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Snapshot 2009: 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 2008-09 school year and reported to the State Comptroller. The 210 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
256
255
254
260
210
2. Total Number of Schools
696
1,941
2,413
2,819
453
Students
3. Total Students
206,601
1,065,341
1,425,366
1,921,695
109,201
4. % African American
6
16
13
14
27
5. % Hispanic
51
56
51
40
51
6. % White
41
26
31
41
19
7. % Other
1
2
4
5
4
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
64.5
67.7
58.9
47.5
67.8
9. % LEP
14
20
18
15
14
10. % Special Education
11
9
9
9
8
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
13
19
17
14
13
12. % Career & Technical Education
25
21
21
21
14
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
7
8
8
7
3
14. Attendance Rate (2007-08)
95.8
95.3
95.4
95.7
94.2
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2007-08)
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.2
1.2
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2008)
8.0
12.4
9.8
7.7
29.8
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2008)
12,237
53,480
76,634
103,980
5,713
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2008)
83.7
77.0
80.1
83.6
36.9
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
74
71
73
77
67
20. Reading/ELA
91
89
91
93
88
21. Writing
93
92
93
94
92
22. Mathematics
82
80
81
84
75
23. Science
77
74
77
81
69
24. Social Studies
93
92
93
94
89
25. African American
58
59
62
64
58
26. Hispanic
68
67
66
69
66
27. White
82
83
86
87
74
28. Other
86
86
91
91
90
29. Economically Disadvantaged
67
65
64
67
62
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
88
86
86
88
63
College Admissions (Class of 2008)
31. Percent Tested
61.0
62.9
66.2
67.5
30.8
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
22.8
19.4
28.3
30.2
24.5
33. SAT - Average Total Score
984
941
995
1001
965
34. ACT - Average Composite Score
20.2
19.4
20.5
21.1
20.2
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
33,676
147,238
197,740
255,174
12,986
36. Total Teacher FTE
16,833
73,624
98,420
131,657
7,130
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
6
39. % Professional Support Staff
6
9
9
8
10
40. % Teachers
50
50
50
52
55
41 % Educational Aides
13
10
10
9
7
42. % Auxiliary Staff
27
28
28
28
20
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
78,005
81,965
85,982
89,342
76,048
44. Average School Administrative Salary
62,728
69,619
68,982
70,510
56,622
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
52,764
57,245
55,569
56,302
41,894
46. Average Teacher Salary
43,977
47,385
47,218
47,751
40,571
47. % Minority
39
54
47
36
59
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
6.1
7.2
7.2
7.5
8.4
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
12.3
14.5
14.5
14.6
15.3
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
30.0
34.7
36.7
39.5
68.1
51. Average Years of Experience
12.9
12.1
11.5
10.6
5.7
52. % With Advanced Degrees
17.0
21.9
22.0
21.6
17.2
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
15.1
13.7
14.2
14.7
34.9
54. % African American
3
16
9
7
25
55. % Hispanic
25
27
25
17
23
56. % White
72
56
65
74
49
57. % Other
0
2
1
2
4
58. % Regular Education
72
71
67
72
83
59. % Special Education
9
9
10
10
6
60. % Compensatory Education
4
3
5
3
2
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
8
9
6
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
594,178
396,073
344,943
334,646
0
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.032
1.147
1.248
1.405
0.000
66. Total Revenue (2007-08)
2,296,557,343
10,284,263,365
13,487,980,256
18,329,559,919
893,107,344
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
11,097
9,684
9,554
9,778
9,337
68. % State
50
43
46
43
77
69. % Local and Other
39
45
44
50
9
70. % Federal
11
12
10
7
14
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2007-08)
622,104,279
1,438,843,298
2,006,367,089
2,843,631,157
156,878,695
72. % Fund Balance (of 2008-09 Budget)
26
17
18
20
20
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2007-08)
2,291,894,493
10,827,132,149
15,057,370,569
22,254,812,688
838,500,893
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2007-08)
1,970,059,708
9,158,610,616
11,816,794,610
15,042,890,885
808,627,558
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
9,519
8,624
8,370
8,025
8,454
76. % Instructional
56
58
58
58
52
77. % Central Administrative
7
6
6
6
14
78. % School Leadership
5
6
5
6
7
79. % Plant Services
12
12
11
11
15
80. % Other Operating
19
19
20
19
12
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
1,108,844,599
5,291,979,396
6,804,363,416
8,784,404,452
421,335,701
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,358
4,983
4,820
4,686
4,405
83. % Regular Education
58
58
59
62
64
84. % Special Education
16
14
16
17
13
85. % Accelerated Education
15
14
12
9
17
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
1
5
4
4
2
87. % Career & Technical Education
4
3
3
3
3
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
1
1
2
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
4
2
2
2
1
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
0

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