SNAPSHOT 2002: 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 180 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2001-02 school year.

2001-02 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/Charters
9 75 38 141 68 46 244 419 180

2. Total Number of Schools
1,175 1,652 1,034 944 532 168 1,054 821 241

STUDENTS

3. Total Students
824,104 1,308,106 651,333 484,773 276,091 56,406 364,969 133,892 46,979

4. % African American
22 14 12 8 14 2 11 7 40

5. % Hispanic
58 33 52 39 34 20 34 27 38

6. % White
17 46 34 51 51 76 54 66 20

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

8. % Economically Disadvantaged
68.0 36.4 58.3 48.8 50.1 31.9 51.6 50.7 57.6

9. % Special Education
10 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 9

10. % Bilingual/ESL Education
22 12 16 10 8 4 6 5 5

11. % Career & Technology Ed.
17 18 20 21 22 21 23 26 12

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

13. Attendance Rate (00-01)
94.9 95.9 95.5 95.7 95.4 96.0 95.8 96.3 90.1

14. Annual Dropout Rate (00-01)
1.5 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.4

15. Four-year Dropout Rate (00-01)
10.1 4.2 7.0 5.0 5.8 4.2 5.5 3.6 17.7

16. Number of Graduates (Class of 2001)
35,262 67,112 32,853 26,699 16,061 2,638 23,072 8,881 2,738

17. % Graduated (Class of 2001)
74.5 84.6 79.8 84.4 83.6 83.3 85.9 91.2 24.4

TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING '02

18. All Tests Taken
79.5 88.5 84.8 86.6 85.4 87.8 85.7 87.7 64.2

19. Reading
87.2 93.5 90.7 92.0 91.5 93.4 91.7 93.1 78.5

20. Writing
84.3 91.2 88.3 89.8 88.1 89.5 89.3 90.6 69.1

21. Mathematics
89.1 94.4 92.5 93.6 93.0 94.1 93.2 94.4 75.4

22. African American
75.4 81.0 77.0 75.6 76.1 76.3 75.5 74.1 59.2

23. Hispanic
76.7 82.1 80.3 81.6 78.8 76.9 79.9 81.7 61.4

24. White
92.2 94.0 92.9 91.4 91.4 90.5 90.9 91.1 74.9

25. Other
90.3 94.1 93.0 91.2 91.3 89.3 91.5 91.7 89.1

26. Economically Disadvantaged
75.2 80.1 78.7 80.0 77.8 78.5 79.3 82.3 59.2

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 2001)

27. Percent Tested
63.0 69.8 56.4 60.2 58.5 64.1 61.9 69.0 5.8

28. Percent At Or Above Criterion
21.3 34.6 26.1 22.8 22.9 23.1 20.8 18.5 19.6

29. SAT I: Mean Total Score
927 1025 992 974 985 975 961 955 923

30. ACT: Mean Composite Score
19.2 21.3 19.7 19.8 19.8 20.4 19.8 19.7 17.8

STAFF

31. Total Staff FTE
107,458 163,510 88,344 69,470 39,367 7,948 55,287 23,493 5,188

32. Total Teacher FTE
52,189 86,491 43,943 33,404 19,139 4,248 27,825 12,589 2,754

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

34. % School Administrative
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6

35. % Professional Support Staff
17 8 8 6 7 6 6 4 7

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

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

38. % Auxiliary Staff
23 27 28 30 28 25 27 24 21

39. Average Central Administr. Salary
72,144 76,225 71,722 69,153 68,002 68,473 64,911 60,376 51,580

40. Average School Administr. Salary
62,534 62,600 58,391 55,717 55,030 56,251 53,424 51,746 40,446

41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary
35,368 48,855 45,689 44,243 42,685 43,581 41,869 38,264 28,623

42. Average Teacher Salary
41,755 40,773 38,586 37,772 37,107 36,791 36,804 35,872 29,486

43. % Minority
61 30 49 37 30 12 28 17 65

44. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.7 8.0 7.4 7.0 7.0 7.1 6.6 5.7 9.1

45. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.8 15.1 14.8 14.5 14.4 13.3 13.1 10.6 17.1

TEACHERS

46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits
6.6 4.5 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.4 0.3

47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience
38.0 38.7 34.7 32.3 30.8 38.5 29.2 28.7 74.6

48. Average Years of Experience
12.1 11.1 12.0 12.2 12.7 10.6 12.9 12.7 4.9

49. % With Advanced Degrees
28.7 26.2 21.2 18.5 23.0 18.2 18.9 15.8 12.7

50. Teacher Turnover Rate
14.6 15.7 14.0 15.9 15.6 18.3 16.5 17.9 51.2

51. % African American
23 7 6 3 5 1 4 2 41

52. % Hispanic
24 11 31 22 12 5 11 6 17

53. % White
52 80 63 74 83 94 84 92 40

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

55. % Regular Education
65 72 67 71 70 78 74 78 85

56. % Special Education
10 11 10 9 10 10 9 8 7

57. % Compensatory Education
1 3 3 3 6 3 4 4 2

58. % Bilingual/ESL Education
16 6 10 6 4 1 3 1 2

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

60. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
4 5 6 5 5 3 4 1 1

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES

61. Taxable Value Per Pupil
274,994 263,515 178,475 193,946 182,040 235,995 213,492 288,574 0

62. Adopted Total Tax Rate
1.617 1.657 1.577 1.554 1.562 1.559 1.466 1.411 0.000

63. State Aid Per Pupil
1,881 2,114 2,940 3,176 3,018 3,076 3,326 3,928 5,486

64. Total Revenue
5,464,216,234 8,931,566,351 4,219,611,100 3,271,307,283 1,770,239,659 413,233,806 2,548,141,766 1,149,214,214 303,103,309

65. Total Revenue Per Pupil
6,630 6,828 6,478 6,748 6,412 7,326 6,982 8,583 6,452

66. % State
30 35 49 50 50 47 52 51 91

67. % Local and Other
66 63 46 46 47 51 44 46 6

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

FUND BALANCES

69. Fund Balance (End of 00-01)
378,242,864 1,153,232,451 518,523,881 463,960,558 224,303,935 85,894,815 462,458,965 263,451,266 24,568,968

70. % Fund Balance (of 01-02 Budget)
7 14 13 16 14 22 19 23 10

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES

71. Total Expenditures
5,759,954,984 9,117,128,201 4,299,577,831 3,321,855,909 1,788,949,470 420,995,498 2,557,399,717 1,144,712,932 257,264,205

72. % Instructional
52 51 52 50 50 48 51 51 49

73. % Central Administrative
6 5 5 6 6 6 7 9 18

74. % School Leadership
6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8

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

76. % Other Operating
16 15 17 17 17 16 18 16 11

77. % Non-Operating
10 13 9 11 10 14 8 8 2

78. Total Operating Expenditures
5,188,062,514 7,900,909,821 3,904,328,346 2,954,428,694 1,603,225,359 361,383,642 2,351,713,790 1,053,669,901 252,908,454

79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil
6,295 6,040 5,994 6,094 5,807 6,407 6,444 7,870 5,383

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES

80. Total Instructional Expenditures
2,980,270,032 4,650,193,399 2,227,338,451 1,651,350,493 899,014,953 203,593,215 1,311,435,649 581,663,685 126,525,941

81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil
3,616 3,555 3,420 3,406 3,256 3,609 3,593 4,344 2,693

82. % Regular Education
67 71 72 73 72 76 70 71 85

83. % Special Education
13 14 12 12 12 12 12 11 8

84. % Compensatory Education
7 5 6 7 7 6 9 9 3

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

86. % Career & Technology Education
3 3 4 4 5 4 6 7 3

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/Charters	9	75	38	141	68	46	244	419	180
2. Total Number of Schools	1,175	1,652	1,034	944	532	168	1,054	821	241
STUDENTS
3. Total Students	824,104	1,308,106	651,333	484,773	276,091	56,406	364,969	133,892	46,979
4. % African American	22	14	12	8	14	2	11	7	40
5. % Hispanic	58	33	52	39	34	20	34	27	38
6. % White	17	46	34	51	51	76	54	66	20
7. % Other	3	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged	68.0	36.4	58.3	48.8	50.1	31.9	51.6	50.7	57.6
9. % Special Education	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	9
10. % Bilingual/ESL Education	22	12	16	10	8	4	6	5	5
11. % Career & Technology Ed.	17	18	20	21	22	21	23	26	12
12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.	11	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	2
13. Attendance Rate (00-01)	94.9	95.9	95.5	95.7	95.4	96.0	95.8	96.3	90.1
14. Annual Dropout Rate (00-01)	1.5	0.6	1.0	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.5	3.4
15. Four-year Dropout Rate (00-01)	10.1	4.2	7.0	5.0	5.8	4.2	5.5	3.6	17.7
16. Number of Graduates (Class of 2001)	35,262	67,112	32,853	26,699	16,061	2,638	23,072	8,881	2,738
17. % Graduated (Class of 2001)	74.5	84.6	79.8	84.4	83.6	83.3	85.9	91.2	24.4
TAAS % STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES SPRING '02
18. All Tests Taken	79.5	88.5	84.8	86.6	85.4	87.8	85.7	87.7	64.2
19. Reading	87.2	93.5	90.7	92.0	91.5	93.4	91.7	93.1	78.5
20. Writing	84.3	91.2	88.3	89.8	88.1	89.5	89.3	90.6	69.1
21. Mathematics	89.1	94.4	92.5	93.6	93.0	94.1	93.2	94.4	75.4
22. African American	75.4	81.0	77.0	75.6	76.1	76.3	75.5	74.1	59.2
23. Hispanic	76.7	82.1	80.3	81.6	78.8	76.9	79.9	81.7	61.4
24. White	92.2	94.0	92.9	91.4	91.4	90.5	90.9	91.1	74.9
25. Other	90.3	94.1	93.0	91.2	91.3	89.3	91.5	91.7	89.1
26. Economically Disadvantaged	75.2	80.1	78.7	80.0	77.8	78.5	79.3	82.3	59.2
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS (CLASS OF 2001)
27. Percent Tested	63.0	69.8	56.4	60.2	58.5	64.1	61.9	69.0	5.8
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion	21.3	34.6	26.1	22.8	22.9	23.1	20.8	18.5	19.6
29. SAT I: Mean Total Score	927	1025	992	974	985	975	961	955	923
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score	19.2	21.3	19.7	19.8	19.8	20.4	19.8	19.7	17.8
STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE	107,458	163,510	88,344	69,470	39,367	7,948	55,287	23,493	5,188
32. Total Teacher FTE	52,189	86,491	43,943	33,404	19,139	4,248	27,825	12,589	2,754
33. % Central Administrative	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3
34. % School Administrative	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6
35. % Professional Support Staff	17	8	8	6	7	6	6	4	7
36. % Teachers	49	53	50	48	49	53	50	54	53
37. % Educational Aides	9	9	11	12	13	11	13	13	9
38. % Auxiliary Staff	23	27	28	30	28	25	27	24	21
39. Average Central Administr. Salary	72,144	76,225	71,722	69,153	68,002	68,473	64,911	60,376	51,580
40. Average School Administr. Salary	62,534	62,600	58,391	55,717	55,030	56,251	53,424	51,746	40,446
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary	35,368	48,855	45,689	44,243	42,685	43,581	41,869	38,264	28,623
42. Average Teacher Salary	41,755	40,773	38,586	37,772	37,107	36,791	36,804	35,872	29,486
43. % Minority	61	30	49	37	30	12	28	17	65
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff	7.7	8.0	7.4	7.0	7.0	7.1	6.6	5.7	9.1
45. Number of Students Per Teacher	15.8	15.1	14.8	14.5	14.4	13.3	13.1	10.6	17.1
TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits	6.6	4.5	5.6	5.7	5.1	5.4	4.9	4.4	0.3
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience	38.0	38.7	34.7	32.3	30.8	38.5	29.2	28.7	74.6
48. Average Years of Experience	12.1	11.1	12.0	12.2	12.7	10.6	12.9	12.7	4.9
49. % With Advanced Degrees	28.7	26.2	21.2	18.5	23.0	18.2	18.9	15.8	12.7
50. Teacher Turnover Rate	14.6	15.7	14.0	15.9	15.6	18.3	16.5	17.9	51.2
51. % African American	23	7	6	3	5	1	4	2	41
52. % Hispanic	24	11	31	22	12	5	11	6	17
53. % White	52	80	63	74	83	94	84	92	40
54. % Other	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
55. % Regular Education	65	72	67	71	70	78	74	78	85
56. % Special Education	10	11	10	9	10	10	9	8	7
57. % Compensatory Education	1	3	3	3	6	3	4	4	2
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education	16	6	10	6	4	1	3	1	2
59. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	8	3
60. % Other Education (Includes G & T)	4	5	6	5	5	3	4	1	1
TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil	274,994	263,515	178,475	193,946	182,040	235,995	213,492	288,574	0
62. Adopted Total Tax Rate	1.617	1.657	1.577	1.554	1.562	1.559	1.466	1.411	0.000
63. State Aid Per Pupil	1,881	2,114	2,940	3,176	3,018	3,076	3,326	3,928	5,486
64. Total Revenue	5,464,216,234	8,931,566,351	4,219,611,100	3,271,307,283	1,770,239,659	413,233,806	2,548,141,766	1,149,214,214	303,103,309
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil	6,630	6,828	6,478	6,748	6,412	7,326	6,982	8,583	6,452
66. % State	30	35	49	50	50	47	52	51	91
67. % Local and Other	66	63	46	46	47	51	44	46	6
68. % Federal	3	2	5	4	3	2	4	3	3
FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 00-01)	378,242,864	1,153,232,451	518,523,881	463,960,558	224,303,935	85,894,815	462,458,965	263,451,266	24,568,968
70. % Fund Balance (of 01-02 Budget)	7	14	13	16	14	22	19	23	10
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures	5,759,954,984	9,117,128,201	4,299,577,831	3,321,855,909	1,788,949,470	420,995,498	2,557,399,717	1,144,712,932	257,264,205
72. % Instructional	52	51	52	50	50	48	51	51	49
73. % Central Administrative	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	9	18
74. % School Leadership	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8
75. % Plant Services	11	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	12
76. % Other Operating	16	15	17	17	17	16	18	16	11
77. % Non-Operating	10	13	9	11	10	14	8	8	2
78. Total Operating Expenditures	5,188,062,514	7,900,909,821	3,904,328,346	2,954,428,694	1,603,225,359	361,383,642	2,351,713,790	1,053,669,901	252,908,454
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil	6,295	6,040	5,994	6,094	5,807	6,407	6,444	7,870	5,383
BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures	2,980,270,032	4,650,193,399	2,227,338,451	1,651,350,493	899,014,953	203,593,215	1,311,435,649	581,663,685	126,525,941
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil	3,616	3,555	3,420	3,406	3,256	3,609	3,593	4,344	2,693
82. % Regular Education	67	71	72	73	72	76	70	71	85
83. % Special Education	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	8
84. % Compensatory Education	7	5	6	7	7	6	9	9	3
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education	8	5	4	2	3	1	2	1	0
86. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	4	5	4	6	7	3
87. % Gifted & Talented Education	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0

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