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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo - August 1997
Twenty-five Districts With the Largest Enrollment Increases:
Fall 1984 to Fall 1994

School Districts State Rank Enrollment Enrollment
increase,
1984 to 1994 		Percent
change,
1984 to 1994
1984 1994

New York City New York 1 923,100 1,022,534 99,434 11
Dade County School District. Florida 2 231,277 321,615 90,338 39
Los Angeles Unified California 3 546,990 632,973 85,983 16
Broward County School District Florida 4 127,474 199,255 71,781 56
Clark County School District Nevada 5 89,627 156,348 66,721 74

Palm Beach County School District Florida 6 78,374 127,519 49,145 63
Orange County School District Florida 7 78,624 118,666 40,042 51
Gwinnett County School District Georgia 8 41,096 80,220 39,124 95
Montgomery County Public Schools Maryland 9 88,811 117,082 28,271 32
Mesa Unified School District Arizona 10 41,746 69,160 27,414 66

Fresno Unified California 11 51,258 77,023 25,765 50
Wake County North Carolina 12 51,310 76,922 25,612 50
Knox County School District Tennessee 13 26,726 52,285 25,559 96
Cobb County School District Georgia 14 56,653 80,479 23,826 42
Hawaii Department of Education Hawaii 15 161,564 183,869 22,305 14

Duval County School District Florida 16 99,088 121,362 22,274 22
Hillsborough County School District Florida 17 117,132 138,575 21,443 18
Northside Ind. School District Texas 18 35,290 56,117 20,827 59
Cypress-Fairbanks Ind. School District Texas 19 29,300 49,364 20,064 68
Brevard County School District Florida 20 44,750 64,595 19,845 44

Elk Grove Unified California 21 14,106 33,877 19,771 140
Virginia Beach City Public Schools Virginia 22 56,374 75,926 19,552 35
San Diego City Unified California 23 109,363 128,555 19,192 18
Volusia County School District Florida 24 36,929 55,530 18,601 50
Austin Texas 25 55,024 73,191 18,167 33

Note: Some changes may be affected by school district boundary changes.


SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of data surveys.


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