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Snapshot 2008: 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
16
31
46
72
84
127
131
249
473
2. Total Number of Schools
1,675
1,346
1,058
812
596
649
520
781
758
Students
3. Total Students
1,282,411
1,068,997
722,105
513,767
324,534
279,374
168,348
178,229
113,751
4. % African American
19
12
13
15
9
11
11
10
12
5. % Hispanic
55
52
50
39
38
36
31
32
34
6. % White
21
30
34
43
52
51
57
56
52
7. % Other
5
5
3
3
1
2
1
1
2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
60.2
54.0
54.1
51.2
52.0
53.4
53.4
53.9
57.6
9. % LEP
23
21
15
13
10
9
7
7
7
10. % Special Education
9
10
10
10
11
11
11
12
11
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
21
20
14
12
9
8
7
6
6
12. % Career & Technical Education
19
21
21
21
22
24
24
25
24
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
9
7
7
8
6
6
7
6
5
14. Attendance Rate (2006-07)
95.3
95.6
95.5
95.5
95.4
95.3
95.7
95.8
95.2
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2006-07)
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.6
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2007)
13.9
10.4
10.2
10.6
8.7
10.5
6.8
10.4
16.7
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2007)
60,818
52,944
36,349
27,390
18,267
16,724
10,033
11,178
7,466
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2007)
75.1
79.5
78.9
81.0
83.1
76.9
87.8
78.2
65.5
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
70
74
73
73
71
71
73
72
70
20. Reading/ELA
89
91
91
91
91
91
92
92
91
21. Writing
92
94
94
93
92
92
94
93
93
22. Mathematics
79
82
81
81
80
80
81
81
79
23. Science
73
75
75
75
73
73
74
74
71
24. Social Studies
92
92
92
91
91
91
92
91
90
25. African American
58
63
61
55
54
55
56
51
54
26. Hispanic
65
66
66
65
62
62
63
62
61
27. White
88
87
86
85
80
80
79
80
77
28. Other
90
89
87
87
82
86
81
76
85
29. Economically Disadvantaged
62
64
64
62
62
62
64
63
62
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
86
86
86
87
87
85
89
86
79
College Admissions (Class of 2007)
31. Percent Tested
73.3
73.1
64.2
68.6
60.7
58.9
66.0
64.3
52.5
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
29.4
28.1
26.0
30.0
24.3
22.4
20.5
19.2
17.8
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
991
993
989
1011
988
977
972
963
953
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
20.6
20.4
19.9
20.6
20.1
20.2
19.8
19.9
19.5
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
167,627
139,000
95,814
71,028
46,379
40,549
25,701
28,247
19,001
36. Total Teacher FTE
85,202
71,733
48,609
34,886
22,779
20,181
13,186
14,832
10,323
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
7
6
6
5
40. % Teachers
51
52
51
49
49
50
51
53
54
41 % Educational Aides
8
9
9
10
12
12
13
12
12
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
27
28
29
27
27
26
24
23
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
87,821
87,267
87,076
86,531
84,577
82,629
78,949
72,693
69,080
44. Average School Administrative Salary
72,010
70,184
68,660
66,261
64,002
61,756
61,680
59,148
55,901
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
58,550
55,790
54,313
52,954
50,593
47,580
47,219
44,882
40,957
46. Average Teacher Salary
49,227
47,313
46,841
45,445
43,334
42,463
41,606
40,908
39,445
47. % Minority
55
49
44
38
29
29
25
24
26
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.7
7.7
7.5
7.2
7.0
6.9
6.6
6.3
6.0
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.1
14.9
14.9
14.7
14.2
13.8
12.8
12.0
11.0
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
39.2
40.3
36.9
37.8
35.0
34.3
31.7
31.8
38.6
51. Average Years of Experience
11.0
10.5
11.2
11.3
11.8
12.1
12.5
12.5
11.2
52. % With Advanced Degrees
26.9
21.9
21.2
20.2
17.8
16.9
16.1
15.1
14.7
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
13.7
13.7
13.6
15.9
16.5
17.8
18.1
20.1
23.2
54. % African American
19
6
7
9
4
5
5
6
7
55. % Hispanic
22
31
25
17
15
13
10
9
10
56. % White
57
61
67
73
81
82
84
84
82
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
58. % Regular Education
66
70
70
71
73
75
77
79
81
59. % Special Education
11
10
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
60. % Compensatory Education
4
2
3
4
5
5
4
4
4
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
10
9
8
6
4
3
2
2
2
62. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
6
5
5
6
4
4
3
2
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
374,329
274,864
299,398
363,812
304,342
341,086
333,595
372,534
594,005
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.272
1.279
1.298
1.293
1.255
1.237
1.207
1.170
1.105
66. Total Revenue (2006-07)
11,676,484,003
9,481,738,291
6,502,013,686
4,749,156,916
2,949,478,574
2,685,856,044
1,721,077,985
1,901,374,630
1,296,082,044
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
9,172
9,083
9,223
9,426
9,175
9,807
10,261
10,767
11,651
68. % State
31
40
38
34
42
43
45
50
51
69. % Local and Other
60
50
53
56
48
47
44
40
39
70. % Federal
10
10
10
10
10
10
11
10
10
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2006-07)
1,396,270,468
1,511,233,567
968,327,612
860,469,414
564,644,724
496,061,119
343,818,356
431,441,028
356,289,648
72. % Fund Balance (of 2007-08 Budget)
15
19
18
22
23
22
24
26
29
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2006-07)
12,737,841,849
10,341,666,184
7,413,217,595
5,309,741,183
3,153,769,986
2,740,902,139
1,741,464,389
1,846,314,463
1,222,099,896
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2006-07)
9,915,025,701
7,855,295,806
5,402,024,846
3,881,048,492
2,474,847,688
2,213,646,155
1,404,579,664
1,586,955,665
1,083,032,827
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
7,788
7,525
7,663
7,703
7,699
8,083
8,374
8,987
9,736
76. % Instructional
59
59
57
56
56
55
56
56
54
77. % Central Administrative
5
5
6
7
7
7
8
9
12
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
6
6
79. % Plant Services
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
80. % Other Operating
19
19
19
19
20
20
19
18
15
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
5,848,261,158
4,610,868,991
3,095,128,571
2,185,113,727
1,385,168,763
1,216,367,490
782,705,174
883,684,746
586,666,554
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,594
4,417
4,390
4,337
4,309
4,442
4,667
5,004
5,274
83. % Regular Education
56
60
61
61
59
57
58
58
59
84. % Special Education
17
16
15
16
16
17
17
17
13
85. % Accelerated Education
13
11
11
11
13
14
14
15
17
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
6
3
3
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
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0

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