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Snapshot 2009: 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 205 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2008-09 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
154
71
24
227
427
205
2. Total Number of Schools
1,293
1,914
1,087
1,144
504
111
963
869
437
Students
3. Total Students
893,994
1,555,398
734,173
648,475
261,435
56,579
333,686
141,973
102,491
4. % African American
18
17
12
7
13
10
9
5
28
5. % Hispanic
64
42
55
44
41
29
39
30
51
6. % White
15
34
31
46
44
57
51
63
17
7. % Other
3
7
2
3
1
4
1
1
4
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
71.1
48.0
60.2
53.2
59.2
34.8
57.1
53.5
69.5
9. % LEP
26
17
17
15
11
9
8
6
15
10. % Special Education
9
9
10
9
11
9
11
11
8
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
24
16
17
14
10
9
7
5
14
12. % Career & Technical Education
20
21
22
22
23
21
25
29
12
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
10
7
7
7
7
8
6
6
2
14. Attendance Rate (2007-08)
95.1
95.8
95.3
95.7
95.2
96.0
95.5
96.0
94.0
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2007-08)
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
1.3
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2008)
14.5
8.1
10.1
7.9
9.8
4.8
7.0
4.7
31.6
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2008)
42,075
84,848
37,520
34,438
15,054
3,032
20,456
9,521
5,100
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2008)
72.7
83.0
78.9
83.4
81.5
89.7
86.3
90.9
33.3
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
69
78
73
77
72
82
72
74
65
20. Reading/ELA
88
93
91
92
91
94
91
92
87
21. Writing
92
95
93
94
92
95
92
93
92
22. Mathematics
78
85
81
84
80
88
81
82
74
23. Science
73
81
76
80
76
86
77
77
67
24. Social Studies
92
95
93
94
92
95
93
93
87
25. African American
58
66
61
64
57
70
56
56
58
26. Hispanic
67
70
67
68
64
73
64
64
64
27. White
88
89
86
85
82
88
81
80
73
28. Other
88
92
88
90
84
89
83
75
90
29. Economically Disadvantaged
63
68
65
67
64
70
64
66
61
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
84
89
85
87
85
92
87
88
59
College Admissions (Class of 2008)
31. Percent Tested
69.4
68.9
62.1
62.7
58.4
71.4
61.2
68.8
21.8
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
22.1
34.6
24.0
24.9
21.6
33.7
19.0
17.5
18.6
33. SAT - Average Total Score
933
1020
985
988
975
1027
959
950
925
34. ACT - Average Composite Score
19.6
21.8
19.7
20.2
19.8
21.9
19.7
19.7
18.7
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
117,854
199,956
101,157
91,754
38,821
7,454
52,442
25,505
11,873
36. Total Teacher FTE
58,913
104,371
50,157
44,977
18,884
4,059
26,159
13,572
6,571
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
39. % Professional Support Staff
11
9
9
8
7
7
6
4
10
40. % Teachers
50
52
50
49
49
54
50
53
55
41 % Educational Aides
8
8
10
11
13
9
13
12
7
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
28
28
28
27
25
27
25
19
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
87,985
90,318
87,027
87,676
83,339
83,161
81,306
71,535
74,955
44. Average School Administrative Salary
73,123
72,748
69,052
67,225
63,769
70,246
62,677
60,512
55,740
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
59,886
57,911
55,481
53,581
50,596
53,631
48,873
45,060
40,319
46. Average Teacher Salary
50,476
49,049
47,024
45,707
43,295
46,150
42,860
41,137
39,624
47. % Minority
64
39
51
40
32
23
29
18
60
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.6
7.8
7.3
7.1
6.7
7.6
6.4
5.6
8.6
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.2
14.9
14.6
14.4
13.8
13.9
12.8
10.5
15.6
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
36.4
41.6
36.0
35.4
34.1
37.1
31.3
29.3
72.1
51. Average Years of Experience
11.5
10.2
11.6
11.6
12.2
10.7
12.8
13.1
4.8
52. % With Advanced Degrees
28.5
23.5
19.6
16.5
18.7
22.4
16.3
13.9
15.9
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
12.5
14.7
12.6
13.9
16.5
15.7
16.6
19.0
37.2
54. % African American
20
11
6
3
5
3
4
2
27
55. % Hispanic
30
16
33
27
15
11
14
8
22
56. % White
47
71
60
70
80
84
82
90
47
57. % Other
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
4
58. % Regular Education
65
69
69
73
72
75
76
80
85
59. % Special Education
11
11
10
9
9
10
9
6
6
60. % Compensatory Education
4
4
3
3
5
3
5
4
2
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
12
7
9
7
5
3
3
1
4
62. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
4
4
5
4
5
7
2
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
5
6
6
5
4
5
3
1
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
430,660
357,159
295,359
329,043
298,867
350,163
386,959
593,107
0
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.260
1.367
1.278
1.288
1.239
1.295
1.212
1.133
0.000
66. Total Revenue (2007-08)
8,638,375,256
14,369,259,815
6,763,054,142
6,336,150,420
2,494,874,781
568,638,578
3,533,903,861
1,794,725,681
792,485,693
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
9,721
9,436
9,359
9,990
9,496
10,560
10,581
12,577
8,879
68. % State
37
42
48
48
48
41
50
52
82
69. % Local and Other
52
51
41
42
40
54
38
39
7
70. % Federal
11
7
12
10
11
5
11
9
11
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2007-08)
823,822,988
2,314,715,567
1,032,314,115
1,023,636,210
424,413,559
111,874,132
736,643,155
461,455,487
138,949,305
72. % Fund Balance (of 2008-09 Budget)
11
20
19
20
22
24
24
27
20
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2007-08)
9,379,615,884
16,831,232,209
7,765,357,968
7,520,908,869
2,689,201,911
706,997,395
3,800,782,376
1,831,533,516
744,080,664
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2007-08)
7,733,123,046
12,073,613,785
5,903,537,644
5,259,157,313
2,154,610,966
446,527,009
2,984,850,720
1,515,203,924
726,358,970
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
8,702
7,928
8,169
8,292
8,201
8,292
8,937
10,618
8,138
76. % Instructional
58
59
58
56
56
58
56
55
51
77. % Central Administrative
5
6
5
6
6
7
7
9
14
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
6
5
5
8
79. % Plant Services
11
11
12
12
12
11
12
12
15
80. % Other Operating
19
18
20
20
20
19
20
18
12
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
4,519,768,114
7,159,458,912
3,406,590,208
2,962,558,409
1,216,993,154
257,672,651
1,676,044,561
837,781,185
374,060,370
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,086
4,701
4,714
4,671
4,632
4,785
5,018
5,871
4,191
83. % Regular Education
58
61
61
62
57
67
57
59
64
84. % Special Education
16
17
15
15
16
15
17
14
13
85. % Accelerated Education
13
8
13
13
14
7
15
15
19
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
6
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
87. % Career & Technical 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
3
3
3
3
4
5
1
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0

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