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Snapshot 2009: 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
17
29
49
71
87
124
138
243
477
2. Total Number of Schools
1,763
1,272
1,152
801
634
623
543
750
784
Students
3. Total Students
1,348,327
1,014,547
784,439
505,127
335,974
272,654
175,365
172,735
119,036
4. % African American
18
13
13
16
10
11
10
10
13
5. % Hispanic
54
53
52
39
39
37
32
34
35
6. % White
22
29
32
42
50
51
55
54
51
7. % Other
6
5
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
60.9
55.6
56.3
52.6
53.1
55.6
53.4
55.1
58.6
9. % LEP
23
20
17
12
10
8
7
7
7
10. % Special Education
9
9
10
9
10
10
10
11
11
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
21
19
16
12
10
8
7
7
7
12. % Career & Technical Education
20
21
21
22
22
24
24
25
24
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
9
7
7
8
6
6
6
6
5
14. Attendance Rate (2007-08)
95.5
95.5
95.6
95.5
95.4
95.4
95.7
95.8
95.1
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2007-08)
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.5
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2008)
11.9
8.7
9.7
10.2
7.6
10.8
6.5
10.9
16.1
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2008)
66,908
52,574
40,565
27,707
19,383
16,542
10,324
10,324
7,717
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2008)
76.9
80.9
79.9
81.6
82.6
78.3
88.3
79.0
67.2
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
74
76
75
75
74
73
75
73
71
20. Reading/ELA
90
92
91
92
91
91
92
92
91
21. Writing
93
94
94
93
93
92
93
93
92
22. Mathematics
81
83
82
83
82
81
83
81
79
23. Science
77
79
78
78
78
77
78
77
74
24. Social Studies
93
94
93
93
93
93
94
93
91
25. African American
62
66
64
59
58
57
58
55
58
26. Hispanic
68
69
68
68
65
64
66
64
62
27. White
90
88
87
87
83
81
82
81
78
28. Other
92
90
89
89
85
83
87
82
84
29. Economically Disadvantaged
65
67
66
64
65
65
65
65
64
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
87
87
86
86
86
85
88
84
80
College Admissions (Class of 2008)
31. Percent Tested
69.1
68.6
60.8
67.3
57.7
59.3
63.6
61.1
54.2
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
30.4
27.2
25.9
30.7
24.2
22.0
20.1
19.3
17.4
33. SAT - Average Total Score
990
983
985
1011
987
969
966
964
946
34. ACT - Average Composite Score
21.0
20.6
20.1
20.9
20.2
20.2
19.9
20.0
19.5
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
175,826
133,577
105,988
69,964
47,476
40,089
26,852
27,035
20,009
36. Total Teacher FTE
89,660
68,111
53,088
34,453
23,455
19,938
13,781
14,333
10,844
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
39. % Professional Support Staff
10
9
9
8
7
7
6
6
5
40. % Teachers
51
51
50
49
49
50
51
53
54
41 % Educational Aides
8
9
10
10
12
12
13
12
11
42. % Auxiliary Staff
28
28
28
29
27
27
26
23
23
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
88,387
89,152
88,092
89,496
87,986
85,129
81,696
74,580
70,025
44. Average School Administrative Salary
73,243
71,857
70,616
67,817
64,995
63,832
62,229
60,554
57,803
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
59,644
57,301
55,533
54,612
51,928
49,391
47,683
45,327
40,940
46. Average Teacher Salary
50,087
48,287
47,882
46,526
44,460
43,500
42,362
41,660
40,255
47. % Minority
54
50
47
37
30
28
25
25
27
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.7
7.6
7.4
7.2
7.1
6.8
6.5
6.4
5.9
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.0
14.9
14.8
14.7
14.3
13.7
12.7
12.1
11.0
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
38.5
40.3
37.0
38.1
36.2
34.2
32.1
34.2
39.3
51. Average Years of Experience
11.0
10.4
11.3
11.2
11.6
12.2
12.5
12.1
11.3
52. % With Advanced Degrees
26.6
22.0
20.7
20.3
17.7
16.5
15.9
15.0
14.7
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
13.2
13.2
13.6
15.4
16.0
17.2
17.8
19.9
22.9
54. % African American
18
7
7
9
4
5
4
6
7
55. % Hispanic
22
32
29
17
15
13
10
10
11
56. % White
57
60
64
73
80
82
84
83
81
57. % Other
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
58. % Regular Education
65
69
69
72
74
76
78
80
82
59. % Special Education
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
7
6
60. % Compensatory Education
5
2
3
4
5
5
4
4
4
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
10
10
8
6
4
2
2
2
1
62. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
6
5
6
6
4
4
3
2
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
406,914
289,453
311,560
397,180
345,006
378,172
407,178
419,646
701,791
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.294
1.310
1.326
1.327
1.281
1.261
1.229
1.195
1.120
66. Total Revenue (2007-08)
12,588,009,901
9,287,283,403
7,486,306,382
4,883,618,615
3,175,581,058
2,737,771,165
1,877,739,132
1,875,753,274
1,379,405,297
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
9,451
9,339
9,761
9,787
9,616
10,134
10,754
11,060
12,099
68. % State
38
48
46
41
48
49
52
57
57
69. % Local and Other
53
43
45
50
43
41
38
33
34
70. % Federal
9
9
10
9
10
10
10
9
9
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2007-08)
1,419,413,058
1,439,682,642
1,126,851,713
863,145,945
553,447,777
517,616,927
392,042,041
394,666,784
360,957,631
72. % Fund Balance (of 2008-09 Budget)
14
19
19
21
21
22
25
24
26
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2007-08)
14,115,760,164
10,509,293,817
8,704,692,457
5,781,038,943
3,628,387,013
3,134,382,396
2,053,814,612
1,962,694,626
1,379,646,764
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2007-08)
11,188,711,548
7,924,107,627
6,275,661,212
4,065,642,800
2,696,677,297
2,300,257,738
1,562,815,602
1,599,447,435
1,183,662,118
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
8,401
7,968
8,183
8,148
8,166
8,514
8,950
9,431
10,382
76. % Instructional
59
59
58
57
56
55
56
56
54
77. % Central Administrative
5
5
6
7
6
7
8
9
11
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
5
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
16
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
6,628,404,969
4,672,104,634
3,614,749,476
2,301,037,042
1,513,814,265
1,272,222,589
876,099,437
890,769,930
641,725,222
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,977
4,698
4,713
4,611
4,584
4,709
5,017
5,252
5,629
83. % Regular Education
59
60
62
62
60
57
59
59
60
84. % Special Education
16
16
15
16
16
17
17
16
13
85. % Accelerated Education
11
10
12
11
13
15
14
14
16
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
6
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
87. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0

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