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Snapshot 2004: 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 190 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2003-04 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
76
38
141
73
39
242
418
190
2. Total Number of Schools
1,270
1,674
1,051
971
556
136
1,038
843
274
Students
3. Total Students
886,033
1,341,383
679,411
512,303
292,655
44,937
359,148
134,884
60,748
4. % African American
20
15
12
7
13
4
10
6
39
5. % Hispanic
60
36
54
41
35
25
35
28
41
6. % White
17
42
33
50
50
70
54
65
18
7. % Other
3
7
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
68.8
39.8
59.8
50.2
51.5
38.4
53.7
52.8
63.1
9. % Special Education
11
11
12
12
13
13
14
15
11
10. % Bilingual/ESL Education
21
13
18
11
8
6
6
5
8
11. % Career & Technology Ed.
19
18
21
22
23
20
23
26
16
12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
10
7
8
7
7
7
7
8
1
13. Attendance Rate (2002-03)
95.1
96.0
95.5
95.6
95.4
96.0
95.6
96.1
90.8
14. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2002-03)
0.5
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.6
15. Four-year Dropout Rate (Class of 2003)
7.9
2.7
4.9
3.5
4.0
3.0
3.1
2.3
13.2
16. Number of Graduates (Class of 2003)
42,244
74,254
35,241
28,801
17,639
2,205
23,479
9,156
5,005
17. % Graduated (Class of 2003)
78.8
87.7
83.4
87.2
86.8
86.8
89.6
92.7
35.8
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades Spring 2004
18. All Tests Taken
61.3
72.5
65.7
69.6
67.5
73.3
66.1
69.6
47.8
19. Reading/ELA
81.0
88.0
84.0
86.3
85.3
88.7
85.6
87.9
74.2
20. Writing
87.8
92.8
91.1
92.1
91.0
91.6
90.5
90.9
84.9
21. Mathematics
70.5
79.8
73.9
77.7
75.7
80.9
74.4
77.9
54.8
22. Science
66.1
76.5
69.8
74.0
72.3
77.3
71.8
75.1
48.1
23. Social Studies
88.1
93.0
88.8
90.9
89.9
92.5
90.3
91.8
79.2
24. African American
51.6
56.4
51.4
53.5
50.5
60.4
46.8
46.1
44.1
25. Hispanic
56.7
60.9
57.6
59.7
56.4
58.6
55.9
59.0
42.7
26. White
82.6
84.3
81.2
78.3
77.9
78.5
75.2
75.7
60.9
27. Other
81.2
86.3
82.0
81.8
79.7
79.7
77.8
73.5
81.0
28. Economically Disadvantaged
54.4
58.5
55.7
58.7
55.9
60.1
56.4
61.0
43.2
29. SDAA Met ARD
80.4
83.8
84.9
85.5
87.4
83.7
85.4
84.8
74.7
SAT/ACT (Class of 2003)
30. Percent Tested
66.0
68.1
57.4
60.2
56.7
61.2
60.9
67.2
7.1
31. Percent At or Above Criterion
22.2
35.3
25.2
23.4
23.7
25.1
19.9
18.0
21.9
32. SAT - Mean Total Score
935
1029
987
980
986
976
962
951
943
33. ACT - Mean Composite Score
19.1
21.0
19.4
19.7
19.7
20.1
19.6
19.5
18.1
Staff
34. Total Staff FTE
111,753
166,837
91,389
71,642
41,517
6,295
53,858
23,279
6,842
35. Total Teacher FTE
56,034
87,274
45,112
34,641
20,026
3,268
26,794
12,365
3,675
36. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
37. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
38. % Professional Support Staff
9
8
9
7
7
6
6
4
10
39. % Teachers
50
52
49
48
48
52
50
53
54
40. % Educational Aides
8
8
11
12
13
11
13
13
8
41. % Auxiliary Staff
29
27
28
30
28
27
27
25
20
42. Average Central Administrative Salary
78,721
82,086
76,128
74,549
72,267
69,585
69,015
63,573
56,475
43. Average School Administrative Salary
65,320
64,496
60,623
58,051
57,195
57,640
55,371
53,641
44,623
44. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
52,757
49,804
47,038
45,642
43,980
42,390
41,324
39,686
31,143
45. Average Teacher Salary
43,397
42,064
40,004
38,916
38,023
37,066
37,407
36,337
31,534
46. % Minority
60
33
50
37
30
15
28
18
64
47. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.9
8.0
7.4
7.2
7.0
7.1
6.7
5.8
8.9
48. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.8
15.4
15.1
14.8
14.6
13.8
13.4
10.9
16.5
Teachers
49. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
36.9
38.5
34.8
32.8
30.9
39.3
28.0
28.0
72.0
50. Average Years of Experience
12.1
11.0
11.9
12.1
12.5
10.3
13.0
12.9
4.9
51. % With Advanced Degrees
28.7
25.0
20.3
17.4
21.2
16.5
18.3
14.5
13.4
52. Teacher Turnover Rate
13.3
13.9
13.2
14.2
14.1
17.1
14.9
17.3
43.1
53. % African American
21
8
5
3
5
1
4
2
39
54. % Hispanic
25
12
32
23
12
6
12
7
18
55. % White
52
78
62
74
83
93
84
91
41
56. % Other
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
57. % Regular Education
62
71
67
71
71
79
74
78
85
58. % Special Education
11
11
10
9
10
9
9
8
8
59. % Compensatory Education
1
3
3
3
5
2
5
4
2
60. % Bilingual/ESL Education
17
7
10
6
4
2
3
1
2
61. % Career & Technology Education
4
3
4
4
5
4
6
7
3
62. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5
5
6
5
4
3
3
1
0
Taxes and Actual Revenues
63. Taxable Value Per Pupil
289,649
278,552
193,067
215,001
199,240
241,826
215,416
304,106
0
64. Adopted Total Tax Rate
0.166
0.023
0.043
0.011
0.022
0.041
0.006
0.004
0.000
65. Total Revenue
7,019,329,358
10,149,798,895
5,113,685,200
3,950,752,298
2,216,769,636
363,248,557
2,912,708,247
1,337,907,856
416,378,687
66. Total Revenue Per Pupil
7,920
7,770
7,679
7,900
7,641
8,575
8,095
9,853
8,112
67. % State
31
36
46
47
46
50
50
48
83
68. % Local and Other
58
59
42
43
43
44
40
44
3
69. % Federal
10
6
12
10
10
5
10
8
14
Fund Balances
70. Fund Balance (End of 2002-03)
597,619,668
1,377,720,556
659,657,399
572,781,741
291,203,726
61,236,926
510,026,356
308,612,105
123,549,875
71. % Fund Balance (of 2003-04 Budget)
10
16
16
17
17
20
21
26
37
Actual Expenditures
72. Total Expenditures
7,058,723,830
10,048,625,493
5,051,934,792
3,913,748,640
2,181,160,138
348,113,246
2,882,229,950
1,320,526,462
347,460,661
73. % Instructional
53
52
53
50
51
49
51
51
48
74. % Central Administrative
5
5
5
6
6
7
6
8
17
75. % School Leadership
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
8
76. % Plant Services
9
9
10
10
10
9
10
10
15
77. % Other Operating
17
16
18
18
18
17
18
17
11
78. % Non-Operating
10
14
9
11
10
13
9
9
2
79. Total Operating Expenditures
6,340,724,885
8,680,243,732
4,583,096,783
3,479,582,497
1,955,399,250
301,490,070
2,626,207,092
1,202,714,040
339,374,714
80. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,154
6,645
6,882
6,958
6,740
7,117
7,299
8,857
6,612
Actual Instructional Expenditures
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
3,741,231,085
5,183,006,430
2,667,807,737
1,967,672,096
1,115,249,193
172,150,142
1,479,597,595
673,724,563
165,210,696
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,221
3,968
4,006
3,935
3,844
4,064
4,112
4,962
3,219
83. % Regular Education
61
65
64
66
64
70
63
64
63
84. % Special Education
14
15
13
12
12
13
12
10
13
85. % Compensatory Education
10
8
12
12
13
9
15
15
16
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
8
5
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
87. % Career & Technology Education
4
3
4
4
5
4
5
6
3
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0

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