SNAPSHOT 2001: 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 159 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2000-01 school year.

2000-01 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 63 38 91 75 62 281 420 159

2. Total Number of Schools
1,230 1,433 1,065 685 622 220 1,229 834 201

STUDENTS


3. Total Students
866,959 1,129,931 675,719 368,187 326,382 74,531 442,300 137,632 37,978

4. % African American
22 15 12 8 12 3 10 6 41

5. % Hispanic
56 33 48 41 32 19 33 27 37

6. % White
19 47 38 49 54 76 56 66 20

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

8. % Economically Disadvantaged
64.7 36.1 54.4 49.1 47.7 30.5 48.9 50.0 54.2

9. % Special Education
11 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 8

10. % Bilingual/ESL Education
20 12 15 12 7 4 6 5 3

11. % Career & Technology Ed.
17 17 20 20 20 20 23 26 17

12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
11 8 9 8 7 8 8 8 2

13. Attendance Rate
(1999-2000)
94.9 96.0 95.7 95.8 95.6 96.1 95.9 96.4 91.8

14. Annual Dropout Rate
(1999-2000)
2.0 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.6 6.6

15. Four-year Dropout Rate
(Class of 2000)
11.4 5.2 7.7 5.9 6.9 4.5 5.7 4.3 22.3

16. Number of Graduates (Class of 2000)
38,585 58,395 35,427 19,527 18,765 3,853 27,590 9,226 1,557

17. % Graduated (Class of 2000)
73.6 83.7 79.7 83.0 82.4 85.4 85.9 90.7 19.8

TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING 2001


18. All Tests Taken
74.9 85.7 82.2 84.0 82.9 86.0 83.3 85.2 55.7

19. Reading
83.7 91.5 88.9 90.0 89.6 92.2 89.9 91.6 72.0

20. Writing
83.0 90.3 87.7 89.3 87.9 90.1 89.1 90.1 64.8

21. Mathematics
85.3 92.4 90.5 91.7 91.1 92.7 91.3 92.5 67.1

22. African American
68.3 76.5 72.8 72.6 70.7 74.7 69.5 70.1 45.6

23. Hispanic
71.3 78.3 76.2 78.6 75.4 74.8 77.4 78.9 55.7

24. White
89.6 92.0 90.9 89.7 89.3 88.7 88.7 88.9 68.9

25. Other
86.5 92.0 92.6 89.6 89.1 89.7 89.4 86.5 82.3

26. Economically Disadvantaged
69.1 75.9 74.5 76.7 74.2 74.5 75.9 78.9 51.7

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 2000)


27. Percent Tested
62.5 67.9 57.8 60.2 57.6 64.4 60.9 66.0 4.8

28. Percent At Or Above Criterion
22.4 34.5 29.4 23.7 23.8 27.0 20.9 19.2 1.4

29. SAT I: Mean Total Score
935 1023 1013 978 982 992 970 961 783

30. ACT: Mean Composite Score
19.6 21.1 20.2 19.8 20.1 21.0 19.8 19.8 16.1

STAFF


31. Total Staff FTE
107,607 140,490 91,098 52,114 46,417 10,454 65,725 23,687 3,750

32. Total Teacher FTE
53,965 73,752 45,737 24,940 22,784 5,577 33,267 12,772 2,023

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

34. % School Administrative
2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 5

35. % Professional Support Staff
10 8 8 7 7 6 5 4 7

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

37. % Educational Aides
9 8 10 11 13 11 13 13 9

38. % Auxiliary Staff
28 28 28 31 28 25 27 24 23

39. Average Central Administr. Salary
78,548 80,304 73,626 69,776 68,910 66,236 63,680 58,092 50,866

40. Average School Administr. Salary
61,842 61,526 58,854 55,559 54,389 55,471 53,081 51,332 43,977

41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary
47,203 47,852 45,244 43,838 42,410 42,531 41,711 38,687 30,319

42. Average Teacher Salary
40,635 39,748 37,913 36,968 36,496 35,887 36,543 35,711 28,921

43. % Minority
58 30 46 42 28 13 26 17 64

44. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.1 8.0 7.4 7.1 7.0 7.1 6.7 5.8 10.1

45. Number of Students Per Teacher
16.1 15.3 14.8 14.8 14.3 13.4 13.3 10.8 18.8

TEACHERS


46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits
6.5 4.7 5.4 5.8 4.9 5.1 4.4 4.0 0.1

47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience
36.7 38.6 34.8 34.4 30.8 38.7 28.8 29.0 74.7

48. Average Years of Experience
12.3 11.1 11.9 11.8 12.6 10.5 12.9 12.6 4.6

49. % With Advanced Degrees
30.0 26.0 22.9 18.7 23.4 16.9 19.6 16.4 13.1

50. Teacher Turnover Rate
15.4 16.2 14.4 16.4 15.6 17.8 16.2 17.6 51.2

51. % African American
22 8 6 4 4 1 4 2 40

52. % Hispanic
23 11 28 26 11 4 11 6 17

53. % White
54 81 66 70 84 94 85 92 41

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

55. % Regular Education
65 71 69 71 71 78 74 77 88

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

57. % Compensatory Education
1 3 3 4 6 3 4 4 0

58. % Bilingual/ESL Education
15 6 9 7 4 2 3 1 1

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

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

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES


61. Taxable Value Per Pupil
254,837 236,402 185,802 166,794 171,589 207,552 193,517 242,680 0

62. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.618 1.631 1.551 1.556 1.532 1.531 1.466 1.411 0.000

63. State Aid Per Pupil
2,112 2,464 2,921 3,396 3,171 3,233 3,347 4,150 4,698

64. Total Revenue
5,548,347,628 7,163,814,193 4,269,431,625 2,376,469,669 1,999,991,484 517,311,036 2,931,329,119 1,111,195,471 197,832,131

65. Total Revenue Per Pupil
6,400 6,340 6,318 6,455 6,128 6,941 6,627 8,074 5,209

66. % State
32 38 48 53 51 48 53 54 84

67. % Local and Other
63 60 48 44 46 50 43 43 11

68. % Federal
4 2 5 4 3 2 4 3 5

FUND BALANCES


69. Fund Balance (End of 1999-2000)
384,572,005 898,772,532 519,466,203 331,948,918 245,349,758 84,592,659 541,825,186 269,680,197 23,628,474

70. % Fund Balance (of 2000-01 Budget)
7 14 13 15 14 18 19 25 13

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES


71. Total Expenditures
5,853,203,368 7,492,773,045 4,358,009,376 2,428,340,039 2,031,421,039 519,175,263 2,957,702,935 1,114,563,555 193,493,080

72. % Instructional
52 51 52 50 51 50 52 52 48

73. % Central Administrative
6 5 5 6 6 6 6 9 20

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

75. % Plant Services
11 10 10 10 10 9 10 9 12

76. % Other Operating
16 15 17 17 18 16 17 16 12

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

78. Total Operating Expenditures
5,217,531,918 6,522,505,895 3,922,237,028 2,138,820,551 1,828,930,722 449,587,918 2,718,164,784 1,023,717,987 189,307,580

79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil
6,018 5,772 5,805 5,809 5,604 6,032 6,146 7,438 4,985

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES


80. Total Instructional Expenditures
3,040,845,681 3,844,184,957 2,268,411,102 1,208,594,314 1,040,481,844 259,449,683 1,544,452,298 581,273,875 92,639,745

81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil
3,507 3,402 3,357 3,283 3,188 3,481 3,492 4,223 2,439

82. % Regular Education
68 71 71 73 71 73 71 71 89

83. % Special Education
13 13 12 12 12 13 12 11 5

84. % Compensatory Education
7 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 2

85. % Bilingual/ESL Education
8 5 4 2 3 1 2 1 0

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

87. % Gifted & Talented Education
1 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	63	38	91	75	62	281	420	159
2. Total Number of Schools	1,230	1,433	1,065	685	622	220	1,229	834	201
STUDENTS
3. Total Students	866,959	1,129,931	675,719	368,187	326,382	74,531	442,300	137,632	37,978
4. % African American	22	15	12	8	12	3	10	6	41
5. % Hispanic	56	33	48	41	32	19	33	27	37
6. % White	19	47	38	49	54	76	56	66	20
7. % Other	3	6	2	2	1	2	1	1	2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged	64.7	36.1	54.4	49.1	47.7	30.5	48.9	50.0	54.2
9. % Special Education	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	8
10. % Bilingual/ESL Education	20	12	15	12	7	4	6	5	3
11. % Career & Technology Ed.	17	17	20	20	20	20	23	26	17
12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.	11	8	9	8	7	8	8	8	2
13. Attendance Rate (1999-2000)	94.9	96.0	95.7	95.8	95.6	96.1	95.9	96.4	91.8
14. Annual Dropout Rate (1999-2000)	2.0	0.8	1.2	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.9	0.6	6.6
15. Four-year Dropout Rate (Class of 2000)	11.4	5.2	7.7	5.9	6.9	4.5	5.7	4.3	22.3
16. Number of Graduates (Class of 2000)	38,585	58,395	35,427	19,527	18,765	3,853	27,590	9,226	1,557
17. % Graduated (Class of 2000)	73.6	83.7	79.7	83.0	82.4	85.4	85.9	90.7	19.8
TAAS % STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES SPRING 2001
18. All Tests Taken	74.9	85.7	82.2	84.0	82.9	86.0	83.3	85.2	55.7
19. Reading	83.7	91.5	88.9	90.0	89.6	92.2	89.9	91.6	72.0
20. Writing	83.0	90.3	87.7	89.3	87.9	90.1	89.1	90.1	64.8
21. Mathematics	85.3	92.4	90.5	91.7	91.1	92.7	91.3	92.5	67.1
22. African American	68.3	76.5	72.8	72.6	70.7	74.7	69.5	70.1	45.6
23. Hispanic	71.3	78.3	76.2	78.6	75.4	74.8	77.4	78.9	55.7
24. White	89.6	92.0	90.9	89.7	89.3	88.7	88.7	88.9	68.9
25. Other	86.5	92.0	92.6	89.6	89.1	89.7	89.4	86.5	82.3
26. Economically Disadvantaged	69.1	75.9	74.5	76.7	74.2	74.5	75.9	78.9	51.7
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS (CLASS OF 2000)
27. Percent Tested	62.5	67.9	57.8	60.2	57.6	64.4	60.9	66.0	4.8
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion	22.4	34.5	29.4	23.7	23.8	27.0	20.9	19.2	1.4
29. SAT I: Mean Total Score	935	1023	1013	978	982	992	970	961	783
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score	19.6	21.1	20.2	19.8	20.1	21.0	19.8	19.8	16.1
STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE	107,607	140,490	91,098	52,114	46,417	10,454	65,725	23,687	3,750
32. Total Teacher FTE	53,965	73,752	45,737	24,940	22,784	5,577	33,267	12,772	2,023
33. % Central Administrative	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
34. % School Administrative	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	5
35. % Professional Support Staff	10	8	8	7	7	6	5	4	7
36. % Teachers	50	52	50	48	49	53	51	54	54
37. % Educational Aides	9	8	10	11	13	11	13	13	9
38. % Auxiliary Staff	28	28	28	31	28	25	27	24	23
39. Average Central Administr. Salary	78,548	80,304	73,626	69,776	68,910	66,236	63,680	58,092	50,866
40. Average School Administr. Salary	61,842	61,526	58,854	55,559	54,389	55,471	53,081	51,332	43,977
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary	47,203	47,852	45,244	43,838	42,410	42,531	41,711	38,687	30,319
42. Average Teacher Salary	40,635	39,748	37,913	36,968	36,496	35,887	36,543	35,711	28,921
43. % Minority	58	30	46	42	28	13	26	17	64
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff	8.1	8.0	7.4	7.1	7.0	7.1	6.7	5.8	10.1
45. Number of Students Per Teacher	16.1	15.3	14.8	14.8	14.3	13.4	13.3	10.8	18.8
TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits	6.5	4.7	5.4	5.8	4.9	5.1	4.4	4.0	0.1
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience	36.7	38.6	34.8	34.4	30.8	38.7	28.8	29.0	74.7
48. Average Years of Experience	12.3	11.1	11.9	11.8	12.6	10.5	12.9	12.6	4.6
49. % With Advanced Degrees	30.0	26.0	22.9	18.7	23.4	16.9	19.6	16.4	13.1
50. Teacher Turnover Rate	15.4	16.2	14.4	16.4	15.6	17.8	16.2	17.6	51.2
51. % African American	22	8	6	4	4	1	4	2	40
52. % Hispanic	23	11	28	26	11	4	11	6	17
53. % White	54	81	66	70	84	94	85	92	41
54. % Other	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
55. % Regular Education	65	71	69	71	71	78	74	77	88
56. % Special Education	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	5
57. % Compensatory Education	1	3	3	4	6	3	4	4	0
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education	15	6	9	7	4	2	3	1	1
59. % Career & Technology Education	4	3	4	5	5	5	6	8	5
60. % Other Education (Includes G & T)	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	1	1
TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil	254,837	236,402	185,802	166,794	171,589	207,552	193,517	242,680	0
62. Locally Adopted Tax Rate	1.618	1.631	1.551	1.556	1.532	1.531	1.466	1.411	0.000
63. State Aid Per Pupil	2,112	2,464	2,921	3,396	3,171	3,233	3,347	4,150	4,698
64. Total Revenue	5,548,347,628	7,163,814,193	4,269,431,625	2,376,469,669	1,999,991,484	517,311,036	2,931,329,119	1,111,195,471	197,832,131
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil	6,400	6,340	6,318	6,455	6,128	6,941	6,627	8,074	5,209
66. % State	32	38	48	53	51	48	53	54	84
67. % Local and Other	63	60	48	44	46	50	43	43	11
68. % Federal	4	2	5	4	3	2	4	3	5
FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 1999-2000)	384,572,005	898,772,532	519,466,203	331,948,918	245,349,758	84,592,659	541,825,186	269,680,197	23,628,474
70. % Fund Balance (of 2000-01 Budget)	7	14	13	15	14	18	19	25	13
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures	5,853,203,368	7,492,773,045	4,358,009,376	2,428,340,039	2,031,421,039	519,175,263	2,957,702,935	1,114,563,555	193,493,080
72. % Instructional	52	51	52	50	51	50	52	52	48
73. % Central Administrative	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	9	20
74. % School Leadership	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
75. % Plant Services	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	12
76. % Other Operating	16	15	17	17	18	16	17	16	12
77. % Non-Operating	11	13	10	12	10	13	8	8	2
78. Total Operating Expenditures	5,217,531,918	6,522,505,895	3,922,237,028	2,138,820,551	1,828,930,722	449,587,918	2,718,164,784	1,023,717,987	189,307,580
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil	6,018	5,772	5,805	5,809	5,604	6,032	6,146	7,438	4,985
BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures	3,040,845,681	3,844,184,957	2,268,411,102	1,208,594,314	1,040,481,844	259,449,683	1,544,452,298	581,273,875	92,639,745
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil	3,507	3,402	3,357	3,283	3,188	3,481	3,492	4,223	2,439
82. % Regular Education	68	71	71	73	71	73	71	71	89
83. % Special Education	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	5
84. % Compensatory Education	7	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	2
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education	8	5	4	2	3	1	2	1	0
86. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	4	5	4	5	7	2
87. % Gifted & Talented Education	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0

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