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Snapshot 2005: Tax Rate

Districts are grouped into four tax rate categories, or quartiles, with approximately equal numbers of districts in each. This category shows the total locally adopted tax rate, the rate established by each local school district for the 2004-05 school year and reported to the State Comptroller. The 198 non-taxing districts (charters and the special statutory districts) are in a separate category because they do not collect property taxes and have no tax rates.

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

Tax Rate
Count of Districts
257
257
258
259
198
2. Total Number of Schools
815
1,109
2,084
3,586
314
Students
3. Total Students
279,656
464,271
1,120,033
2,448,104
71,807
4. % African American
6
13
14
15
36
5. % Hispanic
57
43
51
41
43
6. % White
36
42
33
40
19
7. % Other
1
2
2
5
2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
68.7
57.4
62.8
48.4
66.2
9. % LEP
23
12
17
15
10
10. % Special Education
13
13
12
11
12
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
21
11
16
14
10
12. % Career & Technology Ed.
24
22
20
20
18
13. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
7
8
8
8
3
14. Attendance Rate (2003-04)
96.1
95.7
95.5
95.9
91.5
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2003-04)
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.6
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2004)
3.4
3.5
4.5
3.3
10.4
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2004)
15,966
26,668
60,861
134,146
6,355
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2004)
86.7
86.9
84.9
86.2
42.9
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades Spring 2005
19. All Tests Taken
59
61
59
65
48
20. Reading/ELA
81
83
81
84
74
21. Writing
90
89
89
90
83
22. Mathematics
69
70
69
74
57
23. Science
61
64
62
69
48
24. Social Studies
86
87
86
89
78
25. African American
43
46
43
48
42
26. Hispanic
52
52
51
54
45
27. White
72
72
75
79
61
28. Other
74
77
79
83
77
29. Economically Disadvantaged
52
51
49
51
42
30. SDAA II Examinations Met ARD
77
79
79
79
76
College Admissions (Class of 2004)
31. Percent Tested
55.6
59.2
60.9
65.5
16.9
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
17.2
19.8
24.2
30.2
28.2
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
929
955
974
998
985
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
19.3
19.4
19.5
20.7
20.2
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
42,072
67,870
149,413
315,629
8,775
36. Total Teacher FTE
20,622
33,445
74,575
161,026
4,590
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
6
39. % Professional Support Staff
6
7
8
8
11
40. % Teachers
49
49
50
51
52
41 % Educational Aides
13
12
11
9
10
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
28
28
28
19
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
68,842
71,699
75,183
80,431
64,568
44. Average School Administrative Salary
56,998
58,388
61,115
64,030
46,585
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
45,948
45,480
48,861
50,308
32,070
46. Average Teacher Salary
38,511
38,798
40,354
42,290
34,193
47. % Minority
46
39
47
37
60
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
6.6
6.8
7.5
7.8
8.2
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
13.6
13.9
15.0
15.2
15.6
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
30.6
32.7
34.4
38.0
65.3
51. Average Years of Experience
12.5
12.1
12.0
11.1
6.1
52. % With Advanced Degrees
16.5
17.2
21.6
23.6
17.2
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
15.2
16.0
15.4
15.9
39.5
54. % African American
3
6
10
9
33
55. % Hispanic
31
20
25
15
18
56. % White
65
74
64
74
45
57. % Other
1
1
1
1
3
58. % Regular Education
69
69
66
71
80
59. % Special Education
10
9
11
10
9
60. % Compensatory Education
3
4
3
3
3
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
9
7
10
8
3
62. % Career & Technology Education
5
5
4
4
3
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
3
4
6
5
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
233,288
242,042
252,383
270,961
0
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.383
1.513
1.598
1.738
0.000
66. Total Revenue (2003-04)
2,416,667,523
3,738,575,693
8,875,751,494
19,393,799,380
496,981,589
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
8,716
8,173
7,961
8,096
7,562
68. % State
51
45
40
34
76
69. % Local and Other
36
43
48
58
6
70. % Federal
14
13
12
8
18
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2003-04)
482,446,274
635,825,723
1,166,603,924
2,519,909,794
94,280,432
72. % Fund Balance (of 2004-05 Budget)
23
20
16
16
22
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2003-04)
2,422,289,340
3,940,285,444
9,356,570,281
22,234,748,994
479,948,955
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2003-04)
2,119,186,296
3,341,279,977
7,993,463,811
16,622,305,820
460,523,560
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,643
7,305
7,170
6,939
7,007
76. % Instructional
58
57
57
59
51
77. % Central Administrative
7
7
7
6
14
78. % School Leadership
5
6
6
6
7
79. % Plant Services
10
11
11
11
15
80. % Other Operating
20
19
19
19
13
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
1,223,370,799
1,904,152,287
4,586,221,751
9,742,731,265
232,812,173
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,412
4,163
4,114
4,067
3,542
83. % Regular Education
57
57
55
61
63
84. % Special Education
16
16
16
16
15
85. % Accelerated Education
16
14
14
10
15
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
1
2
6
4
1
87. % Career & Technology Education
4
4
4
3
4
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
2
1
2
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
3
3
2
2
1
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
2
1
0

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