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Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in the U.S. state of California. It is the 2nd largest public school district in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. During the 2007–2008 school year, LAUSD served 694,288 students, and had 45,473 teachers and 38,494 other employees. It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County, after the county government. The total school district operating budget for 2012–2013 is $6.78 billion. In enrollment breakdown by ethnic group, 72.3% of its students were some form of Hispanic and 10.1% of the student population is White American. 9.6% of its students are African American, while Asian American students comprise 4%; students of Filipino origin form 2.1% of the student population. Native Americans and Pacific Islanders together are less than 1%.
The school district consists of Los Angeles and all or portions of several adjoining Southern California cities. LAUSD has its own police force, the Los Angeles School Police Department, which was established in 1948 to provide police services for LAUSD schools.
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