The 10 Largest School District In-plants
Each year IPI polls the largest in-plants in the country and ranks them according to size. Though government and university in-plants tend to dominate the list, a fair number of other industries are represented as well, including school districts.
We went through our 2023 list and ranked all of the K-12 in-plants to give you a look at this sector of the market. Though their annual sales average $2,382,000, the largest of the top 10 generates quite a bit more revenue. Their average number of employees is 16. Here’s a look:
Largest by Employees
| In-plant | Employees* | |
| 1 | Houston Independent School District | 26 |
| 2 | Santa Ana Unified School District | 24 |
| 3 | DCMO BOCES | 21.5 |
| 4 | Frisco Independent School District | 19.5 |
| 5 | Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools | 16 |
| 6 | Omaha Public Schools | 15 |
| 7 | Colorado Springs School District 11 | 13 |
| 8 | Gwinnett County Public Schools | 9.5 |
| 9 | Salem Keizer Public Schools | 9.5 |
| 10 | Deer Valley Unified School District | 9 |
* To get these figures, we added half of the number of part-time employees to the full-time number provided.
Largest by Sales
| Name | Budget ($) | Sales ($) | |
| 1 | Houston Independent School District | 4,323,000 | 4,323,000 |
| 2 | DCMO BOCES | 3,264,879 | 3,264,879 |
| 3 | Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools | NA | 2,200,000 |
| 4 | Deer Valley Unified School District | NA | 2,159,027 |
| 5 | Salem Keizer Public Schools | 3,598,000 | 1,904,123 |
| 6 | Santa Ana Unified School District | 505,000 | 1,860,000 |
| 7 | Colorado Springs School District 11 |
1,600,000 | 1,600,000 |
| 8 | Gwinnett County Public Schools | 2,127,059 | 1,325,725 |
The full list of the largest in-plants will be published in our November/December 2023 issue and will also be available online soon.
