National ranking · Top 100 · 2026

The 100 Cities with Most Schools

Ranking the top 100 US cities by schools, drawn straight from NCES Common Core of Data.

100
Cities ranked
#1
Houston
769
Schools

Top 12 cities by schools

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Schools

What this shows Houston, Texas leads all US cities on schools; the full top 100 is listed below.

Source NCES Common Core of Data As of 2026
Rank City Schools
1 Houston , TX 769
2 Chicago , IL 633
3 Los Angeles , CA 574
4 San Antonio , TX 552
5 Phoenix , AZ 441
6 Dallas , TX 361
7 New York , NY 355
8 Las Vegas , NV 310
9 Philadelphia , PA 303
10 Miami , FL 286
11 San Diego , CA 284
12 Tucson , AZ 274
13 Baltimore , MD 273
14 Fort Worth , TX 264
15 Austin , TX 262
16 Washington , DC 242
17 San Jose , CA 234
18 Columbus , OH 234
19 Denver , CO 232
20 El Paso , TX 219
21 Orlando , FL 208
22 Memphis , TN 206
23 Sacramento , CA 197
24 Jacksonville , FL 197
25 Albuquerque , NM 195
26 Detroit , MI 187
27 Colorado Springs , CO 185
28 Milwaukee , WI 181
29 Fresno , CA 180
30 Charlotte , NC 176
31 Cincinnati , OH 175
32 Tampa , FL 170
33 Kansas City , MO 155
34 Omaha , NE 155
35 Cleveland , OH 154
36 Portland , OR 151
37 Bakersfield , CA 146
38 Oklahoma City , OK 145
39 Pittsburgh , PA 145
40 Minneapolis , MN 141
41 Mesa , AZ 137
42 Atlanta , GA 137
43 Grand Rapids , MI 131
44 Seattle , WA 127
45 San Francisco , CA 123
46 Stockton , CA 123
47 Oakland , CA 118
48 Rochester , NY 111
49 Aurora , CO 105
50 Arlington , TX 104
51 Tulsa , OK 102
52 Baton Rouge , LA 101
53 Wichita , KS 99
54 Raleigh , NC 99
55 Toledo , OH 99
56 Salt Lake City , UT 96
57 Glendale , AZ 95
58 Richmond , VA 95
59 Corpus Christi , TX 94
60 Spokane , WA 94
61 Tacoma , WA 94
62 Vancouver , WA 88
63 Buffalo , NY 87
64 Katy , TX 86
65 Dayton , OH 84
66 Laredo , TX 84
67 Greensboro , NC 83
68 Knoxville , TN 83
69 Virginia Beach , VA 82
70 Newark , NJ 81
71 Anchorage , AK 79
72 San Bernardino , CA 79
73 Santa Ana , CA 79
74 New Orleans , LA 79
75 Reno , NV 79
76 Amarillo , TX 79
77 Lubbock , TX 79
78 Long Beach , CA 78
79 Modesto , CA 78
80 Riverside , CA 77
81 Little Rock , AR 76
82 Akron , OH 76
83 Fort Wayne , IN 75
84 Columbia , SC 75
85 Brownsville , TX 73
86 Springfield , MA 71
87 Plano , TX 71
88 Gilbert , AZ 70
89 Anaheim , CA 69
90 Chula Vista , CA 68
91 Durham , NC 68
92 Fayetteville , NC 68
93 Garland , TX 68
94 Frisco , TX 67
95 Lincoln , NE 66
96 Chandler , AZ 64
97 Des Moines , IA 64
98 Santa Rosa , CA 63
99 Salinas , CA 62
100 Springfield , MO 61

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Verify directly with the source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES.

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