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Snapshot 2006: 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 700,000 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 699,999 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 largest district enrollment in the county. Its enrollment is greater than 3 percent of the contiguous other central city district. 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 194 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2005-06 school year.

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

Community Type
Count of Districts
10
78
39
146
71
27
233
429
194
2. Total Number of Schools
1,268
1,756
1,064
1,046
528
90
1,009
882
313
Students
3. Total Students
899,158
1,451,943
701,847
579,107
280,839
30,145
348,728
142,944
70,861
4. % African American
20
17
12
7
14
3
10
6
36
5. % Hispanic
61
38
53
44
37
27
37
29
45
6. % White
16
38
33
47
48
68
52
65
17
7. % Other
3
7
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
71.4
44.1
59.5
53.6
55.3
39.2
56.9
54.2
70.8
9. % LEP
23
15
18
15
9
7
8
6
13
10. % Special Education
10
10
12
11
12
12
13
14
11
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
21
14
16
14
9
6
7
5
11
12. % Career & Technology Ed.
19
19
21
22
22
21
23
26
14
13. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
10
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
2
14. Attendance Rate (2004-05)
95.2
96.0
95.6
95.8
95.5
96.1
95.7
96.3
91.9
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2004-05)
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.5
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2005)
7.3
2.9
5.0
3.5
3.4
2.6
2.7
2.3
9.6
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2005)
42,227
76,889
34,975
31,149
16,111
1,424
22,083
9,340
5,350
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2005)
79.2
87.5
82.9
86.8
86.7
91.4
89.7
91.7
38.6
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
60
71
66
69
66
72
66
69
52
20. Reading/ELA
83
89
87
88
87
90
88
90
79
21. Writing
88
93
92
93
92
92
91
92
86
22. Mathematics
69
78
74
77
74
79
74
76
60
23. Science
65
74
69
72
70
77
70
73
48
24. Social Studies
84
90
86
87
86
89
87
87
75
25. African American
49
55
51
55
50
63
47
45
47
26. Hispanic
56
60
59
59
56
56
56
57
50
27. White
83
84
81
79
77
78
75
75
63
28. Other
82
87
84
82
81
89
79
70
84
29. Economically Disadvantaged
53
58
57
59
56
59
57
60
49
30. SDAA II Examinations Met ARD
81
85
83
84
86
85
85
86
78
College Admissions (Class of 2005)
31. Percent Tested
68.9
70.2
63.4
63.1
60.3
58.5
62.3
68.6
14.8
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
22.4
35.4
25.0
23.9
23.6
23.0
20.0
18.5
20.3
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
938
1029
987
983
987
985
968
957
925
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
19.0
21.3
19.5
19.7
19.6
20.0
19.6
19.7
18.6
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
111,978
178,699
94,675
80,551
39,954
4,105
53,035
24,944
8,345
36. Total Teacher FTE
56,541
93,696
46,900
39,232
19,404
2,150
26,513
13,267
4,445
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
39. % Professional Support Staff
10
8
9
7
7
6
6
4
10
40. % Teachers
50
52
50
49
49
52
50
53
53
41 % Educational Aides
9
9
11
12
13
10
13
12
9
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
27
28
29
28
26
27
25
19
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
80,445
85,416
79,620
76,604
75,985
75,189
71,979
66,992
56,698
44. Average School Administrative Salary
66,669
66,460
62,382
60,872
59,031
60,769
57,576
55,321
46,433
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
54,533
51,853
49,288
47,466
45,917
45,530
44,365
41,012
30,898
46. Average Teacher Salary
44,610
43,529
41,483
40,226
38,825
38,615
38,268
36,883
33,344
47. % Minority
61
35
49
40
30
17
28
18
61
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.0
8.1
7.4
7.2
7.0
7.3
6.6
5.7
8.5
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.9
15.5
15.0
14.8
14.5
14.0
13.2
10.8
15.9
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
36.5
40.0
36.3
34.4
31.7
37.6
29.1
28.7
72.1
51. Average Years of Experience
11.9
10.5
11.5
11.8
12.3
10.4
13.0
12.8
4.9
52. % With Advanced Degrees
28.2
24.2
19.7
16.6
19.6
17.6
17.0
14.2
15.5
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
12.4
15.0
12.9
14.1
15.0
18.0
15.6
17.4
43.7
54. % African American
20
9
6
3
5
1
3
2
33
55. % Hispanic
28
14
31
26
13
9
13
7
19
56. % White
50
75
63
70
82
89
84
91
44
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
4
58. % Regular Education
61
70
66
72
71
79
74
79
82
59. % Special Education
11
11
10
10
10
9
9
8
9
60. % Compensatory Education
2
3
3
3
5
3
5
4
2
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
17
7
11
7
5
2
3
1
3
62. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
4
4
5
4
5
7
2
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5
5
6
5
4
3
4
1
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
312,220
289,942
226,577
238,266
225,828
284,434
265,908
382,393
0
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.703
1.751
1.653
1.632
1.613
1.649
1.558
1.496
0.000
66. Total Revenue (2004-05)
7,304,785,840
11,278,913,743
5,540,673,540
4,804,752,560
2,259,054,378
263,874,946
3,134,800,691
1,504,055,803
476,772,081
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
8,255
8,137
8,122
8,531
8,154
9,407
8,982
10,431
7,277
68. % State
26
32
40
42
40
43
44
44
83
69. % Local and Other
62
61
47
46
47
50
43
45
4
70. % Federal
12
7
13
12
13
7
13
10
13
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2004-05)
669,977,371
1,777,649,634
812,145,279
761,247,944
350,717,849
59,255,369
606,635,476
353,923,437
84,830,981
72. % Fund Balance (of 2005-06 Budget)
11
18
18
19
20
26
23
26
19
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2004-05)
8,465,166,714
12,944,580,497
6,082,017,140
5,339,571,680
2,356,449,901
326,423,497
3,141,167,976
1,475,738,983
464,981,807
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2004-05)
6,527,020,390
9,548,218,222
4,878,123,809
4,086,574,916
1,964,182,940
206,601,401
2,687,741,813
1,299,493,460
458,662,600
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,376
6,889
7,151
7,256
7,089
7,365
7,701
9,012
7,000
76. % Instructional
59
59
58
56
56
57
56
56
52
77. % Central Administrative
6
6
6
7
7
8
7
9
15
78. % School Leadership
6
6
6
5
5
6
5
5
7
79. % Plant Services
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
11
14
80. % Other Operating
19
18
20
20
20
19
20
18
11
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
3,824,914,135
5,643,104,133
2,816,274,672
2,304,881,489
1,109,751,647
116,798,612
1,510,672,014
727,188,981
236,444,353
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,322
4,071
4,128
4,093
4,005
4,164
4,328
5,043
3,609
83. % Regular Education
55
61
59
60
57
64
55
58
62
84. % Special Education
16
17
15
15
17
16
18
15
15
85. % Accelerated Education
14
9
14
14
15
10
15
16
18
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
8
6
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
87. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
6
3
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
1
90. % Other Expenditures
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0

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