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Snapshot 2008: Distribution Statistics

This information is presented to help readers understand the distribution of values for a particular item. By examining the variance between the high, low, and intermediate values, you may determine whether districts have similar characteristics on some measures, such as pupil/teacher ratios, or very different characteristics on others, such as total number of students.

Charters have been excluded from this analysis because their characteristics differ dramatically from the independent school districts. This causes the charters to appear in disproportionate numbers in the extremes of the distributions, which distorts the high and low values.

Each item is analyzed independently; the district with the highest value for one item is not necessarily the district with the highest value for other items. The terms used are defined as follows:

  • LOWEST (HIGHEST) VALUE For any given item, the lowest (highest) value found among all the districts.

  • XXTH PERCENTILE For any given item, a value at the point in the distribution where XX percent of the school districts are below the value. For example, the 10th percentile means that 10 percent of the school districts have values lower than the value shown.

  • MEDIAN For any given item, the value at the point in the distribution where half of the school districts are below the value, and half are above.

 

Percentile
Lowest Value
1st Percentile
5th Percentile
10th Percentile
25th Percentile
Median (50th Percentile)
75th Percentile
90th Percentile
95th Percentile
99th Percentile
Highest Value
2. Total Number of Schools
1
1
1
1
2
4
6
13
32
71
292
Students
3. Total Students
15
56
118
160
349
910
2,804
8,884
21,041
59,822
198,769
4. % African American
0
0
0
0
1
3
11
23
30
61
83
5. % Hispanic
0
1
4
6
11
25
48
76
93
99
100
6. % White
0
1
4
13
37
62
81
89
92
96
99
7. % Other
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
5
12
28
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
0.0
10.0
22.0
27.9
40.5
52.2
64.8
78.0
84.7
95.6
100.0
9. % LEP
0
0
0
0
2
5
10
18
27
48
68
10. % Special Education
0
5
7
8
9
11
13
15
16
21
30
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
0
0
0
0
2
4
10
17
25
46
68
12. % Career & Technical Education
0
0
0
14
20
25
31
38
43
52
87
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
0
0
2
3
5
6
8
10
12
16
32
14. Attendance Rate (2006-07)
92.0
93.4
94.4
94.8
95.4
96.0
96.5
97.0
97.3
97.8
98.4
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2006-07)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.5
0.9
2.1
4.8
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2007)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.4
5.2
10.3
15.2
19.3
26.0
33.3
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2007)
0
0
0
10
24
61
162
460
1,039
3,251
7,645
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2007)
40.0
60.5
68.9
73.7
81.3
89.1
94.1
98.6
100.0
100.0
100.0
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
26
45
54
58
66
73
79
85
88
94
98
20. Reading/ELA
50
77
83
85
89
93
95
97
98
99
99
21. Writing
50
72
82
86
90
94
96
98
98
99
99
22. Mathematics
34
56
65
69
75
82
87
92
94
97
99
23. Science
36
47
55
60
68
75
82
87
90
95
98
24. Social Studies
65
76
82
84
88
92
95
97
98
99
99
25. African American
14
22
36
41
50
59
67
78
83
89
95
26. Hispanic
18
27
46
51
58
65
73
80
84
90
96
27. White
20
50
63
67
74
80
85
90
92
96
98
28. Other
20
40
54
60
73
83
89
92
94
96
98
29. Economically Disadvantaged
25
39
49
53
59
65
72
79
83
89
97
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
33
65
75
79
84
89
94
99
100
100
100
College Admissions (Class of 2007)
31. Percent Tested
0.0
26.7
39.8
45.2
55.0
65.3
76.7
86.7
91.7
100.0
100.0
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
0.0
0.0
1.6
5.3
11.1
19.6
28.6
36.4
42.9
56.7
69.2
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
723
771
846
877
931
977
1022
1055
1088
1143
1329
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
11.7
15.6
16.8
17.3
18.6
19.9
21.1
22.1
22.7
24.3
25.6
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
4
14
26
33
64
151
409
1,228
2,858
8,126
24,294
36. Total Teacher FTE
2
8
14
18
35
78
206
592
1,447
4,011
11,970
37. % Central Administrative
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
7
24
38. % School Administrative
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
7
10
39. % Professional Support Staff
0
0
0
2
3
5
7
9
10
13
29
40. % Teachers
33
39
44
46
48
52
55
59
62
68
78
41 % Educational Aides
0
0
5
7
9
12
15
17
19
25
55
42. % Auxiliary Staff
0
8
16
19
22
26
29
32
34
40
59
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
29,500
45,390
56,300
62,000
70,000
78,550
87,461
95,500
101,997
124,771
140,105
44. Average School Administrative Salary
20,830
43,895
50,303
54,011
58,177
62,674
66,897
71,493
73,938
80,213
135,740
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
14,173
24,793
35,450
39,605
44,403
48,537
52,506
56,392
58,220
68,616
90,072
46. Average Teacher Salary
33,174
35,191
37,102
38,027
39,687
41,547
44,219
47,014
48,657
51,515
57,991
47. % Minority
0
0
2
4
8
16
30
59
83
96
98
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
2.2
3.3
4.1
4.7
5.5
6.3
7.1
7.8
8.2
9.1
11.2
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
4.6
6.1
7.9
9.0
10.5
12.3
13.9
15.2
15.7
16.6
18.7
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
0.0
8.3
14.3
17.9
23.5
31.0
38.6
46.2
51.3
66.3
100.0
51. Average Years of Experience
0.0
6.3
8.6
9.5
10.9
12.5
13.9
15.3
16.2
18.3
20.6
52. % With Advanced Degrees
0.0
0.0
3.8
6.3
10.8
15.3
20.7
26.2
30.8
40.0
76.3
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
0.0
0.0
5.8
8.6
12.3
15.8
21.2
28.6
32.9
42.9
81.8
54. % African American
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
9
14
40
83
55. % Hispanic
0
0
0
0
1
4
10
30
69
92
97
56. % White
2
7
26
54
84
93
97
100
100
100
100
57. % Other
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
5
17
58. % Regular Education
24
51
63
67
73
78
82
86
89
99
100
59. % Special Education
0
0
3
4
6
8
10
12
13
16
40
60. % Compensatory Education
0
0
0
0
1
3
6
9
11
16
57
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
8
12
24
46
62. % Career & Technical Education
0
0
0
2
4
5
7
9
11
14
18
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
6
8
11
35
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
0
49,085
102,368
129,619
179,441
271,617
444,230
817,590
1,414,678
4,033,121
8,253,180
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
0.000
0.878
0.991
1.040
1.087
1.170
1.275
1.377
1.434
1.516
1.670
66. Total Revenue (2006-07)
478,506
890,373
1,668,454
2,094,792
4,412,505
10,101,124
27,808,292
84,188,432
192,073,954
527,824,876
1,969,426,077
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
6,857
7,745
8,317
8,614
9,206
10,360
12,081
14,899
17,794
27,162
43,744
68. % State
7
12
15
17
27
46
58
66
70
76
87
69. % Local and Other
6
12
18
22
30
43
64
77
80
85
91
70. % Federal
0
1
3
4
6
8
12
16
19
27
55
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2006-07)
-6,699,826
0
224,620
407,256
840,191
1,993,100
4,963,481
14,804,006
29,028,295
85,767,069
233,041,676
72. % Fund Balance (of 2007-08 Budget)
-15
0
6
9
15
23
32
43
54
79
319
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2006-07)
269,021
800,873
1,540,145
1,961,195
4,090,919
9,839,181
28,642,839
95,480,923
204,307,504
553,166,339
2,069,560,453
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2006-07)
253,451
778,986
1,434,952
1,787,269
3,628,939
8,357,398
23,349,699
64,764,015
157,473,020
471,278,422
1,637,435,932
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
4,300
6,452
6,944
7,203
7,677
8,519
9,977
12,214
13,949
19,638
34,806
76. % Instructional
35
44
50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
69
77. % Central Administrative
3
4
5
6
6
8
10
12
14
19
42
78. % School Leadership
0
2
4
4
5
5
6
7
7
9
15
79. % Plant Services
1
7
9
9
11
12
13
15
15
19
27
80. % Other Operating
2
10
13
14
17
19
20
22
23
25
38
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
151,337
431,835
797,903
990,332
1,996,296
4,645,110
12,807,653
36,951,612
93,811,975
278,486,385
959,402,894
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
2,955
3,605
3,938
4,068
4,332
4,788
5,541
6,603
7,515
10,825
15,906
83. % Regular Education
18
34
43
48
54
60
66
71
73
84
100
84. % Special Education
0
5
7
8
11
14
17
21
28
41
53
85. % Accelerated Education
0
2
4
6
9
13
18
23
27
40
52
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
5
12
21
87. % Career & Technology Education
0
0
0
2
3
4
6
7
9
12
20
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
4
7
10
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
0
0
0
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
17
90. % Other Expenditures
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
4
14

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