The Broad Prize for Urban Education

Eligible Districts for the 2008 Prize

The following districts are eligible for the 2008 Broad Prize in Urban Education. Scroll to the bottom of the page for a discussion of eligiblity.

Albuquerque Public Schools New Mexico
Aldine Independent School District Texas
Alief Independent School District Texas
Anchorage School District Alaska
Arlington Independent School District Texas
Atlanta Public Schools Georgia
Austin Independent School District Texas
Baltimore City Public School System Maryland
Baltimore County Public Schools Maryland
Birmingham City Schools Alabama
Bridgeport Public Schools Connecticut
Broward County School District Florida
Brownsville Independent School District Texas
Buffalo Public Schools New York
Caddo Public Schools District Louisiana
Charleston County School District South Carolina
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools North Carolina
Chicago Public Schools Illinois
Cincinnati Public Schools Ohio
Clark County School District Nevada
Clayton County School System Georgia
Cleveland Municipal School District Ohio
Cobb County School District Georgia
Columbus Public Schools Ohio
Corpus Christi Independent School District Texas
Dallas Independent School District Texas
Dekalb County Public Schools Georgia
Denver Public Schools Colorado
Des Moines Public Schools Iowa
Detroit Public Schools Michigan
District of Columbia Public Schools DC
Duval County Public Schools Florida
East Baton Rouge Parish School System Louisiana
El Paso Independent School District Texas
Elk Grove Unified School District California
Fairfax County Public Schools Virginia
Fontana Unified School District California
Fort Worth Independent School District Texas
Fresno Unified School District California
Garden Grove Unified School District California
Garland Independent School District Texas
Guilford County Schools North Carolina
Gwinnett County Public Schools Georgia
Hartford Public Schools Connecticut
Hillsborough County School District Florida
Houston Independent School District Texas
Illinois School District U-46 Illinois
Indianapolis Public Schools Indiana
Jackson Public Schools Mississippi
Jefferson County Public Schools Kentucky
Jefferson Parish Public Schools Louisiana
Kansas City, Missouri School District Missouri
Little Rock School District Arkansas
Long Beach Unified School District California
Los Angeles Unified School District California
Memphis City Schools Tennessee
Mesa Public Schools Arizona
Mesquite Independent School District Texas
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Tennessee
Miami-Dade County Public Schools Florida
Milwaukee Public Schools Wisconsin
Minneapolis Public Schools Minnesota
Montebello Unified School District California
Montgomery County Public Schools Maryland
Moreno Valley Unified School District California
Newark Public Schools New Jersey
Northside Independent School District Texas
Oakland Unified School District California
Oklahoma City Public Schools Oklahoma
Omaha Public Schools Nebraska
Orange County Public Schools Florida
Pasadena Independent School District Texas
Philadelphia City School District Pennsylvania
Pinellas County Schools Florida
Portland Public Schools Oregon
Prince George's County Public Schools Maryland
Providence Public Schools Rhode Island
Richardson Independent Public Schools Texas
Riverside Unified School District California
Sacramento City Unified School District California
Saint Louis Public Schools Missouri
Saint Lucie County School District Florida
Saint Paul Public Schools Minnesota
Salt Lake City School District Utah
San Antonio Independent School District Texas
San Bernardino City Unified School District California
San Diego Unified School District California
San Francisco Unified School District California
Santa Ana Unified School District California
School District of Palm Beach County Florida
Seattle Public Schools Washington
Socorro Independent School District Texas
Stockton Unified School District California
Tucson Unified School District #1 Arizona
Tulsa Public Schools Oklahoma
United Independent School District Texas
Wake County Public School System North Carolina
Wichita Public Schools Kansas
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools North Carolina
Ysleta Independent School District Texas

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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 (New York City Department of Education, Boston Public Schools and Norfolk Public Schools). The eligibility criteria are:

  • All K-12 districts serving more than 100,000 students.
  • All K-12 districts serving between 35,000 and 99,999 students in which at least 40 percent of students are eligible for Free or Reduced-Price School Lunch (FRSL), in which at least 40 percent of their student enrollment comes from minority groups and that have an urban designation (Locale Code 1, 2, or 3 in the National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data*).
  • Any previous year finalist with at least 20,000 students not meeting the above criteria and the largest urban district (Locale Code 1, 2 or 3) in states with no districts meeting the above criteria, as long as the district has at least 20,000 students and has either 40 percent FRSL or 40 percent minority.
  • To complete the list of 100 districts, if needed, the largest urban district (Locale Code 1, 2, or 3) that has either 40 percent FRSL or 40 percent minority and is larger than 20,000 students.

    • *Locale Code 1 (Large City) represents a city with a population of 250,000 or larger that is the central city in a Census Bureau Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) or Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA). Locale Code 2 (Mid-size City) is a city with fewer than 250,000 people that nonetheless is a central city in a CBSA or CSA. Locale Code 3 (Urban Fringe of a Large City) represents an area defined as urban by the Census Bureau falling within the CBSA or CSA of a large city. For example, Los Angeles is a Code 1 district, Providence is a Code 2 district and Garden Grove is a Code 3 district.

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