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Snapshot 2006: 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
28
47
76
79
124
131
247
481
2. Total Number of Schools
1,532
1,224
1,108
849
550
629
535
775
754
Students
3. Total Students
1,173,042
1,000,341
766,509
530,644
302,581
271,969
167,846
178,259
114,381
4. % African American
21
13
13
15
10
10
11
11
13
5. % Hispanic
53
50
49
39
36
34
31
29
33
6. % White
21
33
35
44
53
55
56
59
53
7. % Other
5
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
62.7
52.7
53.8
51.5
52.4
52.9
53.9
53.0
59.4
9. % LEP
21
19
16
12
9
7
7
7
7
10. % Special Education
10
11
11
11
12
13
13
13
14
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
20
18
15
11
9
6
6
6
7
12. % Career & Technology Ed.
19
20
20
21
21
23
22
23
23
13. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
9
7
8
7
6
7
7
7
5
14. Attendance Rate (2004-05)
95.6
95.9
95.7
95.7
95.6
95.7
95.8
95.7
95.0
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2004-05)
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2005)
5.9
3.9
4.2
4.0
2.8
3.3
2.5
3.3
5.6
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2005)
56,856
51,096
38,152
28,878
17,674
16,597
10,458
11,577
8,260
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2005)
81.9
85.4
83.9
86.0
88.0
86.7
87.5
82.8
70.7
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
64
69
68
68
67
67
68
69
64
20. Reading/ELA
85
88
87
88
88
88
89
89
87
21. Writing
89
93
93
92
91
91
92
92
90
22. Mathematics
72
76
76
76
74
74
76
76
72
23. Science
68
71
71
71
71
70
71
73
67
24. Social Studies
86
88
87
87
86
87
88
88
84
25. African American
51
56
55
49
48
48
49
48
44
26. Hispanic
57
60
59
59
56
56
58
56
53
27. White
85
84
83
81
76
76
76
76
73
28. Other
87
86
86
82
79
79
78
80
73
29. Economically Disadvantaged
54
58
57
56
57
56
59
59
56
30. SDAA II Examinations Met ARD
83
83
84
86
82
85
84
86
83
College Admissions (Class of 2005)
31. Percent Tested
68.8
71.9
62.1
64.8
61.0
59.5
62.0
61.7
46.0
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
28.9
30.1
27.4
29.0
23.9
22.9
19.8
19.7
18.3
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
982
1000
999
1005
986
977
968
968
946
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
20.0
20.5
19.7
20.2
19.7
20.0
19.5
19.8
19.6
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
145,684
126,381
99,371
71,540
42,411
39,413
24,896
27,868
18,722
36. Total Teacher FTE
74,245
64,866
50,278
35,043
20,684
19,473
12,829
14,625
10,105
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
39. % Professional Support Staff
9
8
9
8
7
6
5
6
4
40. % Teachers
51
51
51
49
49
49
52
52
54
41 % Educational Aides
9
9
10
11
12
13
13
12
11
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
27
27
29
28
27
25
25
24
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
81,444
84,983
81,265
80,716
77,405
74,839
69,713
66,680
63,879
44. Average School Administrative Salary
66,755
65,603
64,507
61,490
59,701
57,895
56,134
55,648
51,934
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
54,241
51,821
49,415
48,331
46,093
43,786
43,019
40,818
36,519
46. Average Teacher Salary
44,513
43,065
42,383
40,984
39,255
38,555
37,356
37,238
35,717
47. % Minority
54
45
46
38
28
27
24
22
26
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.1
7.9
7.7
7.4
7.1
6.9
6.7
6.4
6.1
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.8
15.4
15.2
15.1
14.6
14.0
13.1
12.2
11.3
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
37.7
39.1
37.0
36.4
33.8
31.2
32.0
30.9
38.6
51. Average Years of Experience
11.5
10.8
11.3
11.5
11.9
12.7
12.2
12.4
11.1
52. % With Advanced Degrees
27.9
22.5
20.4
20.5
18.1
17.0
16.4
15.5
14.7
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
13.1
13.3
13.9
15.0
15.7
15.1
17.8
18.3
23.7
54. % African American
20
5
6
8
4
4
5
5
7
55. % Hispanic
21
27
27
17
13
12
9
8
10
56. % White
57
66
66
74
82
85
85
86
82
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
58. % Regular Education
62
68
69
71
72
75
76
78
81
59. % Special Education
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
8
8
60. % Compensatory Education
3
2
3
4
5
5
4
4
4
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
15
11
8
6
4
3
2
2
1
62. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
4
4
5
5
5
6
6
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5
5
5
5
5
4
3
2
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
313,824
235,497
252,584
284,295
249,057
275,834
255,503
289,616
437,119
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.706
1.721
1.689
1.691
1.650
1.596
1.589
1.533
1.490
66. Total Revenue (2004-05)
9,321,243,274
7,785,962,327
6,118,241,137
4,307,071,377
2,443,181,211
2,302,497,781
1,496,604,342
1,656,896,310
1,135,985,823
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
8,143
8,092
8,308
8,382
8,217
8,560
9,010
9,366
9,986
68. % State
26
38
36
35
41
42
46
50
50
69. % Local and Other
64
52
53
54
48
47
42
39
39
70. % Federal
10
10
11
11
11
12
12
11
11
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2004-05)
1,003,456,967
1,204,755,614
842,006,818
720,933,714
405,239,123
396,428,881
294,470,325
328,475,139
280,616,759
72. % Fund Balance (of 2005-06 Budget)
13
19
17
20
20
20
24
23
26
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2004-05)
10,840,024,524
8,629,876,708
6,970,926,589
4,777,031,158
2,647,846,238
2,430,599,229
1,531,693,430
1,673,947,658
1,094,152,661
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2004-05)
8,257,015,596
6,684,284,460
5,261,656,368
3,651,881,543
2,106,602,340
1,980,521,550
1,274,146,070
1,447,281,146
993,230,478
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,214
6,947
7,145
7,107
7,085
7,363
7,671
8,181
8,731
76. % Instructional
59
59
58
57
56
56
56
57
54
77. % Central Administrative
5
6
6
7
7
7
8
8
12
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
79. % Plant Services
11
11
11
11
12
11
11
12
12
80. % Other Operating
19
19
20
20
20
20
19
18
16
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
4,889,253,015
3,939,328,353
3,032,646,806
2,066,268,827
1,183,131,921
1,105,376,591
713,969,988
819,301,614
540,752,921
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,271
4,094
4,118
4,021
3,979
4,110
4,298
4,631
4,753
83. % Regular Education
56
59
60
60
59
57
57
58
59
84. % Special Education
17
16
15
16
17
18
18
16
14
85. % Accelerated Education
12
12
12
13
13
14
14
14
17
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
8
5
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
87. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
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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