Eligible School Districts

School districts cannot apply for The Broad Prize. To be eligible for The Broad Prize, districts must meet certain criteria related to size, poverty, minority enrollment and urbanicity. Winners from the previous three years are ineligible (Aldine Independent School District – 2009, Brownsville Independent School District – 2008, and New York City Department of Education – 2007).
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The following districts are eligible for the 2010 Broad Prize:

Albuquerque Public Schools, N.M.
Alief Independent School District, Texas
Anchorage School District, Alaska
Arlington Independent School District, Texas
Atlanta Public Schools, Ga.
Austin Independent School District, Texas
Baltimore City Public School System, Md.
Baltimore County Public Schools, Md.
Boston Public Schools, Mass.
Broward County School District, Fla.
Buffalo Public Schools, N.Y.
Caddo Public Schools District, La.
Charleston County School District, S.C.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, N.C.
Chicago Public Schools, Ill.
Clark County School District, Nev.
Clayton County School System, Ga.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Ohio
Cobb County School District, Ga.
Columbus Public Schools, Ohio
Corpus Christi Independent School District, Texas
Cumberland County Schools, N.C.
Dallas Independent School District, Texas
Dekalb County Public Schools, Ga.
Denver Public Schools, Colo.
Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa
Detroit Public Schools, Mich.
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, D.C.
Duval County Public Schools, Fla.
East Baton Rouge Parish School System, La.
El Paso Independent School District, Texas
Elk Grove Unified School District, Calif.
Escambia County School District, Fla.
Fairfax County Public Schools, Va.
Fontana Unified School District, Calif.
Forsyth County Schools, N.C.,
Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas
Fresno Unified School District, Calif.
Garden Grove Unified School District, Calif.
Garland Independent School District, Texas
Granite School District, Utah
Guilford County Schools, N.C.
Gwinnett County Public Schools, Ga.
Hartford Public Schools, Conn.
Houston Independent School District, Texas
Illinois School District U-46, Ill.
Indianapolis Public Schools, Ind.
Jackson Public Schools, Miss.
Jefferson County Public Schools, Ky.
Jefferson County School System, Ala.
Jefferson Parish Public Schools, La.

Killeen Independent School District, Texas
Lee County Public Schools, Fla.
Little Rock School District, Ark.
Long Beach Unified School District, Calif.
Los Angeles Unified School District, Calif.
Manatee County School District, Fla.
Memphis City Schools, Tenn.
Mesa Unified School District, Ariz.
Mesquite Independent School District, Texas
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Tenn.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Fla.
Milwaukee Public Schools, Wis.
Minneapolis Public Schools, Minn.
Mobile County Public Schools, Ala.
Montgomery County Public Schools, Md.
Moreno Valley Unified School District, Calif.
Newark Public Schools, N.J.
Northside Independent School District, Texas
Oakland Unified School District, Calif.
Oklahoma City Public Schools, Okla.
Omaha Public Schools, Neb.
Orange County Public Schools, Fla.
Palm Beach County School District, Fla.
Pasadena Independent School District, Texas
Pinellas County Schools, Fla.
Portland Public Schools, Ore.
Prince George's County Public Schools, Md.
Providence Public Schools, R.I.
Riverside Unified School District, Calif.
Sacramento City Unified School District, Calif.
Saint Louis Public Schools, Mo.
Saint Lucie County School District, Fla.
Saint Paul Public Schools, Minn.
San Antonio Independent School District, Texas
San Bernardino City Unified School District, Calif.
San Diego Unified School District, Calif.
San Francisco Unified School District, Calif.
Santa Ana Unified School District, Calif.
School District of Hillsborough County, Fla.
School District of Philadelphia, Pa.
Seattle Public Schools, Wash.
Socorro Independent School District, Texas
Stockton Unified School District, Calif.
Tucson Unified School District #1, Ariz.
Tulsa Public Schools, Okla.
United Independent School District, Texas
Wake County Public School System, N.C.
Wichita Public Schools, Kan.
Ysleta Independent School District, Texas

The Broad Prize: School District Eligibility Criteria

Districts cannot apply for The Broad Prize. To be eligible for The Broad Prize, school districts must meet certain criteria related to size, poverty and urbanicity. Winners from the previous three years are ineligible (in 2010, Aldine Independent School District, Brownsville Independent School District, and New York City Department of Education are ineligible). The eligibility criteria are:

All K-12 districts serving more than 100,000 students
All K-12 districts serving between 37,500 and 99,999 students and that have all of the following:
- more than 40 percent of students eligible for Free or Reduced-Price School Lunch (FRSL)
- more than 40 percent of student enrollment coming from minority groups
- an urban designation (Locale Code 11, 12 or 21 in the National Center for Education Statistics’ Common Core of Data*)
The largest districts (with a Locale Code 11, 12, or 21) in states with no districts meeting the above criteria, having at least 20,000 students and more than 40 percent of students eligible for FRSL or more than 40 percent minority students.
To complete the list of 100 districts, if needed, the next largest urban districts (with Locale Code 11, 12, or 21) that have more than 40 percent of students eligible for FRSL and more than 40 percent minority.

*Locale Code 11 (large city) represents a territory that is inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Locale Code 12 (mid-size city) represents a territory that is inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with fewer than 250,000 people but at least 100,000 people. Locale Code 21 (large suburb) represents a territory outside a principal city but inside an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.