Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public School Districts

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Three states -- California, Florida, and Texas -- accounted for almost half of the 100 largest public school districts, according to new report. Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2007–08 is an annual report that provides basic information from the Common Core of Data about the nation's largest public school districts in the 2007-08 school year. The data include such characteristics as the number of students and teachers, number of high school completers, the averaged freshman graduation rate, and revenues and expenditures. Other findings include:

• These 100 largest districts enrolled 22 percent of all public school students and employed 21 percent of all public school teachers in 2007-08.

• The districts produced 20 percent of 2006-07 school year public high school completers (both diploma and other completion credential recipients).

• Current per-pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2007 ranged from a low of $5,886 in the Alpine District, Utah to a high of $21,801 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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