| Title: | Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2004-05 |
| Description: | This annual report provides basic information from the Common Core of Data about the nation’s largest public school districts in the 2004-05 school year. The data include such characteristics as the numbers of students and teachers, number of high school completers and the averaged freshman graduation rate, and revenues and expenditures. Several findings were: These 100 largest districts enrolled 23 percent of all public school students, and employed 20 percent of all public school teachers, in 2004-05. The 100 largest districts produced 20 percent of all high school completers (both diploma and other completion credential recipients) in 2003-04. Across these districts, the averaged freshman graduation rate was 70.2 percent. Four states -- California, Florida, Texas, and New York -- accounted for more than half of the 100 largest public school districts. Current per-pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2003 ranged from a low of $4,351 in the Puerto Rico School District to a high of $17,337 in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| Cover Date: | April 2008 |
| Web Release: | April 1, 2008 |
| Print Release: | Currently only available online, print version forthcoming. |
| Publication #: | NCES 2008335 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Anthony Garofano and Jennifer Sable, Education Statistics Services Institute - American Institutes for Research |
| Type of Product: | Statistical Analysis Report |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
Common Core of Data (CCD) |
| Keywords: |
Enrollment
Expenditures Finance Graduation Rates, High School Public Schools Race/Ethnicity Revenues School Districts |
| Questions: |
For questions about the content of this Statistical Analysis Report, please contact: Patrick Keaton. |