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Snapshot 2009: 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
14
32
73
295
Students
3. Total Students
16
67
120
160
353
915
2,833
9,180
22,016
61,299
199,524
4. % African American
0
0
0
0
1
3
11
22
29
60
85
5. % Hispanic
0
2
4
6
12
25
49
78
93
99
100
6. % White
0
0
4
13
36
61
80
88
92
96
99
7. % Other
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
5
13
28
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
0.0
9.3
22.2
29.3
41.7
53.0
65.9
78.8
86.1
95.0
100.0
9. % LEP
0
0
0
1
2
5
10
18
28
46
66
10. % Special Education
0
4
6
7
9
10
12
14
15
18
25
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
0
0
0
0
2
5
10
18
25
45
66
12. % Career & Technical Education
0
0
2
15
21
26
31
38
42
51
82
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
0
0
2
3
5
6
8
10
12
17
27
14. Attendance Rate (2007-08)
91.9
93.3
94.4
94.8
95.3
95.9
96.4
96.8
97.1
97.6
98.3
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2007-08)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.7
1.7
6.3
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2008)
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
5.0
9.1
14.4
18.4
25.6
49.6
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2008)
0
0
0
10
24
62
165
504
1,133
3,344
7,976
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2008)
39.2
62.7
69.5
75.2
82.4
89.3
94.7
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
36
46
55
60
67
75
81
87
90
94
99
20. Reading/ELA
70
78
83
85
89
93
95
97
98
99
99
21. Writing
46
71
81
85
90
93
96
97
98
99
99
22. Mathematics
48
59
66
70
77
83
88
92
95
97
99
23. Science
39
52
60
63
71
79
85
89
91
96
99
24. Social Studies
61
78
84
86
90
94
96
98
98
99
99
25. African American
20
31
38
44
53
62
71
80
83
90
93
26. Hispanic
17
33
47
52
61
67
75
81
86
92
98
27. White
40
55
64
69
76
82
87
91
93
96
99
28. Other
20
40
57
61
75
83
90
94
95
97
99
29. Economically Disadvantaged
29
41
50
54
61
67
74
80
84
91
97
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
43
65
73
77
83
88
94
98
100
100
100
College Admissions (Class of 2008)
31. Percent Tested
0.0
22.2
37.1
42.4
52.3
63.2
75.0
85.7
91.3
100.0
100.0
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
0.0
0.0
1.2
5.3
11.1
19.8
27.9
34.8
42.0
53.8
72.7
33. SAT - Average Total Score
712
782
838
868
929
977
1018
1057
1084
1124
1202
34. ACT - Average Composite Score
13.9
15.6
16.9
17.6
18.8
20.0
21.0
22.1
22.8
24.0
26.3
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
4
15
25
33
64
151
415
1,268
2,812
8,105
24,486
36. Total Teacher FTE
2
7
14
18
35
79
209
617
1,458
4,076
11,994
37. % Central Administrative
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
5
7
22
38. % School Administrative
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
7
11
39. % Professional Support Staff
0
0
0
2
3
5
7
9
10
14
26
40. % Teachers
32
39
44
46
48
52
55
59
61
67
87
41 % Educational Aides
0
0
4
6
9
12
14
17
19
26
55
42. % Auxiliary Staff
0
7
16
19
23
26
29
32
34
42
50
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
8,000
41,563
58,554
64,416
72,100
80,973
89,945
99,563
108,540
131,888
154,620
44. Average School Administrative Salary
21,444
39,525
50,744
54,109
59,241
63,694
68,451
73,094
75,613
80,477
135,740
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
3,500
25,581
35,764
40,458
45,326
49,229
53,832
57,637
59,850
68,673
94,318
46. Average Teacher Salary
32,283
35,097
37,537
38,403
40,025
42,325
45,215
48,350
49,995
53,312
61,290
47. % Minority
0
0
2
3
8
16
31
59
84
97
98
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
2.2
3.4
4.2
4.7
5.5
6.3
7.1
7.8
8.1
8.8
11.1
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
4.1
6.2
7.8
9.0
10.5
12.3
13.9
15.1
15.7
16.5
18.8
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
0.0
6.6
14.5
18.4
24.3
31.1
39.1
46.4
52.0
60.4
82.8
51. Average Years of Experience
2.4
6.7
8.5
9.5
10.9
12.5
14.0
15.4
16.3
18.5
22.4
52. % With Advanced Degrees
0.0
0.0
3.6
6.2
11.2
15.4
20.6
25.8
30.0
38.8
94.8
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
0.0
0.0
6.7
8.9
11.9
15.9
20.7
27.6
33.1
45.1
53.6
54. % African American
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
9
15
41
84
55. % Hispanic
0
0
0
0
1
4
10
30
72
92
98
56. % White
2
6
24
54
83
93
97
100
100
100
100
57. % Other
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
5
16
58. % Regular Education
31
52
64
68
73
78
82
86
89
99
100
59. % Special Education
0
0
2
4
5
8
10
11
12
15
25
60. % Compensatory Education
0
0
0
0
1
4
6
9
11
15
29
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
7
11
24
33
62. % Career & Technical Education
0
0
0
3
4
5
7
9
11
14
18
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
6
8
11
38
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
0
50,855
109,378
143,013
198,065
301,881
511,423
951,248
1,821,162
4,894,181
10,950,949
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
0.000
0.854
1.027
1.040
1.095
1.194
1.310
1.414
1.480
1.535
1.670
66. Total Revenue (2007-08)
472,299
942,703
1,631,977
2,142,914
4,559,487
10,421,979
28,700,989
87,083,199
214,927,197
535,042,429
1,981,556,639
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
7,458
8,069
8,633
8,923
9,601
10,678
12,425
15,333
17,626
27,112
83,845
68. % State
3
18
24
29
38
52
63
69
72
77
88
69. % Local and Other
4
9
16
20
26
39
54
65
71
78
95
70. % Federal
0
1
3
4
5
8
12
16
18
25
64
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2007-08)
-10,122,924
-19,517
197,596
357,820
862,077
2,009,180
5,005,542
15,988,014
31,707,330
74,693,136
224,158,062
72. % Fund Balance (of 2008-09 Budget)
-17
-1
7
9
14
22
31
43
54
74
246
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2007-08)
317,554
851,595
1,596,122
2,181,781
4,596,114
10,653,118
32,537,682
107,424,705
255,888,106
599,865,504
2,068,096,320
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2007-08)
278,067
822,095
1,482,505
1,953,328
3,760,810
8,782,572
24,406,611
71,014,954
176,194,085
487,686,179
1,731,081,532
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
5,311
6,813
7,407
7,639
8,151
9,089
10,564
12,864
15,004
20,902
29,678
76. % Instructional
36
45
50
52
54
56
58
61
62
64
71
77. % Central Administrative
3
4
5
5
6
7
9
12
13
18
25
78. % School Leadership
0
2
3
4
5
5
6
7
7
9
16
79. % Plant Services
1
7
9
9
10
12
13
14
16
20
33
80. % Other Operating
5
11
14
15
17
19
21
22
23
25
38
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
185,942
443,292
817,122
1,056,558
2,093,999
4,930,736
13,739,625
40,167,013
105,325,063
285,288,774
1,005,244,414
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
3,183
3,874
4,175
4,356
4,636
5,092
5,878
7,012
8,061
10,733
14,370
83. % Regular Education
26
36
46
49
55
61
66
71
74
82
100
84. % Special Education
0
4
7
8
11
13
17
21
27
42
50
85. % Accelerated Education
0
2
4
6
9
13
17
22
26
37
52
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
4
5
11
23
87. % Career & Technical Education
0
0
0
2
3
4
6
8
9
11
20
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
6
11
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
10
12
90. % Other Expenditures
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
4
14

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