Special Education in Urban Districts (Listed alphabetically by state abbreviation) | |||
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 |