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Snapshot 2008: Tax Rate

Districts are grouped into four tax rate categories, or quartiles, with approximately equal numbers of districts in each. This category shows the total locally adopted tax rate, the rate established by each local school district for the 2007-08 school year and reported to the State Comptroller. The 203 non-taxing districts (charters and the special statutory districts) are in a separate category because they do not collect property taxes and have no tax rates.

(Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts included in each category.)

Tax Rate
Count of Districts
257
256
257
256
203
2. Total Number of Schools
661
1,826
2,527
2,793
388
Students
3. Total Students
158,171
969,945
1,535,804
1,891,369
96,227
4. % African American
7
15
15
13
29
5. % Hispanic
37
55
54
38
49
6. % White
55
29
27
43
19
7. % Other
1
2
4
5
3
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
54.0
65.4
61.2
44.8
67.8
9. % LEP
8
18
21
13
13
10. % Special Education
11
11
10
10
9
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
17
19
13
12
12. % Career & Technical Education
25
21
21
21
15
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
7
8
8
7
3
14. Attendance Rate (2006-07)
95.9
95.2
95.4
95.8
93.2
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2006-07)
0.2
0.5
0.4
0.2
1.5
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2007)
6.0
13.3
12.7
8.0
28.6
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2007)
9,970
47,942
76,776
100,780
5,701
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2007)
87.7
75.8
77.4
83.3
35.9
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
73
69
70
76
64
20. Reading/ELA
92
89
89
92
87
21. Writing
94
92
92
94
90
22. Mathematics
82
78
79
83
72
23. Science
75
72
72
78
64
24. Social Studies
92
90
91
93
85
25. African American
54
56
57
62
54
26. Hispanic
63
65
64
66
63
27. White
81
81
84
86
72
28. Other
83
86
89
89
88
29. Economically Disadvantaged
64
62
61
64
59
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
89
85
86
88
58
College Admissions (Class of 2007)
31. Percent Tested
67.0
65.7
70.1
70.1
28.2
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
23.5
22.5
24.9
30.6
25.2
33. SAT - Mean Total Score
1000
972
977
1009
972
34. ACT - Mean Composite Score
20.1
19.5
19.8
21.0
20.2
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
25,906
135,653
212,094
248,303
11,391
36. Total Teacher FTE
13,413
67,424
105,558
129,175
6,161
37. % Central Administrative
2
1
1
1
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
5
39. % Professional Support Staff
5
8
9
8
10
40. % Teachers
52
50
50
52
54
41 % Educational Aides
13
10
10
9
8
42. % Auxiliary Staff
25
28
27
27
20
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
74,841
81,492
83,130
87,456
75,606
44. Average School Administrative Salary
61,403
66,150
69,066
68,481
53,975
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
47,804
54,437
55,685
54,774
40,945
46. Average Teacher Salary
41,895
45,456
47,066
46,615
39,053
47. % Minority
24
51
52
32
59
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
6.1
7.2
7.2
7.6
8.4
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
11.8
14.4
14.5
14.6
15.6
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
29.5
33.9
37.9
39.0
65.4
51. Average Years of Experience
12.9
12.2
11.4
10.7
5.9
52. % With Advanced Degrees
17.1
20.8
22.5
21.7
17.6
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
16.7
14.2
14.3
15.2
38.5
54. % African American
3
11
13
6
27
55. % Hispanic
9
28
27
15
21
56. % White
87
59
58
78
48
57. % Other
0
1
2
1
4
58. % Regular Education
78
71
66
73
83
59. % Special Education
8
10
10
10
7
60. % Compensatory Education
4
3
4
3
2
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
2
6
11
5
4
62. % Career & Technical Education
6
4
4
4
2
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
3
5
5
5
2
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
611,633
357,684
297,875
326,573
0
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.020
1.135
1.222
1.373
0.000
66. Total Revenue (2006-07)
1,758,860,888
9,203,451,274
14,107,492,759
17,122,742,405
770,714,847
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
11,051
9,490
9,261
9,316
8,917
68. % State
38
37
41
34
76
69. % Local and Other
52
51
48
59
10
70. % Federal
9
12
11
7
14
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2006-07)
534,084,803
1,493,005,719
1,977,956,035
2,775,412,953
148,096,426
72. % Fund Balance (of 2007-08 Budget)
30
19
17
20
21
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2006-07)
1,628,658,321
9,432,344,959
15,123,187,006
19,606,066,746
716,760,652
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2006-07)
1,445,485,892
7,866,307,729
12,068,031,724
13,756,574,356
680,057,143
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
9,082
8,112
7,922
7,485
7,868
76. % Instructional
56
57
58
58
52
77. % Central Administrative
8
6
6
6
14
78. % School Leadership
5
6
6
6
8
79. % Plant Services
12
12
11
11
14
80. % Other Operating
19
19
19
19
12
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
810,034,528
4,470,741,915
6,946,629,066
8,012,285,479
354,274,186
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,089
4,610
4,560
4,359
4,099
83. % Regular Education
59
54
59
61
62
84. % Special Education
15
16
15
17
14
85. % Accelerated Education
14
15
13
10
18
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
1
7
4
4
2
87. % Career & Technology Education
4
4
3
3
3
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
1
1
2
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
4
3
2
2
1
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
0

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