SNAPSHOT 2000: Community Type

Districts are classified on a scale ranging from major urban to rural. Factors such as size, growth rates, student economic status, and proximity to urban areas are used to determine the appropriate group. All the charters are grouped together as one community type. The community types are:

• Major Urban: The largest school districts in the state that serve the six metropolitan areas of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin, and El Paso. Major urban districts are the districts with the greatest membership in counties with populations of 650,000 or more, and more than 35 percent of the students are identified as economically disadvantaged. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply.
• Major Suburban: Other school districts in and around the major urban areas. Generally speaking, major suburban districts are contiguous to major urban districts. If the suburban district is not contiguous, it must have a student population that is at least 15 percent of the size of the district designated as major urban. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply.
• Other Central City: The major school districts in other large, but not major, Texas cities. Other central city districts are the largest districts in counties with populations between 100,000 and 650,000 and are not contiguous to any major urban districts. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply.
• Other Central City Suburban: Other school districts in and around the other large, but not major, Texas cities. Generally speaking, other central city suburban districts are contiguous to other central city districts. If the suburban district is not contiguous, it must have a student population that is at least 15 percent of the size of the district designated as central city. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply.
• Independent Town: The largest school districts in counties with populations of 25,000 to 100,000. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply.
• Non-Metro: Fast Growing: School districts that are not in any of the above categories and that exhibit a five-year growth rate of at least 20 percent. These districts must have at least 300 students in membership.
• Non-Metro: Stable: School districts that are not in any of the above categories, yet have a number of students in membership that exceeds the state median.
• Rural: School districts that do not meet the criteria for placement into any of the above categories. These districts either have a growth rate less than 20 percent and the number of students in membership is between 300 and the state median, or the number of students in membership is less than 300.
• Charter Schools: The 142 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 1999-2000 school year.

1999-2000 Community Type (Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts included in each category.)

Community Type
Major Urban Major Suburban Other
Central City Other CC Suburban Independent Town Non-metro Fast Growing Non-metro Stable Rural Charters

Count of Districts
10 62 38 94 75 81 268 413 142

2. Total Number of Schools
1,218 1,384 1,057 677 618 285 1,173 807 176

STUDENTS

3. Total Students
861,897 1,089,158 667,778 366,757 324,977 96,968 424,363 134,198 25,687

4. % African American
23 15 12 8 12 3 11 7 39

5. % Hispanic
54 31 47 40 32 24 33 26 38

6. % White
20 49 39 50 55 72 56 67 22

7. % Other
3 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 2

8. % Economically Disadvantaged
63.4 35.5 54.1 48.6 47.6 35.9 49.9 50.1 52.2

9. % Special Education
11 11 12 12 13 14 14 16 7

10. % Bilingual/ESL Education
20 11 15 12 7 7 6 5 3

11. % Career & Technology Ed.
17 16 19 19 20 22 23 27 18

12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
10 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 2

13. Attendance Rate (98-99)
94.6 95.7 95.4 95.6 95.4 95.9 95.8 96.3 90.1

14. Annual Dropout Rate (98-99)
2.6 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.8 7.5

15. Four-year Dropout Rate (98-99)
13.4 5.9 9.2 7.0 7.8 5.0 7.2 5.1 26.8

16. Number of Graduates (Class of 1999)
37,189 54,810 34,359 18,470 18,131 5,266 25,808 8,842 518

17. % Graduated (Class of 1999)
71.1 82.6 78.0 81.5 81.5 86.5 84.8 89.6 13.3

TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING 2000

18. All Tests Taken
71.4 84.0 79.9 82.0 80.9 83.1 81.4 83.6 53.2

19. Reading
81.3 90.5 87.3 88.7 88.1 89.8 88.5 90.2 70.9

20. Writing
83.1 90.8 87.8 89.6 88.4 90.0 89.5 90.6 62.6

21. Mathematics
80.9 90.2 87.8 89.1 88.6 90.1 89.2 90.6 61.9

22. African American
63.6 74.0 69.8 69.3 66.3 72.7 65.7 67.3 41.2

23. Hispanic
67.1 74.7 72.4 75.7 72.3 69.3 74.4 75.5 54.3

24. White
88.5 91.1 90.0 88.3 88.1 87.4 87.8 87.8 66.7

25. Other
84.7 90.9 92.2 88.6 87.7 88.6 88.9 85.9 84.6

26. Economically Disadvantaged
64.3 72.6 70.7 73.8 70.9 71.4 73.1 76.7 50.1

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 1999)

27. Percent Tested
60.9 68.4 56.0 61.0 57.6 65.7 58.7 64.1 16.8

28. Percent At Or Above Criterion
23.1 34.0 29.3 22.1 24.8 25.7 20.6 19.5 17.6

29. SAT I: Mean Total Score
944 1022 1009 967 986 996 960 961 894

30. ACT: Mean Composite Score
19.6 21.0 20.2 19.7 20.1 20.4 19.9 19.7 17.2

STAFF

31. Total Staff FTE
101,993 134,433 88,354 50,890 45,709 13,538 61,808 22,853 2,843

32. Total Teacher FTE
52,710 71,096 44,520 24,488 22,472 7,215 31,570 12,321 1,530

33. % Central Administrative
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3

34. % School Administrative
3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

35. % Professional Support Staff
9 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 7

36. % Teachers
52 53 50 48 49 53 51 54 54

37. % Educational Aides
9 8 11 12 13 11 13 13 9

38. % Auxiliary Staff
27 28 28 30 28 26 27 24 24

39. Average Central Administr. Salary
74,249 75,589 71,728 66,357 66,784 63,660 62,461 55,977 50,734

40. Average School Administr. Salary
58,939 59,425 57,235 54,046 53,121 53,429 51,713 50,190 45,088

41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary
46,918 46,612 44,358 42,900 41,520 41,334 41,118 38,180 29,627

42. Average Teacher Salary
39,395 38,669 37,280 36,278 36,032 35,454 36,315 35,569 27,688

43. % Minority
57 29 45 41 28 18 26 17 61

44. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.5 8.1 7.6 7.2 7.1 7.2 6.9 5.9 9.0

45. Number of Students Per Teacher
16.4 15.3 15.0 15.0 14.5 13.4 13.4 10.9 16.8

TEACHERS

46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits
5.5 4.6 5.0 5.5 4.2 5.0 4.5 4.0 0.4

47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience
35.4 38.0 34.3 33.9 31.0 37.1 29.1 29.7 73.6

48. Average Years of Experience
12.3 11.2 11.9 11.8 12.6 10.6 12.7 12.5 5.2

49. % With Advanced Degrees
30.6 26.8 23.8 19.7 24.2 18.7 20.4 17.4 16.7

50. Teacher Turnover Rate
14.0 15.1 14.4 15.3 15.2 16.6 15.2 16.3 49.3

51. % African American
22 7 6 4 5 1 4 2 38

52. % Hispanic
22 10 27 25 11 9 10 6 17

53. % White
55 82 66 71 84 89 86 92 43

54. % Other
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2

55. % Regular Education
66 72 70 70 72 75 75 77 90

56. % Special Education
10 10 10 9 10 10 9 8 5

57. % Compensatory Education
2 3 3 3 5 3 5 4 0

58. % Bilingual/ESL Education
13 6 8 8 3 3 3 1 1

59. % Career & Technology Education
3 3 4 5 5 5 6 8 3

60. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5 5 5 5 4 4 3 1 0

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES

61. Taxable Value Per Pupil
231,418 216,807 172,928 151,195 156,322 172,658 190,685 227,927 0

62. Equalized Total Tax Rate
1.491 1.585 1.516 1.523 1.488 1.504 1.382 1.398 0.000

63. State Aid Per Pupil
2,090 2,397 2,857 3,237 2,991 3,404 3,103 3,873 4,969

64. Total Revenue
5,253,980,352 6,818,041,728 4,064,506,083 2,266,569,110 1,915,115,438 642,140,030 2,736,255,652 1,027,620,139 134,827,252

65. Total Revenue Per Pupil
6,096 6,260 6,087 6,180 5,893 6,622 6,448 7,657 5,249

66. % State
36 41 50 55 53 54 54 56 78

67. % Local and Other
60 57 46 41 43 43 43 42 11

68. % Federal
4 2 4 4 3 2 4 3 11

FUND BALANCES

69. Fund Balance (End of 98-99)
313,007,713 862,366,089 470,613,364 322,513,202 234,869,780 99,914,343 509,845,049 270,698,582 10,103,578

70. % Fund Balance (of 99-00 Budget)
7 14 13 16 13 17 20 26 13

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES

71. Total Expenditures
5,476,646,618 6,938,278,251 4,134,076,208 2,307,394,010 1,941,674,951 638,729,606 2,747,099,319 1,044,127,084 136,373,624

72. % Instructional
52 52 52 50 52 51 53 53 51

73. % Central Administrative
5 5 5 6 6 6 6 9 18

74. % School Leadership
6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6

75. % Plant Services
10 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 13

76. % Other Operating
15 15 17 17 17 16 18 16 10

77. % Non-Operating
11 13 10 12 10 12 8 8 2

78. Total Operating Expenditures
4,862,913,182 6,053,458,023 3,737,615,245 2,037,511,076 1,745,567,019 558,990,975 2,531,011,811 964,833,333 134,089,640

79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil
5,642 5,558 5,597 5,555 5,371 5,765 5,964 7,190 5,220

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES

80. Total Instructional Expenditures
2,853,399,694 3,583,582,816 2,165,271,833 1,164,667,461 1,004,363,434 325,523,702 1,443,604,245 556,710,522 69,656,499

81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil
3,311 3,290 3,243 3,176 3,091 3,357 3,402 4,148 2,712

82. % Regular Education
67 72 71 73 72 72 71 71 86

83. % Special Education
13 13 12 11 12 13 11 11 6

84. % Compensatory Education
7 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 4

85. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1

86. % Career & Technology Education
4 3 4 4 5 5 5 7 2

87. % Gifted & Talented Education
2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0

Community Type	Major Urban	Major Suburban	Other Central City	Other CC Suburban	Independent Town	Non-metro Fast Growing	Non-metro Stable	Rural	Charters
Count of Districts	10	62	38	94	75	81	268	413	142
2. Total Number of Schools	1,218	1,384	1,057	677	618	285	1,173	807	176
STUDENTS
3. Total Students	861,897	1,089,158	667,778	366,757	324,977	96,968	424,363	134,198	25,687
4. % African American	23	15	12	8	12	3	11	7	39
5. % Hispanic	54	31	47	40	32	24	33	26	38
6. % White	20	49	39	50	55	72	56	67	22
7. % Other	3	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged	63.4	35.5	54.1	48.6	47.6	35.9	49.9	50.1	52.2
9. % Special Education	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	16	7
10. % Bilingual/ESL Education	20	11	15	12	7	7	6	5	3
11. % Career & Technology Ed.	17	16	19	19	20	22	23	27	18
12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.	10	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	2
13. Attendance Rate (98-99)	94.6	95.7	95.4	95.6	95.4	95.9	95.8	96.3	90.1
14. Annual Dropout Rate (98-99)	2.6	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.3	0.9	1.0	0.8	7.5
15. Four-year Dropout Rate (98-99)	13.4	5.9	9.2	7.0	7.8	5.0	7.2	5.1	26.8
16. Number of Graduates (Class of 1999)	37,189	54,810	34,359	18,470	18,131	5,266	25,808	8,842	518
17. % Graduated (Class of 1999)	71.1	82.6	78.0	81.5	81.5	86.5	84.8	89.6	13.3
TAAS % STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES SPRING 2000
18. All Tests Taken	71.4	84.0	79.9	82.0	80.9	83.1	81.4	83.6	53.2
19. Reading	81.3	90.5	87.3	88.7	88.1	89.8	88.5	90.2	70.9
20. Writing	83.1	90.8	87.8	89.6	88.4	90.0	89.5	90.6	62.6
21. Mathematics	80.9	90.2	87.8	89.1	88.6	90.1	89.2	90.6	61.9
22. African American	63.6	74.0	69.8	69.3	66.3	72.7	65.7	67.3	41.2
23. Hispanic	67.1	74.7	72.4	75.7	72.3	69.3	74.4	75.5	54.3
24. White	88.5	91.1	90.0	88.3	88.1	87.4	87.8	87.8	66.7
25. Other	84.7	90.9	92.2	88.6	87.7	88.6	88.9	85.9	84.6
26. Economically Disadvantaged	64.3	72.6	70.7	73.8	70.9	71.4	73.1	76.7	50.1
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS (CLASS OF 1999)
27. Percent Tested	60.9	68.4	56.0	61.0	57.6	65.7	58.7	64.1	16.8
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion	23.1	34.0	29.3	22.1	24.8	25.7	20.6	19.5	17.6
29. SAT I: Mean Total Score	944	1022	1009	967	986	996	960	961	894
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score	19.6	21.0	20.2	19.7	20.1	20.4	19.9	19.7	17.2
STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE	101,993	134,433	88,354	50,890	45,709	13,538	61,808	22,853	2,843
32. Total Teacher FTE	52,710	71,096	44,520	24,488	22,472	7,215	31,570	12,321	1,530
33. % Central Administrative	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
34. % School Administrative	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
35. % Professional Support Staff	9	8	8	6	6	6	5	4	7
36. % Teachers	52	53	50	48	49	53	51	54	54
37. % Educational Aides	9	8	11	12	13	11	13	13	9
38. % Auxiliary Staff	27	28	28	30	28	26	27	24	24
39. Average Central Administr. Salary	74,249	75,589	71,728	66,357	66,784	63,660	62,461	55,977	50,734
40. Average School Administr. Salary	58,939	59,425	57,235	54,046	53,121	53,429	51,713	50,190	45,088
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary	46,918	46,612	44,358	42,900	41,520	41,334	41,118	38,180	29,627
42. Average Teacher Salary	39,395	38,669	37,280	36,278	36,032	35,454	36,315	35,569	27,688
43. % Minority	57	29	45	41	28	18	26	17	61
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff	8.5	8.1	7.6	7.2	7.1	7.2	6.9	5.9	9.0
45. Number of Students Per Teacher	16.4	15.3	15.0	15.0	14.5	13.4	13.4	10.9	16.8
TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits	5.5	4.6	5.0	5.5	4.2	5.0	4.5	4.0	0.4
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience	35.4	38.0	34.3	33.9	31.0	37.1	29.1	29.7	73.6
48. Average Years of Experience	12.3	11.2	11.9	11.8	12.6	10.6	12.7	12.5	5.2
49. % With Advanced Degrees	30.6	26.8	23.8	19.7	24.2	18.7	20.4	17.4	16.7
50. Teacher Turnover Rate	14.0	15.1	14.4	15.3	15.2	16.6	15.2	16.3	49.3
51. % African American	22	7	6	4	5	1	4	2	38
52. % Hispanic	22	10	27	25	11	9	10	6	17
53. % White	55	82	66	71	84	89	86	92	43
54. % Other	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
55. % Regular Education	66	72	70	70	72	75	75	77	90
56. % Special Education	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	5
57. % Compensatory Education	2	3	3	3	5	3	5	4	0
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education	13	6	8	8	3	3	3	1	1
59. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	8	3
60. % Other Education (Includes G & T)	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	1	0
TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil	231,418	216,807	172,928	151,195	156,322	172,658	190,685	227,927	0
62. Equalized Total Tax Rate	1.491	1.585	1.516	1.523	1.488	1.504	1.382	1.398	0.000
63. State Aid Per Pupil	2,090	2,397	2,857	3,237	2,991	3,404	3,103	3,873	4,969
64. Total Revenue	5,253,980,352	6,818,041,728	4,064,506,083	2,266,569,110	1,915,115,438	642,140,030	2,736,255,652	1,027,620,139	134,827,252
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil	6,096	6,260	6,087	6,180	5,893	6,622	6,448	7,657	5,249
66. % State	36	41	50	55	53	54	54	56	78
67. % Local and Other	60	57	46	41	43	43	43	42	11
68. % Federal	4	2	4	4	3	2	4	3	11
FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 98-99)	313,007,713	862,366,089	470,613,364	322,513,202	234,869,780	99,914,343	509,845,049	270,698,582	10,103,578
70. % Fund Balance (of 99-00 Budget)	7	14	13	16	13	17	20	26	13
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures	5,476,646,618	6,938,278,251	4,134,076,208	2,307,394,010	1,941,674,951	638,729,606	2,747,099,319	1,044,127,084	136,373,624
72. % Instructional	52	52	52	50	52	51	53	53	51
73. % Central Administrative	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	9	18
74. % School Leadership	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
75. % Plant Services	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	13
76. % Other Operating	15	15	17	17	17	16	18	16	10
77. % Non-Operating	11	13	10	12	10	12	8	8	2
78. Total Operating Expenditures	4,862,913,182	6,053,458,023	3,737,615,245	2,037,511,076	1,745,567,019	558,990,975	2,531,011,811	964,833,333	134,089,640
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil	5,642	5,558	5,597	5,555	5,371	5,765	5,964	7,190	5,220
BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures	2,853,399,694	3,583,582,816	2,165,271,833	1,164,667,461	1,004,363,434	325,523,702	1,443,604,245	556,710,522	69,656,499
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil	3,311	3,290	3,243	3,176	3,091	3,357	3,402	4,148	2,712
82. % Regular Education	67	72	71	73	72	72	71	71	86
83. % Special Education	13	13	12	11	12	13	11	11	6
84. % Compensatory Education	7	5	7	7	7	7	9	9	4
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education	7	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1
86. % Career & Technology Education	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	7	2
87. % Gifted & Talented Education	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0

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