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Snapshot 2010: 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
30
51
71
89
121
144
251
463
2. Total Number of Schools
1,771
1,340
1,174
807
644
606
562
763
768
Students
3. Total Students
1,369,046
1,062,775
805,199
501,587
344,291
265,158
182,305
178,108
116,309
4. % African American
18
12
13
16
9
11
10
10
13
5. % Hispanic
55
55
51
41
40
37
34
36
35
6. % White
21
28
33
41
49
51
53
53
51
7. % Other
6
5
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
8. % Economically Disadvantaged
62.5
58.3
57.8
55.5
56.0
58.5
57.7
58.6
61.7
9. % LEP
23
20
16
12
10
8
8
8
7
10. % Special Education
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
11. % Bilingual/ESL Education
22
20
16
12
10
8
8
7
7
12. % Career & Technical Education
19
21
21
21
23
24
24
24
25
13. % Gifted & Talented Education
9
8
8
7
6
6
6
6
5
14. Attendance Rate (2008-09)
95.5
95.7
95.7
95.6
95.6
95.5
95.9
95.9
95.5
15. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2008-09)
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.3
16. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2009)
10.9
7.5
8.5
8.2
5.8
9.7
5.3
10.6
16.2
17. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2009)
69,854
57,213
43,494
27,767
20,616
16,434
10,623
10,732
7,524
18. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2009)
78.4
82.6
82.0
83.0
84.9
79.5
89.2
80.2
67.5
TAKS % Students Passing - Summed Across All Grades
19. All Tests Taken
76
78
77
77
76
75
76
76
73
20. Reading/ELA
90
91
90
91
90
90
91
91
90
21. Writing
93
94
94
94
93
92
93
93
93
22. Mathematics
84
85
84
84
84
82
84
83
81
23. Science
83
84
84
83
83
82
84
83
80
24. Social Studies
96
96
96
95
95
95
96
95
94
25. African American
66
69
68
63
62
61
62
60
61
26. Hispanic
72
72
71
71
70
66
69
68
64
27. White
91
89
88
87
84
83
82
83
80
28. Other
93
91
91
90
88
85
90
86
83
29. Economically Disadvantaged
69
70
69
68
68
66
68
69
66
30. Exit-Level Cumulative Pass Rate
90
90
90
90
90
86
91
89
83
College Admissions (Class of 2009)
31. Percent Tested
65.3
64.5
57.7
63.5
55.7
53.8
61.2
57.5
55.0
32. Percent At or Above Criterion
29.7
26.7
26.0
29.2
25.7
22.2
20.8
20.1
19.3
33. SAT - Average Total Score
987
979
985
1001
990
965
967
973
953
34. ACT - Average Composite Score
21.0
20.6
20.2
20.9
20.4
20.2
20.0
19.9
19.6
Staff
35. Total Staff FTE
178,118
140,749
108,674
68,948
48,403
39,045
27,967
28,261
19,655
36. Total Teacher FTE
90,318
71,051
54,465
33,857
23,999
19,488
14,339
14,910
10,579
37. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
38. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
39. % Professional Support Staff
10
10
9
8
8
7
6
6
5
40. % Teachers
51
50
50
49
50
50
51
53
54
41 % Educational Aides
9
9
10
10
11
12
13
12
11
42. % Auxiliary Staff
27
27
28
28
27
27
25
23
23
43. Average Central Administrative Salary
90,805
90,018
91,717
91,374
90,221
85,652
83,028
76,151
73,761
44. Average School Administrative Salary
75,081
72,815
71,792
68,585
67,030
64,866
63,854
61,343
59,207
45. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
60,761
57,094
56,253
55,018
52,958
49,122
48,816
46,475
43,700
46. Average Teacher Salary
51,346
49,258
48,982
47,521
45,670
44,231
43,521
42,795
41,371
47. % Minority
54
52
46
38
31
27
26
25
27
48. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.7
7.6
7.4
7.3
7.1
6.8
6.5
6.3
5.9
49. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.2
15.0
14.8
14.8
14.3
13.6
12.7
11.9
11.0
Teachers
50. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
37.3
38.7
36.6
37.8
36.8
33.7
33.3
34.6
39.1
51. Average Years of Experience
11.2
10.7
11.3
11.3
11.6
12.4
12.4
12.1
11.3
52. % With Advanced Degrees
27.0
22.4
21.7
21.0
18.1
16.3
15.8
14.9
14.7
53. Teacher Turnover Rate
9.8
10.7
10.9
12.4
13.1
14.4
14.9
16.9
19.5
54. % African American
18
7
7
10
5
4
5
5
8
55. % Hispanic
23
33
27
18
16
12
11
10
11
56. % White
57
59
66
72
79
83
83
84
80
57. % Other
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
58. % Regular Education
66
70
71
72
73
76
77
80
82
59. % Special Education
11
10
10
9
9
9
8
7
6
60. % Compensatory Education
4
2
3
4
4
5
4
4
4
61. % Bilingual/ESL Education
10
9
7
6
4
2
2
2
1
62. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
63. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
6
5
5
5
5
4
3
2
1
Taxes and Actual Revenues
64. Taxable Value Per Pupil
404,673
286,949
318,451
392,353
345,674
372,399
402,155
414,460
704,830
65. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.314
1.318
1.347
1.334
1.300
1.270
1.237
1.203
1.132
66. Total Revenue (2008-09)
12,986,871,431
9,931,333,813
7,905,198,065
4,871,687,822
3,348,473,040
2,702,093,527
1,953,510,049
1,984,490,850
1,421,046,987
67. Total Revenue Per Pupil
9,632
9,554
10,028
9,943
9,972
10,332
10,938
11,460
12,684
68. % State
36
46
43
40
45
46
50
55
55
69. % Local and Other
54
44
47
50
45
43
39
36
36
70. % Federal
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
10
9
Fund Balances
71. Fund Balance (End of 2008-09)
1,433,476,521
1,526,082,697
1,206,659,552
837,038,605
591,788,217
488,854,974
422,797,529
415,649,697
357,100,619
72. % Fund Balance (of 2009-10 Budget)
14
20
19
21
21
22
25
24
26
Actual Expenditures
73. Total Expenditures (2008-09)
14,567,883,597
11,578,165,011
9,429,527,517
6,133,549,445
3,942,349,014
3,159,964,394
2,235,721,092
2,167,871,291
1,465,396,500
74. Total Operating Expenditures (2008-09)
11,545,393,894
8,533,797,128
6,674,149,147
4,105,837,692
2,850,127,235
2,285,385,074
1,640,196,799
1,682,812,931
1,205,305,618
75. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
8,563
8,209
8,466
8,380
8,488
8,739
9,184
9,718
10,758
76. % Instructional
60
59
57
57
56
56
56
56
55
77. % Central Administrative
5
5
6
7
6
7
8
8
11
78. % School Leadership
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
79. % Plant Services
11
11
12
11
12
12
12
12
13
80. % Other Operating
19
19
19
19
20
20
19
18
16
81. Total Instructional Expenditures
6,881,279,662
5,051,422,447
3,836,789,604
2,352,368,229
1,602,931,539
1,278,867,276
918,320,580
941,853,695
658,548,049
82. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,104
4,859
4,867
4,801
4,774
4,890
5,142
5,439
5,878
83. % Regular Education
58
59
63
62
61
58
59
59
60
84. % Special Education
16
16
15
15
15
16
16
15
13
85. % Accelerated Education
12
11
11
11
12
14
14
15
17
86. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
6
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
87. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
88. % Gifted & Talented Education
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
89. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
90. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0

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