List of Secondary Schools in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 312,263 secondary schools in the USA, one in every 205 US companies. One in twenty-four secondary schools is based in Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Brooklyn. Below you find the largest secondary schools in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

312,263 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies312,2631 in205 US companiesCities9,999Largest cityHouston 3,046Sole traders0.8%Employees1-4 (45%)Revenue< $100K (50%)Email49%Phone73%Website63%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	City Of New York Board Of Education	USA	Staten Island	715 Ocean Ter	Richmond	10301-4542	insideschools.*****	1900	$38,925,087,000	135,000	Corporation	1497	N/A
2	Wheatland Union High School Grad Night, INC	USA	Wheatland	1010 Wheatland Rd	Yuba	95692-9798	wheatlandhigh.*****	1964	$35,612,888,000	76	Corporation	3	4132693
3	Los Angeles Unified School District	USA	Los Angeles	333 S Beaudry Ave Ste 209	Los Angeles	90017-5141	lausd.*****	1853	$12,394,768,000	83,307	Corporation	1293	N/A
4	Board Of Education Of City Of Chicago	USA	Chicago	42 W Madison St Fl 2	Cook	60602-4309	cpsboe.*****	1883	$9,311,515,000	155	Corporation	5	N/A
5	Bayshore Elementary School District	USA	Daly City	155 Oriente St	San Mateo	94014-3331	thebayshoreschool.*****	2002	$8,834,762,000	40	Corporation	2	N/A
6	The School Board Of Miami-Dade County	USA	Miami	1450 Ne 2nd Ave	Miami-dade	33132-1308	dadeschools.*****	2009	$5,688,740,000	9	Corporation	N/A	N/A
7	Miami Dade County Public Schools	USA	Doral	3349 Torremolinos Ave	Miami-dade	33178-2962	N/A	2015	$5,668,838,087	5		N/A	N/A
8	Clark County School District	USA	Las Vegas	5100 W Sahara Ave	Clark	89146-3406	ccsd.*****	1956	$5,407,696,980	37,361	Corporation	386	886000030
9	The School District Of Philadelphia	USA	Philadelphia	440 N Broad St	Philadelphia	19130-4090	philasd.*****	1818	$5,107,328,000	21,065	Corporation	362	N/A
10	School Board Of Broward County, The (INC)	USA	Fort Lauderdale	600 Se 3rd Ave	Broward	33301-3125	browardschools.*****	1948	$3,824,797,000	180	Corporation	N/A	N/A
11	The School District Of West Palm Beach County	USA	West Palm Beach	3300 Forest Hill Blvd Ste A323	Palm Beach	33406-5813	palmbeachschools.*****	2015	$3,705,546,000	1,484	Corporation	293	N/A
12	School District Of Palm Beach	USA	West Palm Beach	5656 140th Way	Palm Beach	33411	N/A	2017	$3,690,423,000	1	Corporation	N/A	N/A
13	Hillsborough County School District	USA	Tampa	901 E Kennedy Blvd	Hillsborough	33602-3502	sdhc.*****	1934	$3,270,928,000	25,000	Corporation	334	737005
14	Hillsborough County Public Schools	USA	Tampa	901 E Kennedy Blvd	Hillsborough	33601	hillsboroughschools.*****	2015	$3,270,928,000	26,000	Corporation	334	N/A
15	Gwinnett County Board Of Education	USA	Suwanee	437 Old Peachtree Rd Nw	Gwinnett	30024-2978	gcpsk12.*****	1890	$3,221,309,558	52	Corporation	N/A	N/A
16	Houston Independent School District	USA	Houston	4400 W 18th St	Harris	77092-8501	houstonisd.*****	1923	$3,185,179,427	22,440	Corporation	318	0126121301
17	Gwinnett County Public Schools	USA	Suwanee	437 Old Peachtree Rd Nw	Gwinnett	30024	gcpsk12.*****	2014	$3,070,712,642	20,000	Corporation	152	N/A
18	Board Of Education Of Montgomery County	USA	Rockville	850 Hungerford Dr Rm 149	Montgomery	20850-1745	montgomeryschoolsmd.*****	1858	$2,683,674,835	47	Corporation	N/A	N/A
19	Dallas Independent School District	USA	Dallas	9400 N Central Expy Ste 1510	Dallas	75231-5027	dallasisd.*****	1867	$2,534,786,578	24,937	Corporation	250	N/A
20	Stride, INC.	USA	Reston	11720 Plaza America Dr Ste 900	Fairfax County	20190-6710	tutoring.*****	1999	$2,405,317,000	9,100	Corporation	37	3150167
21	Cobb County School District	USA	Marietta	514 Glover St Se	Cobb	30060-2750	cobbk12.*****	2010	$2,056,041,000	105		N/A	421590406
22	School District Of Hillsborugh County	USA	Temple Terrace	129 Glen Ridge Ave	Hillsborough	33617-4101	N/A	2010	$1,984,460,000	3		N/A	N/A
23	Austin Independent School District (INC)	USA	Austin	4000 S Ih 35 Frontage Rd	Travis	78704	austinisd.*****	1945	$1,982,769,057	9,200	Corporation	139	N/A
24	Dekalb County School District	USA	Stone Mountain	1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd	Dekalb	30083-1027	dekalbschoolsga.*****	2015	$1,963,490,902	15,000	Corporation	177	N/A
25	Cobb County Board Of Education	USA	Marietta	514 Glover St Se	Cobb	30060-2750	cobbk12.*****	1881	$1,944,045,000	44	Corporation	N/A	N/A

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Where in the USA?

Houston has the most secondary schools in the USA (3,046), ahead of Chicago (2,567), Philadelphia (2,499), Los Angeles (2,403) and Brooklyn (2,324). Together the five hold one in twenty-four of them. Relative to their size, Memphis, Milwaukee and San Jose have the most: 1.4 to 1.8 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

9,999 US cities have at least one secondary school; 4,859 have ten or more; 0 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Secondary schools per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.49. Memphis has 1.8 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,950 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	8,922	3%
Orange	5,255	2%
Cook	4,641	1%
Maricopa	4,608	1%
Harris	4,150	1%
Miami-Dade	3,604	1%
Jefferson	3,419	1%
Montgomery	3,358	1%
Ct	3,310	1%
San Diego	2,829	0.9%

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Largest secondary schools in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Houston, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Hillsborough County School District is the largest secondary school in the USA by headcount. 59,133 firms employ 50 people or more; 12,543 employ 100 or more.

1Tampa24,460 staff
2Land O' Lakes19,000 staff
3Orlando14,583 staff
4Louisville14,000 staff
5Lexington5,800 staff
6San Antonio5,755 staff
7Bronx5,008 staff
8Surgoinsville5,008 staff
9Panama City5,000 staff
10Perry5,000 staff

By employee size · 311,723 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	141,811	45%
5-9	38,485	12%
10-19	21,958	7%
20-49	50,336	16%
50-99	46,590	15%
100-199	10,039	3%
200-499	1,876	0.6%
500-999	437	0.1%
1,000+	191	<0.1%

45% have 1 to 4 people; 50,336 have 20 to 49; 59,133 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	95,007	50%
$100K-$500K	63,575	33%
$500K-$1M	6,345	3%
$1M-$5M	10,296	5%
$5M-$10M	4,142	2%
$10M-$50M	8,496	4%
$50M-$100M	1,989	1%
$100M-$500M	1,693	0.9%
$500M+	245	0.1%

50% under $100,000; 10,296 between $1M and $5M; 16,565 above $5M.

How many secondary schools are there in the USA?

Secondary schools in the USA

312,263

21 October 2026

There are 312,263 secondary schools in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 205 US companies. About 40 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (8,490 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 176,122 56%
Head offices: 16,072
Branch offices: 120,069

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 8211.

126,676 of the 312,263 are corporations and LLCs (41%); 2,647 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Secondary schools in Houston

Houston has 3,046 secondary schools, 0.3% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 29% below the national share. Three in five Houston firms have fewer than five people; 646 have 50 or more. 102 new firms were entered in 2026, 102 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,712 · 56%
5-9: 350 · 12%
10-19: 143 · 5%
20-49: 191 · 6%
50+: 646 · 21%

Legal form

Sole traders: 209 · 7%
Partnerships: 46 · 2%
Corporations and LLCs: 1,294 · 42%
Other or none: 1,497 · 49%

Of the US total: 1.0%
Of all Houston companies: 0.3%
Against the national share: 0.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 102
Entered 2025: 170
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.2%

Old

Before 1990: 102 · 3%
1990 or later: 2,944 · 97%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 0.4%

Reachable

Email: 1,253 · 41%
Phone: 1,949 · 64%
Website: 1,558 · 51%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,219 · 56%
$100K-$500K: 769 · 35%
$500K-$1M: 72 · 3%
$1M and more: 133 · 6%

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 311,723 US secondary schools with a known headcount, 141,811 (45%) have one to four people, 38,485 have five to nine, 72,294 have ten to 49 and 59,133 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (95,007, 50%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 10180,296 58%
Small 10 to 4972,294 23%
Medium 50 to 24958,505 19%
Large 250+628 0.2%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

16,565

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 12,423 more than $10 million.

8,490

firms were entered in 2026.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

8,490 secondary schools were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 40 a working day, after 11,186 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.3% of the inflow.

6,7972022
7,4752023
8,8342024
11,1862025
8,4902026 so far

8,453 of this year's 8,490 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Cherokee204 staff
2Alhambra39 staff
3Las Vegas35 staff
4Handley25 staff
5Richmond Hill16 staff

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 3,145 US secondary schools from before 1900, 10,195 from before 1950 and 23,151 from before 1990.

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1. Charles Town
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1. Lyndhurst
1805
1. Randolph
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1. Tazewell
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1. Derry
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1. Ozark

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23,151

US secondary schools date from before 1990

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were entered in 1990

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 45 secondary schools for every one of the civil rights lawyers in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Secondary Schools	312,263	63%	45%
Daycares	289,191	34%	76%
Dogs and Cat Groomers	23,475	83%	94%
Farm Shops	20,789	57%	87%
Direct Mail Companies	9,991	46%	75%
Civil Rights Lawyers	6,900	97%	79%

In other countries

The USA has more secondary schools than the UK or Germany.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	312,263	4.9
The UK	71,216	8.1
Germany	68,078	10.0
France	66,281	4.6
Brazil	51,977	1.8

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How reachable are they?

Secondary schools are easier to reach than the average US company: 73% list a phone number and 63% a website.

Email152,385 49%
Phone229,305 73%
Website196,304 63%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in 118 US secondary schools work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Two in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders2,6470.8%
Partnerships1,4280.5%
Corporations and LLCs126,67641%
No form on record or other181,51258%

Single-site: 56%
Head offices: 16,072
Branches: 120,069

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

Frequently asked questions

How many secondary schools are there in the USA?

There are 312,263 secondary schools in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 205 US companies.

Which is the largest secondary school in the USA?

Hillsborough County School District in Tampa, with 24,460 staff. By revenue City of New York Board of Education in Staten Island leads with $38.9 billion a year.

Which US city has the most secondary schools?

Houston, with 3,046, ahead of Chicago (2,567), Philadelphia (2,499), Los Angeles (2,403) and Brooklyn (2,324). Relative to its size, Memphis has the most: 1.8 times the national share.

How many secondary schools are there in Houston?

3,046, which is 0.3% of all 881,247 Houston companies and 29% below the national share.

How big is a typical secondary school?

45% of the 311,723 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 59,133 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US secondary schools sole traders or companies?

One in 118 (2,647) are sole traders, 0.5% are partnerships and 41% (126,676) are corporations and LLCs.

How many secondary schools started in 2026?

8,490 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 11,186 in 2025. 8,453 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest secondary school in the USA?

Jefferson County Board of Education in Charles Town, 1801, followed by Lyndhurst Board of Education in Lyndhurst (1804) and Randolph Township Board of Education in Randolph (1805). 3,145 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers secondary schools?

Our platform filters them on SIC 8211 (elementary and secondary schools).

Can I download the full list?

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