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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 185 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2002-03 school year.

(Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts included in each category.)

Community Type
Count of Districts & Charters
10
74
38
141
71
38
245
422
185
2. Total Number of Schools
1,264
1,631
1,049
957
543
141
1,055
833
260
Students
3. Total Students
886,268
1,297,814
665,935
498,014
286,554
47,657
368,877
135,636
53,156
4. % African American
21
15
12
8
13
3
11
6
40
5. % Hispanic
59
34
53
40
34
21
34
28
40
6. % White
18
44
33
50
51
74
54
65
19
7. % Other
3
7
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
67.5
38.3
59.4
50.3
50.4
32.9
53.1
52.5
61.3
9. % Special Education
11
11
12
12
13
14
14
15
10
10. % Bilingual/ESL Education
21
12
17
11
8
5
6
5
7
11. % Career & Technology Ed.
18
18
21
21
23
20
23
26
14
12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
9
8
8
7
7
8
8
8
1
13. Attendance Rate (2001-02)
95.0
96.0
95.6
95.8
95.5
96.2
95.8
96.3
90.8
14. Annual Dropout Rate (2001-02)
1.2
0.5
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.4
4.8
15. Four-year Dropout Rate (Class of 2002)
7.8
3.2
5.8
3.8
4.7
3.2
3.8
3.2
16.3
16. Number of Graduates (Class of 2002)
40,337
68,788
33,980
27,317
16,690
2,126
23,056
9,018
3,852
17. % Graduated (Class of 2002)
77.9
86.4
81.3
86.1
84.9
84.7
87.4
91.6
29.8
TAKS % Students Passing – Summed Across All Grades Spring 2003
18. All Tests Taken
60.7
73.3
65.7
68.3
66.2
71.6
65.1
67.9
45.9
19. Reading/ELA
78.6
86.7
82.0
83.3
82.5
85.9
82.5
84.9
71.4
20. Writing
82.3
89.1
86.4
87.4
85.9
88.6
85.1
86.2
74.2
21. Mathematics
72.2
82.4
76.3
79.0
77.2
81.4
76.1
78.3
54.6
22. Science
64.4
76.6
69.1
70.7
68.6
74.9
68.5
71.1
44.6
23. Social Studies
87.5
93.0
88.7
90.1
89.0
91.3
89.3
90.3
74.4
24. African American
51.0
58.8
52.8
51.3
49.8
58.7
46.5
45.5
41.4
25. Hispanic
56.2
62.0
58.2
59.8
55.9
57.3
55.3
57.1
41.1
26. White
81.2
83.6
79.6
76.4
75.9
75.6
73.6
73.9
59.3
27. Other
79.2
85.5
81.9
79.2
75.6
73.6
75.8
73.8
80.7
28. Economically Disadvantaged
54.2
59.8
56.7
58.9
55.5
58.9
56.0
59.2
41.2
SAT/ACT (Class of 2002)
29. Percent Tested
63.5
68.0
57.5
60.0
57.3
60.5
59.8
66.5
4.4
30. Percent At or Above Criterion
22.4
34.3
24.6
22.7
23.3
24.6
19.6
19.0
19.9
31. SAT - Mean Total Score
935
1024
986
973
985
989
957
956
943
32. ACT - Mean Composite Score
19.2
21.0
19.3
19.7
19.8
20.1
19.6
19.7
18.2
Staff
33. Total Staff FTE
113,611
162,965
90,973
70,653
40,866
6,746
55,675
23,598
6,028
34. Total Teacher FTE
56,917
85,311
45,000
34,123
19,797
3,582
27,854
12,522
3,278
35. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
36. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
37. % Professional Support Staff
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
4
7
38. % Teachers
50
52
49
48
48
53
50
53
54
39. % Educational Aides
9
9
11
12
13
10
13
13
9
40. % Auxiliary Staff
29
27
28
30
28
26
27
25
21
41. Average Central Administrative Salary
73,665
78,967
75,987
71,176
69,925
70,970
67,611
61,835
55,075
42. Average School Administrative Salary
63,934
63,351
58,869
57,029
56,033
57,900
54,581
52,532
42,480
43. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
52,118
49,448
46,622
45,090
43,296
44,338
41,534
38,069
33,853
44. Average Teacher Salary
42,831
41,480
39,389
38,395
37,668
37,599
37,209
36,147
30,287
45. % Minority
60
32
50
37
30
14
27
18
66
46. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.8
8.0
7.3
7.0
7.0
7.1
6.6
5.7
8.8
47. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.6
15.2
14.8
14.6
14.5
13.3
13.2
10.8
16.2
Teachers
48. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits
6.7
4.5
4.6
4.8
5.2
5.4
5.1
4.5
0.8
49. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
37.8
39.3
34.9
32.8
31.6
37.7
29.6
29.2
74.4
50. Average Years of Experience
12.0
11.0
12.0
12.1
12.5
10.7
12.7
12.6
4.8
51. % With Advanced Degrees
28.8
25.1
20.7
18.0
21.8
18.1
18.3
14.9
12.2
52. Teacher Turnover Rate
14.5
15.5
13.8
15.4
15.5
18.4
16.7
18.4
44.6
53. % African American
21
8
6
3
5
1
4
2
42
54. % Hispanic
24
12
31
22
12
6
11
7
17
55. % White
53
79
62
74
83
93
84
91
38
56. % Other
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
57. % Regular Education
63
71
67
71
71
77
74
78
85
58. % Special Education
11
11
10
9
10
10
10
8
7
59. % Compensatory Education
2
3
3
3
6
3
5
4
2
60. % Bilingual/ESL Education
16
7
10
6
4
2
3
1
2
61. % Career and Technology Education
4
3
4
5
5
4
6
7
3
62. % Other Education (Includes G/T)
5
5
6
5
4
3
4
1
0
Taxes and Budgeted Revenues
63. Taxable Value Per Pupil
283,591
271,970
185,847
202,021
190,329
284,836
215,819
295,355
0
64. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
0.166
0.023
0.042
0.011
0.022
0.042
0.006
0.003
0.000
65. State Aid Per Pupil
1,815
2,053
2,840
3,039
2,832
2,344
3,208
3,778
5,583
66. Total Revenue
6,096,118,345
9,120,957,253
4,384,596,948
3,398,485,435
1,874,846,222
364,902,398
2,602,624,097
1,162,801,585
328,948,416
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
6,878
7,028
6,584
6,824
6,543
7,657
7,056
8,573
6,188
68. % State
29
34
47
49
48
41
51
50
89
69. % Local and Other
67
64
47
48
49
57
45
47
7
70. % Federal
4
2
5
4
3
2
4
3
5
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2001-02)
510,512,186
1,234,409,083
566,004,362
532,280,241
269,678,659
61,145,810
520,657,173
295,417,330
52,643,102
72. % Fund Balance (of 2002-03 Budget)
9
15
14
17
16
18
21
25
17
Budgeted Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures
6,430,518,079
9,295,977,097
4,461,625,845
3,479,161,216
1,891,821,265
376,299,049
2,626,310,417
1,170,267,741
322,279,413
74. % Instructional
52
51
51
49
50
47
50
51
50
75. % Central Administrative
6
5
5
6
6
7
7
10
17
76. % School Leadership
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
77. % Plant Services
10
10
11
11
11
10
11
11
12
78. % Other Operating
16
15
18
18
18
16
18
16
11
79. % Non-Operating
11
13
9
11
10
16
8
7
2
80.Total Operating Expenditures
5,743,123,479
8,044,037,351
4,058,802,209
3,102,959,592
1,705,493,828
317,118,445
2,413,342,047
1,085,127,664
314,961,584
81. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
6,480
6,198
6,095
6,231
5,952
6,654
6,542
8,000
5,925
Budgeted Instructional Expenditures
82. Total Instructional Expenditures
3,317,556,402
4,726,164,044
2,294,388,779
1,716,779,045
946,104,584
177,830,690
1,325,114,285
592,525,038
161,559,248
83. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
3,743
3,642
3,445
3,447
3,302
3,731
3,592
4,368
3,039
84. % Regular Education
67
71
72
74
72
75
71
72
76
85. % Special Education
13
14
12
11
12
12
12
12
8
86. % Compensatory Education
5
4
5
6
6
6
8
8
5
87. % Bilingual/ESL Education
8
5
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
88. % Career and Technology Education
4
3
4
4
5
4
6
7
3
89. % Gifted and Talented Education
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0

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