| Rank |
School District |
Population (2012) |
| 1 |
Remainder of California, California
|
10,412,762
|
| 2 |
New York City Department Of Education, New York
|
8,187,643
|
| 3 |
Remainder of Illinois, Illinois
|
4,774,406
|
| 4 |
Los Angeles Unified School District, California
|
4,549,255
|
| 5 |
Chicago Public School District 299, Illinois
|
2,700,792
|
| 6 |
Dade County School District, Florida
|
2,507,248
|
| 7 |
Remainder of New Jersey, New Jersey
|
2,160,977
|
| 8 |
Remainder of Arizona, Arizona
|
2,123,380
|
| 9 |
Clark County School District, Nevada
|
1,954,436
|
| 10 |
Broward County School District, Florida
|
1,755,201
|
| 11 |
Philadelphia City School District, Pennsylvania
|
1,526,413
|
| 12 |
Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaii
|
1,361,628
|
| 13 |
Palm Beach County School District, Florida
|
1,321,827
|
| 14 |
Houston Independent School District, Texas
|
1,320,974
|
| 15 |
Hillsborough County School District, Florida
|
1,238,399
|
| 16 |
Orange County School District, Florida
|
1,149,748
|
| 17 |
Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
|
1,083,923
|
| 18 |
Dallas Independent School District, Texas
|
1,023,681
|
| 19 |
San Diego City Unified School District, California
|
1,018,633
|
| 20 |
Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland
|
974,749
|
| 21 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina
|
925,406
|
| 22 |
Pinellas County School District, Florida
|
916,316
|
| 23 |
Wake County Schools, North Carolina
|
906,731
|
| 24 |
Remainder of Montana, Montana
|
874,211
|
| 25 |
Duval County School District, Florida
|
865,308
|
| 26 |
Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland
|
864,204
|
| 27 |
San Francisco Unified School District, California
|
806,696
|
| 28 |
Baltimore County Public Schools, Maryland
|
805,904
|
| 29 |
Gwinnett County School District, Georgia
|
798,489
|
| 30 |
Jefferson County School District, Kentucky
|
739,208
|
| 31 |
Detroit City School District, Michigan
|
716,568
|
| 32 |
Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico
|
669,000
|
| 33 |
Phoenix Union High School District, Arizona
|
650,734
|
| 34 |
Memphis City School District, Tennessee
|
649,267
|
| 35 |
DeKalb County School District, Georgia
|
646,629
|
| 36 |
Austin Independent School District, Texas
|
642,291
|
| 37 |
Cobb County School District, Georgia
|
633,664
|
| 38 |
Nashville-Davidson County School District, Tennessee
|
628,179
|
| 39 |
Lee County School District, Florida
|
621,359
|
| 40 |
Baltimore City Public Schools, Maryland
|
620,187
|
| 41 |
Boston School District, Massachusetts
|
618,629
|
| 42 |
Seattle School District, Washington
|
612,765
|
| 43 |
District of Columbia Public Schools, District Of Columbia
|
605,045
|
| 44 |
Denver County School District 1, Colorado
|
604,140
|
| 45 |
Polk County School District, Florida
|
603,700
|
| 46 |
Kern Union High School District, California
|
599,555
|
| 47 |
Milwaukee School District, Wisconsin
|
595,110
|
| 48 |
Brevard County School District, Florida
|
543,168
|
| 49 |
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland
|
538,680
|
| 50 |
Jefferson County School District R-1, Colorado
|
538,503
|
| 51 |
Fulton County School District, Georgia
|
531,485
|
| 52 |
East Side Union High School District, California
|
521,888
|
| 53 |
Northside Independent School District (Bandera, Bexar, Texas
|
520,108
|
| 54 |
Long Beach Unified School District, California
|
513,940
|
| 55 |
Columbus City School District, Ohio
|
499,527
|
| 56 |
Volusia County School District, Florida
|
494,715
|
| 57 |
Guilford County Schools, North Carolina
|
489,710
|
| 58 |
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, Texas
|
487,974
|
| 59 |
Tucson Unified District, Arizona
|
480,141
|
| 60 |
Greenville County School District, South Carolina
|
469,054
|
| 61 |
Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas
|
469,038
|
| 62 |
Portland School District 1J, Oregon
|
466,344
|
| 63 |
Pasco County School District, Florida
|
464,867
|
| 64 |
Mesa Unified District, Arizona
|
463,781
|
| 65 |
Sweetwater Union High School District, California
|
458,084
|
| 66 |
Grossmont Union High School District, California
|
455,616
|
| 67 |
Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia
|
438,944
|
| 68 |
Knox County School District, Tennessee
|
433,171
|
| 69 |
Jefferson Parish School District, Louisiana
|
432,369
|
| 70 |
Atlanta City School District, Georgia
|
423,975
|
| 71 |
Seminole County School District, Florida
|
422,690
|
| 72 |
Washoe County School District, Nevada
|
421,920
|
| 73 |
Remainder of Massachusetts, Massachusetts
|
416,671
|
| 74 |
Remainder of Vermont, Vermont
|
406,914
|
| 75 |
Cleveland Municipal School District, Ohio
|
399,441
|
| 76 |
Mobile County School District, Alabama
|
399,178
|
| 77 |
Chaffey Joint Union High School District, California
|
397,330
|
| 78 |
Prince William County Public Schools, Virginia
|
396,919
|
| 79 |
North East Independent School District, Texas
|
396,559
|
| 80 |
Oakland Unified School District, California
|
392,442
|
| 81 |
Anaheim Union High School District, California
|
388,553
|
| 82 |
Granite School District, Utah
|
384,258
|
| 83 |
Minneapolis Public School District, Minnesota
|
384,178
|
| 84 |
Fresno Unified School District, California
|
383,607
|
| 85 |
Sarasota County School District, Florida
|
379,839
|
| 86 |
East Baton Rouge Parish School District, Louisiana
|
375,137
|
| 87 |
Antelope Valley Union High School District, California
|
373,069
|
| 88 |
Remainder of New Hampshire, New Hampshire
|
354,193
|
| 89 |
Charleston County School District, South Carolina
|
351,945
|
| 90 |
Forsyth County Schools, North Carolina
|
351,622
|
| 91 |
Omaha Public Schools, Nebraska
|
350,811
|
| 92 |
Fort Bend Independent School District, Texas
|
350,334
|
| 93 |
Orleans Parish School District, Louisiana
|
345,483
|
| 94 |
Arlington Independent School District, Texas
|
342,160
|
| 95 |
Capistrano Unified School District, California
|
341,254
|
| 96 |
Hamilton County School District, Tennessee
|
336,940
|
| 97 |
Marion County School District, Florida
|
331,605
|
| 98 |
Cincinnati City School District, Ohio
|
330,993
|
| 99 |
Wichita Unified School District 259, Kansas
|
330,755
|
| 100 |
Plano Independent School District, Texas
|
328,600
|