Number of Schools, Students and Teachers for 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas in US

Number of schools, students, and teachers in regular schools with membership for the 100 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the United States Note: Membership is the count of students enrolled on October 1 of the reported school year. Analysis includes only regular schools with membership greater than zero. Data include all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Operating schools include all those providing services during the reported school year. New schools are schools opened for the first time within the school year reported. Continuing operations schools include schools that provided services in the prior school year. Counts of students and teachers for closed schools are for the prior school year. For example, counts of students for schools closed in school year 2002–03 are based on enrollments for these schools in school year 2001–02. Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1999–2000, Version 1b; 2000–01, Version 1a; 2001–02, Version 1a; 2002–03, Version 1a; 2003–04, Version 1a; 2004–05, Version 1b; 2005–06, Version 1a; 2006–07, Version 1c; 2007–08, Version 1b; 2008–09, Version 1b; 2009–10, Version Provisional 2a; and 2010–11, Version Provisional 2a.