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Snapshot 2007: 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
15
28
47
76
82
125
133
245
471
2. Total Number of Schools
1,595
1,237
1,121
851
573
641
523
770
750
Students
3. Total Students
1,223,414
996,271
772,801
538,447
313,438
272,830
170,887
175,769
113,076
4. % African American
20
12
13
15
9
11
11
11
12
5. % Hispanic
53
53
49
39
36
35
32
31
34
6. % White
22
30
35
43
53
53
56
57
53
7. % Other
5
5
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
60.2
55.5
53.6
51.2
51.6
54.1
53.1
54.0
58.6
9. % LEP
21
20
15
12
9
8
7
7
7
10. % Special Education
10
10
11
11
11
12
12
13
12
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
20
19
15
11
8
7
6
7
6
12. % Career & Technology Ed.
19
20
20
21
22
24
23
25
24
13. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
9
7
7
7
6
6
7
6
5
14. Attendance Rate (2005-06)
95.4
95.6
95.5
95.6
95.5
95.5
95.9
95.8
95.3
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2005-06)
0.7
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.5
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2006)
10.6
8.3
8.8
8.3
6.2
8.0
5.0
7.7
12.5
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2006)
59,533
50,361
38,073
28,672
18,217
16,408
9,951
10,935
7,764
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2006)
78.4
81.6
79.9
82.7
85.3
79.5
88.9
79.5
68.3
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
67
71
71
71
70
69
71
70
68
20. Reading/ELA
87
89
89
89
89
89
90
90
89
21. Writing
91
93
93
93
91
91
93
92
91
22. Mathematics
75
78
78
78
77
77
79
78
76
23. Science
71
71
72
72
72
71
72
72
68
24. Social Studies
89
89
89
89
89
89
90
90
87
25. African American
54
59
59
53
52
51
54
49
49
26. Hispanic
61
63
62
62
59
59
62
59
59
27. White
86
85
84
83
78
78
78
78
75
28. Other
88
87
86
86
81
81
83
75
84
29. Economically Disadvantaged
58
61
60
59
59
59
62
61
60
30. SDAA II Examinations Met ARD
88
88
91
90
89
89
89
89
88
College Admissions (Class of 2006)
31. Percent Tested
70.0
70.5
61.8
66.2
60.3
58.3
64.6
64.4
50.7
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
30.2
28.0
26.4
29.5
24.2
22.1
20.5
18.5
17.1
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
993
991
992
1008
987
972
969
969
949
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
20.5
20.3
20.0
20.3
19.9
20.1
19.8
19.8
19.5
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
155,645
127,601
101,201
73,428
44,387
39,705
25,260
27,876
18,810
36. Total Teacher FTE
79,615
65,485
51,459
35,917
21,659
19,539
13,030
14,607
10,154
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
10
9
9
8
7
6
6
6
4
40. % Teachers
51
51
51
49
49
49
52
52
54
41 % Educational Aides
8
9
10
11
12
13
13
13
11
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
27
27
29
28
27
25
24
24
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
84,581
85,449
85,093
83,814
82,701
79,593
76,225
69,824
66,278
44. Average School Administrative Salary
69,895
68,086
66,964
64,857
62,350
60,272
59,596
58,194
54,061
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
57,216
54,419
52,466
51,201
48,985
46,300
45,693
43,663
39,331
46. Average Teacher Salary
47,803
45,897
45,589
44,116
42,318
41,613
40,638
40,324
38,780
47. % Minority
54
49
44
38
28
28
25
24
25
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.9
7.8
7.6
7.3
7.1
6.9
6.8
6.3
6.0
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.4
15.2
15.0
15.0
14.5
14.0
13.1
12.0
11.1
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
38.3
40.3
37.0
37.5
33.8
32.4
32.2
31.4
38.6
51. Average Years of Experience
11.2
10.6
11.2
11.3
11.9
12.5
12.3
12.4
11.1
52. % With Advanced Degrees
27.5
22.1
20.6
20.3
18.0
16.9
16.3
15.2
14.7
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
14.0
13.9
14.4
16.2
16.9
16.8
20.3
20.0
23.3
54. % African American
19
6
6
8
4
4
5
6
7
55. % Hispanic
21
30
25
17
14
12
10
8
10
56. % White
57
62
67
73
82
84
84
85
82
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
58. % Regular Education
67
70
69
70
72
75
77
77
80
59. % Special Education
11
10
10
10
10
10
9
9
7
60. % Compensatory Education
3
2
3
4
4
5
4
4
4
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
10
10
8
6
4
2
2
2
1
62. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
2
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
345,776
247,792
281,186
319,131
276,473
313,789
303,970
349,994
542,170
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.580
1.573
1.569
1.579
1.520
1.501
1.467
1.415
1.372
66. Total Revenue (2005-06)
10,452,696,571
8,318,778,555
6,516,326,536
4,575,421,035
2,685,383,061
2,412,231,912
1,593,106,696
1,734,791,261
1,168,113,514
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
8,562
8,518
8,679
8,692
8,654
9,107
9,463
9,947
10,667
68. % State
25
37
34
32
38
40
42
46
47
69. % Local and Other
64
51
55
57
50
47
45
42
41
70. % Federal
11
12
12
11
12
13
13
11
12
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2005-06)
1,164,550,796
1,346,077,651
909,173,018
762,104,990
464,453,263
438,427,590
309,607,946
351,179,455
301,223,572
72. % Fund Balance (of 2006-07 Budget)
13
20
17
19
20
20
22
22
26
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2005-06)
11,826,158,750
9,207,085,787
7,400,760,892
5,066,145,280
2,830,519,860
2,520,566,404
1,609,450,203
1,758,596,351
1,119,014,794
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2005-06)
8,970,406,167
7,021,966,498
5,549,386,136
3,850,532,256
2,265,697,383
2,056,972,716
1,351,444,756
1,512,109,571
1,019,914,371
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,348
7,190
7,391
7,315
7,302
7,765
8,027
8,670
9,313
76. % Instructional
59
59
57
57
56
55
56
56
54
77. % Central Administrative
5
5
6
7
7
7
8
8
12
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
79. % Plant Services
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
80. % Other Operating
19
19
20
19
20
20
19
18
16
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
5,272,393,792
4,123,193,893
3,186,172,841
2,180,739,975
1,266,721,820
1,134,917,121
750,267,862
849,837,709
554,247,788
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,319
4,222
4,244
4,143
4,082
4,284
4,456
4,873
5,061
83. % Regular Education
56
58
61
60
59
56
58
57
59
84. % Special Education
17
16
15
16
16
17
17
17
14
85. % Accelerated Education
13
13
12
12
13
15
14
15
18
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
5
4
2
2
1
1
1
1
87. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0

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