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Snapshot 2007: 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 725,000 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 724,999 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 191 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2006-07 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
40
152
70
22
229
430
191
2. Total Number of Schools
1,276
1,814
1,094
1,079
516
67
992
891
332
Students
3. Total Students
891,343
1,486,349
733,569
596,537
276,162
22,193
345,914
144,237
80,629
4. % African American
19
17
12
7
13
6
10
6
33
5. % Hispanic
62
39
53
44
38
29
37
29
48
6. % White
15
37
33
47
47
63
52
64
17
7. % Other
3
7
2
2
1
2
1
1
3
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
70.0
45.3
58.8
53.6
55.8
43.8
56.5
53.8
69.6
9. % LEP
23
16
17
15
10
10
8
5
14
10. % Special Education
10
10
11
11
12
12
12
13
10
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
21
15
16
14
9
9
7
5
13
12. % Career & Technology Ed.
19
19
21
22
22
24
25
28
14
13. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
10
7
7
7
7
6
7
7
2
14. Attendance Rate (2005-06)
95.0
95.9
95.5
95.7
95.3
96.0
95.6
96.3
92.9
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2005-06)
0.9
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
1.8
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2006)
13.3
6.2
9.7
7.3
8.5
3.6
5.9
3.6
23.8
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2006)
41,045
79,147
36,108
31,040
15,943
1,090
21,473
9,468
4,600
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2006)
74.2
84.8
79.4
83.2
82.8
90.9
86.9
91.3
33.5
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
63
73
69
72
69
72
69
71
56
20. Reading/ELA
85
90
88
89
89
90
89
91
82
21. Writing
90
93
93
93
92
91
92
92
89
22. Mathematics
71
80
77
79
77
79
77
79
64
23. Science
66
74
71
73
71
76
71
73
51
24. Social Studies
87
91
88
90
88
91
89
90
78
25. African American
51
59
56
58
54
55
51
51
48
26. Hispanic
60
64
62
63
60
58
60
61
56
27. White
84
86
83
81
80
79
77
77
66
28. Other
84
88
86
84
82
89
81
76
85
29. Economically Disadvantaged
57
61
60
62
60
60
60
63
52
30. SDAA II Examinations Met ARD
88
89
89
90
91
93
89
89
84
College Admissions (Class of 2006)
31. Percent Tested
69.6
70.4
62.9
64.2
58.3
61.4
62.0
70.0
18.2
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
22.4
34.8
24.9
23.4
22.8
20.3
19.4
17.7
19.5
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
939
1028
987
980
985
960
963
959
927
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
19.3
21.3
19.5
19.7
19.8
20.1
19.6
19.7
19.1
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
114,071
185,850
99,258
83,329
40,290
3,173
53,092
25,523
9,328
36. Total Teacher FTE
57,670
97,862
49,245
40,681
19,388
1,652
26,471
13,579
4,919
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
5
39. % Professional Support Staff
10
9
9
7
7
6
6
4
10
40. % Teachers
51
53
50
49
48
52
50
53
53
41 % Educational Aides
8
8
11
12
13
11
13
12
9
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
27
28
29
28
25
27
25
20
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
83,774
87,215
82,745
80,961
79,685
76,210
76,665
68,512
66,304
44. Average School Administrative Salary
69,891
68,860
65,641
63,730
61,368
59,123
60,207
57,398
51,921
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
57,470
54,644
52,470
50,557
48,408
48,125
46,753
43,699
35,043
46. Average Teacher Salary
47,939
46,603
44,710
43,321
41,689
41,319
41,381
40,026
36,423
47. % Minority
62
37
49
40
31
21
29
18
60
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.8
8.0
7.4
7.2
6.9
7.0
6.5
5.7
8.6
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.5
15.2
14.9
14.7
14.2
13.4
13.1
10.6
16.4
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
37.1
41.0
36.2
34.7
32.3
38.0
30.1
28.8
70.8
51. Average Years of Experience
11.7
10.3
11.6
11.7
12.3
11.1
12.9
12.9
4.9
52. % With Advanced Degrees
28.2
23.9
19.7
16.7
19.4
17.7
16.6
14.1
15.4
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
13.5
16.0
12.9
15.0
16.1
17.3
17.7
18.5
42.5
54. % African American
20
10
6
3
5
2
3
2
32
55. % Hispanic
29
14
31
27
13
10
13
7
19
56. % White
49
73
63
70
81
87
83
91
46
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
3
58. % Regular Education
68
70
67
72
72
78
74
79
81
59. % Special Education
11
10
10
9
10
9
9
8
10
60. % Compensatory Education
2
3
3
3
5
3
5
4
3
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
11
7
10
7
5
3
3
1
4
62. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
4
4
5
4
5
7
2
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5
5
6
5
4
2
4
1
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
353,382
312,097
254,139
264,716
254,045
288,464
302,853
470,091
0
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.551
1.626
1.532
1.523
1.495
1.500
1.446
1.377
0.000
66. Total Revenue (2005-06)
7,842,326,190
12,332,747,083
6,146,613,285
5,181,391,965
2,344,655,112
204,859,779
3,267,324,132
1,624,935,482
511,996,113
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
8,722
8,494
8,594
8,936
8,505
9,935
9,440
11,131
7,578
68. % State
24
30
37
40
38
41
42
40
80
69. % Local and Other
63
61
50
48
49
50
45
49
5
70. % Federal
13
8
14
12
13
9
14
11
15
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2005-06)
752,471,061
1,984,344,572
923,095,769
831,308,822
372,002,786
37,205,661
649,232,765
401,718,499
95,418,346
72. % Fund Balance (of 2006-07 Budget)
12
19
18
19
20
21
23
25
19
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2005-06)
8,946,833,574
13,947,331,316
6,729,495,934
5,652,839,246
2,421,926,719
241,227,934
3,320,073,756
1,566,289,370
512,280,472
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2005-06)
6,774,940,352
10,242,566,268
5,324,175,489
4,378,725,255
2,028,402,750
163,172,430
2,800,926,204
1,381,551,771
503,969,335
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,535
7,054
7,444
7,552
7,358
7,913
8,092
9,464
7,459
76. % Instructional
58
59
57
56
56
57
56
56
52
77. % Central Administrative
6
6
6
7
7
8
7
9
14
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
5
8
79. % Plant Services
12
11
12
12
12
11
12
12
15
80. % Other Operating
19
18
20
20
20
19
20
18
12
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
3,929,154,007
6,049,482,815
3,056,444,163
2,462,498,025
1,140,389,593
92,265,862
1,560,609,489
767,803,662
259,845,185
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,370
4,166
4,273
4,247
4,136
4,475
4,509
5,260
3,846
83. % Regular Education
54
60
59
60
57
60
55
58
61
84. % Special Education
16
17
15
15
17
18
18
14
14
85. % Accelerated Education
15
9
14
14
15
12
15
16
21
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
6
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
87. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
6
2
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
5
1
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0

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