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Snapshot 2005: District Size

 

Districts are grouped by size into nine categories based on the number of students in membership. This is the total number of students in membership in the district on a day in late October. See Item Definitions, #3. Total Students, for a definition of students included in this table.

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

District Size
Count of Districts
14
26
46
74
82
127
130
248
482
2. Total Number of Schools
1,524
1,152
1,110
839
578
658
519
764
764
Students
3. Total Students
1,144,625
915,536
754,453
519,110
315,140
278,146
165,965
177,056
113,840
4. % African American
21
12
12
14
10
10
11
10
14
5. % Hispanic
52
51
48
37
35
34
30
30
31
6. % White
22
32
37
46
53
55
58
59
54
7. % Other
5
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
61.7
52.9
52.4
49.6
50.5
52.8
50.6
52.9
58.4
9. % LEP
21
20
16
11
9
7
7
6
7
10. % Special Education
10
11
11
12
12
13
14
14
15
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
20
19
15
10
9
6
6
6
6
12. % Career & Technology Ed.
19
20
20
21
21
22
23
23
23
13. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
9
7
8
7
6
7
7
7
5
14. Attendance Rate (2003-04)
95.6
95.9
95.8
95.7
95.6
95.7
95.4
95.9
95.1
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2003-04)
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2004)
5.1
3.3
3.7
3.8
2.7
2.6
3.4
3.3
5.3
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2004)
57,358
49,693
39,428
29,455
18,734
17,776
11,705
11,691
8,156
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2004)
82.9
86.3
84.2
85.9
88.3
89.6
83.2
83.0
73.7
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
60
65
64
64
62
61
62
63
59
20. Reading/ELA
81
84
84
83
84
83
84
85
83
21. Writing
88
91
91
90
89
88
90
91
88
22. Mathematics
69
73
73
73
72
71
72
73
69
23. Science
63
67
66
67
67
65
65
66
61
24. Social Studies
87
89
88
88
88
88
88
88
86
25. African American
46
51
50
44
43
41
41
43
39
26. Hispanic
52
54
54
53
51
50
49
51
47
27. White
81
80
80
76
72
71
71
71
68
28. Other
84
82
82
79
77
74
70
73
72
29. Economically Disadvantaged
49
53
51
50
51
50
50
53
50
30. SDAA II Examinations Met ARD
77
79
78
80
78
80
80
82
81
College Admissions (Class of 2004)
31. Percent Tested
65.1
68.3
58.8
61.9
57.8
57.4
54.1
57.9
45.6
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
28.8
29.9
27.4
29.1
23.1
21.8
18.8
19.1
18.0
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
979
997
996
1003
975
963
954
957
950
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
20.4
20.5
19.9
20.2
19.7
19.9
19.5
19.7
19.5
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
144,356
117,696
97,698
69,701
44,126
40,008
24,272
27,489
18,415
36. Total Teacher FTE
73,010
59,905
49,265
34,180
21,454
19,777
12,376
14,447
9,845
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
39. % Professional Support Staff
9
8
9
7
7
6
6
6
5
40. % Teachers
51
51
50
49
49
49
51
53
53
41 % Educational Aides
8
9
10
11
12
13
12
13
12
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
28
28
29
29
27
26
24
24
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
80,125
83,504
79,778
78,777
75,741
72,653
70,544
67,046
64,172
44. Average School Administrative Salary
65,890
64,556
63,215
60,563
58,877
57,136
54,617
54,879
50,024
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
53,236
50,387
48,376
47,312
45,518
42,748
39,947
39,809
35,248
46. Average Teacher Salary
43,943
42,088
41,653
40,133
38,806
37,956
36,901
36,622
35,099
47. % Minority
53
45
45
36
28
27
25
22
26
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.9
7.8
7.7
7.4
7.1
7.0
6.8
6.4
6.2
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.7
15.3
15.3
15.2
14.7
14.1
13.4
12.3
11.6
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
38.3
38.9
36.6
36.0
33.8
30.9
31.7
31.3
37.8
51. Average Years of Experience
11.4
10.9
11.3
11.4
11.8
12.5
12.1
12.1
11.1
52. % With Advanced Degrees
27.8
22.6
20.5
20.7
18.9
16.8
16.7
15.3
14.4
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
14.5
14.6
14.9
16.7
17.4
17.4
19.6
19.5
24.8
54. % African American
19
5
6
7
4
4
5
5
8
55. % Hispanic
20
27
25
16
13
12
9
8
9
56. % White
58
66
68
75
82
84
85
86
83
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
58. % Regular Education
63
69
70
71
72
74
76
77
80
59. % Special Education
11
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
8
60. % Compensatory Education
2
2
3
4
4
5
4
4
4
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
14
10
9
6
5
3
2
2
1
62. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
6
6
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
6
5
5
5
4
4
3
2
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
301,758
227,601
243,225
266,305
240,072
246,308
228,425
249,231
386,155
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.699
1.709
1.672
1.681
1.640
1.588
1.578
1.527
1.479
66. Total Revenue (2003-04)
9,009,990,016
7,107,331,446
5,887,040,641
4,105,316,490
2,487,199,996
2,268,118,817
1,411,500,538
1,586,106,157
1,059,171,578
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
7,919
7,936
8,039
8,068
8,033
8,196
8,576
9,049
9,635
68. % State
28
40
39
38
42
45
50
53
51
69. % Local and Other
62
50
51
52
48
44
39
36
38
70. % Federal
10
10
10
10
10
11
12
10
11
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2003-04)
853,396,176
1,091,559,694
784,435,314
617,340,060
388,682,537
354,876,303
246,797,165
309,478,391
252,500,507
72. % Fund Balance (of 2004-05 Budget)
11
19
16
18
19
19
22
23
26
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2003-04)
10,044,603,301
7,865,530,469
6,655,146,614
4,554,119,586
2,730,948,011
2,419,849,451
1,428,697,601
1,678,441,403
1,056,506,578
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2003-04)
8,121,885,204
6,114,123,147
5,073,774,623
3,508,482,562
2,165,604,883
1,997,121,583
1,211,414,252
1,400,803,262
943,549,948
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,138
6,827
6,928
6,895
6,994
7,217
7,361
7,992
8,583
76. % Instructional
59
59
58
57
57
56
56
57
55
77. % Central Administrative
6
6
6
7
7
7
8
8
12
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
79. % Plant Services
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
11
12
80. % Other Operating
18
18
19
20
20
20
19
18
15
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
4,799,846,528
3,602,896,395
2,948,424,672
1,994,248,696
1,227,998,834
1,124,375,028
679,649,632
794,380,028
517,468,462
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,219
4,023
4,026
3,919
3,966
4,063
4,130
4,532
4,707
83. % Regular Education
56
60
61
61
60
57
58
58
60
84. % Special Education
16
16
15
16
16
17
17
17
14
85. % Accelerated Education
12
11
12
12
12
14
13
13
16
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
8
5
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
87. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
6
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
90. % Other Expenditures
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0

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