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School districts by enrollment

New York City (33 geographic districts) enrolled 837,777 pupils in 2024–25, more than any other public school district. The 100 largest enrolled 10,233,980, 20.8% of the pupils in all 19,216 districts.

Pupils · Fall 2024, the 2024–25 school year

Pupils, Fall 2024, the 2024–25 school year
RankNamepupilsPupils per teacher
1New York City (33 geographic districts) (NY)837,77711.8
2Los Angeles Unified (CA)408,02619.2
3Miami-Dade (FL)333,23319.4
4Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (IL)324,13013.8
5Clark County (NV)306,03818.6
6Broward (FL)243,55321.7
7Hillsborough (FL)220,36019.7
8Orange (FL)205,85318.0
9Palm Beach (FL)189,63416.4
10Gwinnett County (GA)182,51814.3
11Fairfax County Public Schools (VA)179,32313.3
12Houston ISD (TX)176,72716.1
13Hawaii Department of Education (HI)167,07113.7
14Wake County Schools (NC)163,32515.3
15Montgomery County Public Schools (MD)159,18113.8
16Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC)147,29916.5
17Dallas ISD (TX)139,80214.9
18Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)132,12314.1
19Duval (FL)130,05419.1
20Philadelphia City SD (PA)120,05715.0
21Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (TX)117,92715.4
22Polk (FL)111,37219.3
23Memphis-Shelby County Schools (TN)111,124Not shown
24Baltimore County Public Schools (MD)110,02415.0
25Cobb County (GA)105,73814.1
26Lee (FL)102,50620.5
27Northside ISD (TX)100,20814.2
28Katy ISD (TX)96,11113.9
29Jefferson County (KY)95,18015.2
30San Diego Unified (CA)95,17523.0
31DeKalb County (GA)91,75213.6
32School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (CO)90,47115.1
33Prince William County Public Schools (VA)90,24215.2
34Pinellas (FL)87,87615.9
35Fulton County (GA)87,01914.1
36Alpine District (UT)86,64524.0
37Pasco (FL)86,62716.7
38Anne Arundel County Public Schools (MD)85,02913.8
39Loudoun County Public Schools (VA)81,48612.1
40Davidson County (TN)81,021Not shown
41Fort Bend ISD (TX)79,66316.0
42Idea Public Schools (TX)79,43018.4
43Greenville 01 (SC)77,77415.2
44Baltimore City Public Schools (MD)76,80714.4
45Osceola (FL)75,31419.5
46Albuquerque (NM)74,79212.1
47Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (CO)73,53216.7
48Conroe ISD (TX)72,91415.3
49Austin ISD (TX)72,27214.0
50Davis District (UT)71,42822.7
51Brevard (FL)71,19816.1
52Fort Worth ISD (TX)70,40514.9
53Fresno Unified (CA)68,13119.3
54Guilford County Schools (NC)67,62015.1
55Milwaukee School District (WI)65,59916.5
56Frisco ISD (TX)65,28914.6
57Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VA)64,73114.3
58Washoe County (NV)64,24419.2
59Chesterfield County Public Schools (VA)64,19413.5
60Seminole (FL)63,93417.0
61State Sponsored Charter Schools (NV)63,60930.2
62Elk Grove Unified (CA)63,42122.7
63Long Beach Unified (CA)62,64423.7
64Volusia (FL)61,72418.1
65Douglas County School District No. Re 1 (CO)61,24317.4
66Knox County (TN)60,185Not shown
67Granite District (UT)59,10622.5
68Jordan District (UT)58,78821.7
69Howard County Public Schools (MD)57,56513.5
70North East ISD (TX)56,42014.2
71Aldine ISD (TX)56,41914.4
72Mesa Unified District (4235) (AZ)55,82118.3
73Forsyth County (GA)54,86415.7
74Manatee (FL)54,21517.4
75Arlington ISD (TX)53,33913.8
76Omaha Public Schools (NE)52,52416.7
77Klein ISD (TX)52,43714.7
78Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools (NC)52,43014.2
79ST. Johns (FL)52,32418.4
80District of Columbia Public Schools (DC)52,29911.0
81Rutherford County (TN)52,127Not shown
82Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah (CO)51,98016.2
83Clayton County (GA)51,05514.8
84Garland ISD (TX)51,02115.0
85Henrico County Public Schools (VA)50,91514.9
86Charleston 01 (SC)50,85613.0
87Seattle School District No. 1 (WA)50,77316.5
88Mobile County (AL)49,94617.7
89Atlanta Public Schools (GA)49,94512.1
90Corona-Norco Unified (CA)49,48724.0
91ST. Lucie (FL)49,30819.4
92Cumberland County Schools (NC)49,00216.8
93San Francisco Unified (CA)48,90221.0
94Detroit Public Schools Community District (MI)48,82816.1
95Horry 01 (SC)48,66214.5
96Humble ISD (TX)48,50214.8
97Collier (FL)48,25216.8
98El Paso ISD (TX)48,11814.5
99Frederick County Public Schools (MD)48,05415.7
100Lake (FL)47,98217.8

The district reported no teachers to NCES for the year, so it has no ratio.

What this data cannot show

  • Enrollment is NCES fall membership: the pupils on a district’s rolls on or about October 1, not its attendance or its residents of school age.
  • The table lists the 100 largest. The find reaches all 17,800 districts that report pupils, and each district’s page states its rank; the 1,383 that report none are not ranked.
  • Pupils per teacher is the district’s own membership over its own full-time-equivalent teachers, both from its district file. Where a district reports no teachers there is no ratio.

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