Independent reference data, 2024-25 school year

US public schools and school districts

Official enrollment, staffing and spending figures for every public school and district in the country, from the federal Common Core of Data. No ratings, no reviews, just the numbers and what they mean.

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The national picture

Across the 50 states, DC, the territories and federal school systems, NCES counts 100,237 open public schools in 19,630 districts and other education agencies. On average there are 15.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher.

Public schools: 100,237
Districts and agencies: 19,630
Students: 49,343,524; Reported enrollment, 2024-25
Teachers (FTE): 3,143,599
Charter schools: 8,068
Students per teacher: 15.3; Schools reporting both
Spending per pupil: $16,826; 2020 finance data

Largest school districts

The 25 districts with the most students enrolled in 2024-25. Size describes scale, not quality.

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1	Los Angeles Unified	CA	408,026	784	19.2
2	Miami-Dade County Public Schools	FL	333,233	530	19.4
3	Chicago Public Schools Dist 299	IL	324,130	643	13.8
4	Clark County Public Schools	NV	306,038	379	18.6
5	Broward County Public Schools	FL	243,553	325	21.7
6	Puerto Rico Department of Education	PR	235,819	862	9.7
7	Hillsborough County Public Schools	FL	220,360	293	19.7
8	Orange County Public Schools	FL	205,853	275	18.0
9	Palm Beach County Public Schools	FL	189,634	234	16.4
10	Gwinnett County Public Schools	GA	182,518	141	14.3
11	Fairfax County Public Schools	VA	179,323	223	13.3
12	Houston ISD	TX	176,727	274	16.1
13	Hawaii Department of Education	HI	167,071	296	13.7
14	Wake County Schools	NC	163,325	198	15.3
15	Montgomery County Public Schools	MD	159,181	211	13.8
16	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools	NC	147,299	186	16.5
17	Dallas ISD	TX	139,802	239	14.9
18	Prince George's County Public Schools	MD	132,123	199	14.1
19	Duval County Public Schools	FL	130,054	203	19.1
20	Philadelphia City SD	PA	120,057	220	15.0
21	Cypress-Fairbanks ISD	TX	117,927	94	15.4
22	Polk County Public Schools	FL	111,372	165	19.3
23	Memphis-Shelby County Schools	TN	111,124	223
24	Baltimore County Public Schools	MD	110,024	178	15.0
25	Cobb County Public Schools	GA	105,738	110	14.1

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Featured districts and states

Districts

States

Texas 9,192 schools
California 10,303 schools
Florida 4,186 schools
New York 4,810 schools
Illinois 4,398 schools
Michigan 3,468 schools
Georgia 2,329 schools
Pennsylvania 2,932 schools
Ohio 3,543 schools
North Carolina 2,705 schools

Rankings

Factual lists built from the same data. We rank by size, staffing and spending, never by quality.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.