032

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)