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Growing Pains: The Challenge of Overcrowded Schools Is Here to Stay (August 2000)

Table 5. -- Thirty school districts with the largest increases in enrollment: Fall 1988 to fall 1998

School district	City	State	Rank	Enrollment		Enrollment increase, 1988 to 1998	Percent change, 1988 to 1998
School district	City	State	Rank	1988	1998	Enrollment increase, 1988 to 1998	Percent change, 1988 to 1998
New York City	New York City	New York	1	936,153	1,072,628	136,475	15
Los Angeles Unified	Los Angeles	California	2	592,881	695,885	103,004	17
Clark County School District	Las Vegas	Nevada	3	105,054	203,777	98,723	94
Broward County School District	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	4	142,140	231,187	89,047	63
Dade County School District	Miami	Florida	5	267,986	352,536	84,550	32

Palm Beach County School District	West Palm Beach	Florida	6	93,708	146,568	52,860	56
Orange County School District	Orlando	Florida	7	91,708	138,866	47,158	51
Gwinnett County School District	Lawrenceville	Georgia	8	59,129	98,784	39,655	67
Hillsborough County School District	Tampa	Florida	9	119,022	156,452	37,430	31
Guilford County Schools	Greensboro	North Carolina	10	23,851	61,154	37,303	156

Wake County Schools	Raliegh	North Carolina	11	61,065	92,256	31,191	51
Montgomery County Public Schools	Rockville	Maryland	12	98,553	127,933	29,400	30
Dallas Independent	Dallas	Texas	13	130,904	159,908	29,004	22
Cobb County School District	Marietta	Georgia	14	65,578	91,208	25,630	24
Prince Georges County Public Schools	Upper Marlboro	Maryland	15	105,312	130,259	24,947	24

Fulton County Public Schools	Atlanta	Georgia	16	40,964	65,642	24,678	60
Baltimore County Public Schools	Towson	Maryland	17	82,086	105,941	23,828	29
Charlotte-Meklenburg	Charlotte	North Carolina	18	75,105	98,758	23,653	31
Long Beach Unified	Long Beach	California	19	66,784	89,241	22,430	34
Duval County School District	Jacksonville	Florida	20	105,269	127,411	22,142	21

Hamilton County School District	Chattanooga	Tennessee	21	20,425	42,292	21,867	107
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent	Houston	Texas	22	36,324	58,044	21,720	60
Fairfax County	Fairfax	Virginia	23	127,518	149,029	21,511	17
San Diego City Unified	San Diego	California	24	117,703	138,433	21,265	18
City of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois	25	410,230	430,914	20,684	5

Elk Grove Unified	Elk Grove	California	26	22,077	42,484	20,407	92
Pinellas County	Largo	Florida	27	90,427	110,582	20,155	22
Hawaii Department of Education	Honolulu	Hawaii	28	168,073	188,069	19,996	12
Houston	Houston	Texas	29	190,290	210,179	19,889	10
Fort Bend	Sugar Land	Texas	30	31,104	50,890	19,786	64

NOTE: Some changes may be affected by school district boundary changes. Selection of districts based on the most recent complete data on all school districts (1998), and the change from 1988.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data Survey.

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[ Table 4.--Fifteen states with the largest percent increases in public elementary and secondary school enrollment: Fall 2000 to fall 2010 ]

[ Table 6.--Fifty urban areas enrolling the largest number of elementary and secondary school students: 1990-1998 ]

Last Updated -- August 22, 2000, (lvb)