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Snapshot 2008: 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 735,000 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 734,999 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 99,999. 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 198 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2007-08 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
152
70
21
228
433
198
2. Total Number of Schools
1,286
1,867
1,075
1,090
519
105
983
896
374
Students
3. Total Students
888,636
1,522,853
723,163
606,294
274,624
57,659
344,221
144,237
89,829
4. % African American
19
17
12
7
13
10
10
6
30
5. % Hispanic
63
41
55
45
39
26
38
30
49
6. % White
15
35
31
46
47
59
51
63
17
7. % Other
3
7
2
2
1
4
1
1
3
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
69.9
45.4
60.3
53.0
55.1
32.5
56.2
53.0
69.9
9. % LEP
24
17
18
16
10
9
8
6
14
10. % Special Education
10
9
11
10
11
9
11
12
9
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
23
15
17
15
10
8
7
5
13
12. % Career & Technical Education
20
20
21
22
22
21
24
29
13
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
10
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
2
14. Attendance Rate (2006-07)
94.9
95.8
95.4
95.7
95.3
95.9
95.6
96.2
92.9
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2006-07)
0.8
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.1
1.6
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2007)
16.8
8.5
12.4
8.7
11.1
4.6
7.5
4.9
30.1
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2007)
39,849
80,746
35,447
31,523
15,221
2,866
20,895
9,475
5,147
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2007)
70.9
82.4
76.9
82.6
80.2
90.1
85.3
90.7
32.7
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
66
75
71
74
71
81
71
73
62
20. Reading/ELA
87
92
90
91
91
94
91
93
86
21. Writing
90
94
93
93
92
94
93
93
90
22. Mathematics
76
83
79
82
80
87
79
82
71
23. Science
69
77
73
76
72
82
73
74
61
24. Social Studies
90
93
90
92
90
95
91
91
83
25. African American
55
62
58
61
56
68
53
53
53
26. Hispanic
63
67
65
65
62
71
62
63
62
27. White
86
87
84
83
81
86
79
79
70
28. Other
86
90
86
87
84
89
81
76
88
29. Economically Disadvantaged
60
64
63
64
62
67
62
65
58
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
84
88
85
88
87
93
88
89
53
College Admissions (Class of 2007)
31. Percent Tested
73.8
72.8
65.1
64.6
62.3
73.7
62.7
70.5
19.9
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
22.1
34.4
24.1
23.5
23.5
32.1
19.6
18.3
17.8
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
944
1024
987
985
987
1023
962
958
924
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
19.3
21.4
19.6
19.9
19.8
21.4
19.7
19.6
18.5
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
116,814
194,404
99,148
85,511
40,192
7,451
53,713
25,790
10,323
36. Total Teacher FTE
58,767
102,123
49,134
41,870
19,565
4,158
26,739
13,754
5,619
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
7
6
4
10
40. % Teachers
50
53
50
49
49
56
50
53
54
41 % Educational Aides
8
8
11
11
13
9
13
13
8
42. % Auxiliary Staff
27
27
28
29
27
24
27
25
19
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
87,425
89,158
84,560
83,881
82,236
80,481
78,810
70,139
74,336
44. Average School Administrative Salary
72,070
70,791
67,550
65,382
62,969
67,237
61,696
59,312
52,922
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
58,797
56,456
54,111
52,071
49,758
53,076
47,662
44,665
39,284
46. Average Teacher Salary
49,733
47,851
46,031
44,538
42,756
45,205
42,119
40,507
37,957
47. % Minority
63
38
50
41
31
22
29
18
60
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.6
7.8
7.3
7.1
6.8
7.7
6.4
5.6
8.7
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.1
14.9
14.7
14.5
14.0
13.9
12.9
10.5
16.0
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
37.3
41.6
36.1
35.3
33.3
37.3
30.9
29.4
69.7
51. Average Years of Experience
11.5
10.2
11.7
11.7
12.2
10.6
12.9
12.9
5.0
52. % With Advanced Degrees
28.3
23.7
19.7
16.6
19.1
23.4
16.3
13.9
16.0
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
12.9
15.5
12.7
14.2
16.7
15.1
17.1
18.5
41.1
54. % African American
20
11
6
3
5
3
4
2
30
55. % Hispanic
29
15
33
27
13
10
13
8
20
56. % White
48
72
61
69
81
85
83
90
46
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
4
58. % Regular Education
68
70
68
72
72
77
75
79
85
59. % Special Education
11
11
10
9
10
9
9
7
7
60. % Compensatory Education
3
4
3
3
5
3
5
4
2
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
11
7
9
7
5
4
3
1
4
62. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
4
4
5
4
5
7
2
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5
5
6
5
4
4
3
1
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
395,232
336,741
269,982
296,835
277,231
330,829
330,873
503,722
0
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.244
1.338
1.237
1.257
1.225
1.282
1.194
1.116
0.000
66. Total Revenue (2006-07)
8,347,739,192
13,517,187,993
6,434,863,160
5,666,992,492
2,472,832,988
564,492,261
3,512,162,890
1,765,512,284
681,478,913
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
9,365
9,094
9,064
9,608
9,023
10,441
10,168
12,148
8,485
68. % State
29
35
41
42
41
35
44
45
80
69. % Local and Other
60
58
47
47
48
58
44
46
8
70. % Federal
11
7
12
10
11
7
11
9
12
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2006-07)
891,459,057
2,229,188,392
995,927,776
944,761,410
425,788,835
113,658,030
719,996,873
478,539,780
129,235,783
72. % Fund Balance (of 2007-08 Budget)
13
20
19
20
21
24
24
29
21
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2006-07)
9,011,863,065
15,166,276,862
7,065,899,039
6,149,454,153
2,623,970,091
681,055,894
3,503,138,175
1,681,560,744
623,799,661
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2006-07)
7,126,174,194
11,026,338,020
5,496,156,833
4,648,880,879
2,119,268,460
420,659,757
2,920,761,028
1,448,073,666
610,144,007
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,995
7,418
7,742
7,882
7,733
7,780
8,456
9,964
7,597
76. % Instructional
58
59
57
56
56
57
56
55
52
77. % Central Administrative
6
6
6
6
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
11
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
4,146,019,680
6,522,943,387
3,152,380,487
2,597,824,540
1,193,000,754
239,759,494
1,623,342,949
802,575,756
316,118,127
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,651
4,389
4,440
4,404
4,353
4,434
4,700
5,522
3,936
83. % Regular Education
56
60
60
61
58
66
56
58
62
84. % Special Education
16
17
15
15
16
16
17
14
14
85. % Accelerated Education
14
9
13
13
14
6
15
16
20
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
6
4
2
2
2
1
1
2
87. % Career & Technology Education
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
6
2
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
5
1
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0

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