Special Education in Urban Districts
June 24, 1998
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Special Education in Urban
Districts
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| District | City | State | Percent of District Students in Special Ed., 1995 |
| Anchorage School District | Anchorage | AK | 14.2 |
| Birmingham Public Schools | Birmingham | AL | 8.5 |
| Little Rock School District | Little Rock | AR | 8.1 |
| Phoenix Union High School District | Phoenix | AZ | 8.9 |
| Tucson Unified School District | Tucson | AZ | 9.3 |
| Compton Unified School District | Compton | CA | 5.5 |
| Fresno Unified School District | Fresno | CA | 10.6 |
| Long Beach Unified School District | Long Beach | CA | 7.8 |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | Los Angeles | CA | 9.7 |
| Oakland Unified School District | Oakland | CA | 9.8 |
| Sacramento City Unified School District | Sacramento | CA | 10.7 |
| San Diego Unified School District | San Diego | CA | 10.3 |
| San Francisco Unified School District | San Francisco | CA | 10.8 |
| San Jose Unified School District | San Jose | CA | 10 |
| Denver Public Schools | Denver | CO | 11.2 |
| Bridgeport Public Schools | Bridgeport | CT | 10.2 |
| Hartford Public Schools | Hartford | CT | 17.7 |
| District of Columbia Public Schools | Washington | DC | 8.4 |
| Red Clay Consolidated School District | Wilmington | DE | 10.4 |
| Broward County Public Schools | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 10.8 |
| Duval County Public Schools | Jacksonville | FL | 15.3 |
| Miami-Dade County School District | Miami | FL | 9.4 |
| Atlanta Public Schools | Atlanta | GA | 7.2 |
| Des Moines Community School District | Des Moines | IA | 14.7 |
| Chicago Public Schools | Chicago | IL | 4.1 |
| East St. Louis School District 189 | East St. Louis | IL | 5.7 |
| Indianapolis Public Schools | Indianapolis | IN | 19.7 |
| Kansas City, Kan., School District | Kansas City | KS | 13.4 |
| Jefferson County Public School System | Louisville | KY | n/a |
| New Orleans Public Schools | New Orleans | LA | 7.8 |
| Boston Public Schools | Boston | MA | 21.1 |
| Baltimore City Public Schools | Baltimore | MD | 15.2 |
| Detroit Public Schools | Detroit | MI | 10.4 |
| Minneapolis Public Schools | Minneapolis | MN | 13.2 |
| St. Paul Public Schools | St. Paul | MN | 12.5 |
| Kansas City, Mo., School District | Kansas City | MO | 11.7 |
| St. Louis Public Schools | St. Louis | MO | 15 |
| Jackson Public School District | Jackson | MS | 7.8 |
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | Charlotte | NC | 15.8 |
| Omaha Public Schools | Omaha | NE | 14.3 |
| Camden City School District | Camden | NJ | 11.3 |
| Jersey City Public Schools | Jersey City | NJ | 7 |
| Newark Public Schools | Newark | NJ | 6.3 |
| Paterson Public Schools | Paterson | NJ | 4.7 |
| Albuquerque Public Schools | Albuquerque | NM | 15.7 |
| Clark County School District | Las Vegas | NV | 9.9 |
| Buffalo City School District | Buffalo | NY | 13.2 |
| New York City Public Schools | New York | NY | 11.5 |
| Rochester City School District | Rochester | NY | 13.7 |
| Syracuse City School District | Syracuse | NY | 14.8 |
| Cincinnati City School District | Cincinnati | OH | n/a |
| Cleveland City School District | Cleveland | OH | n/a |
| Columbus Public Schools | Columbus | OH | n/a |
| Dayton Public School District | Dayton | OH | n/a |
| Toledo Public Schools | Toledo | OH | n/a |
| Oklahoma City Public Schools | Oklahoma City | OK | 15.8 |
| Portland Public Schools | Portland | OR | 9.6 |
| The School District of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | PA | 10.5 |
| Pittsburgh Public Schools | Pittsburgh | PA | 10.6 |
| Providence Public Schools | Providence | RI | 12 |
| Richland County School District One | Columbia | SC | 11.8 |
| Memphis City Schools | Memphis | TN | 12.4 |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | Nashville | TN | 12.1 |
| Austin Independent School District | Austin | TX | 11.2 |
| Dallas Independent School District | Dallas | TX | 8.5 |
| El Paso Independent School District | El Paso | TX | 8.2 |
| Fort Worth Independent School District | Fort Worth | TX | 10.6 |
| Houston Independent School District | Houston | TX | 10 |
| San Antonio Independent School District | San Antonio | TX | 11.2 |
| Salt Lake City School District | Salt Lake City | UT | 12.1 |
| Norfolk Public Schools | Norfolk | VA | 11.9 |
| Richmond Public Schools | Richmond | VA | 11.2 |
| Seattle Public Schools | Seattle | WA | 8.4 |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | Milwaukee | WI | 13.1 |
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