Snapshot 2012: 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 as follows:

  • 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 825,000 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 824,999 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 over the past five years of 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 198 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 2011-12 school year.

(Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts included in each category.)

Community Type
Count of Districts
10
79
40
161
70
29
192
448
198
1. Total Number of Schools
1,289
2,037
1,152
1,214
497
79
821
934
506
Students
2. Total Students
918,845
1,656,899
803,143
691,889
261,941
30,022
299,894
161,209
154,278
3. % African American
16
16
11
7
12
5
8
5
23
4. % Hispanic
67
45
56
47
46
37
43
32
54
5. % White
13
30
28
42
40
53
46
60
16
6. % American Indian
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
7. % Asian
3
7
2
2
1
2
1
0
5
8. % Pacific Islander
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9. % Two or More Races
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
10. % Economically Disadvantaged
73.4
52.7
61.3
56.7
65.5
43.7
62.7
57.8
71.3
11. % LEP
26
17
16
15
12
7
9
5
17
12. % Special Education
9
8
9
9
9
8
9
10
7
13. % Bilingual/ESL Education
24
16
16
14
12
8
8
5
17
14. % Career & Technical Education
20
21
21
23
24
28
25
28
9
15. % Gifted & Talented Education
10
8
7
7
7
9
6
6
2
16. Attendance Rate (2010-11)
95.3
96.0
95.6
95.8
95.5
96.5
95.7
96.2
94.9
17. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 7-8 (2010-11)
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.7
18. Longitudinal Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (Class of 2011)
9.1
5.1
5.7
4.1
4.8
1.5
4.4
2.8
20.7
19. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2011)
48,826
100,046
44,926
41,225
15,922
1,900
18,847
11,129
7,683
20. Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2011)
83.4
90.3
88.5
91.1
90.9
95.6
92.3
94.7
52.8
STAAR % at Phase-in 1 Level II or above
21. All Tests Taken
73
81
76
78
73
84
74
76
74
22. Reading/ELA
75
82
77
79
75
85
76
79
78
23. Writing
63
71
66
68
62
76
64
68
69
24. Mathematics
73
81
76
78
73
84
74
75
72
25. Science
77
84
79
81
77
87
78
79
75
26. Social Studies
76
83
77
78
74
85
75
76
77
27. African American
64
72
68
68
60
73
61
62
66
28. Hispanic
71
75
70
71
67
80
68
69
74
29. White
89
90
87
85
82
87
81
81
81
30. American Indian
75
81
79
79
76
85
77
73
73
31. Asian
91
94
93
94
90
97
85
84
93
32. Pacific Islander
85
83
81
81
72
92
81
88
84
33. Two or More Races
85
87
83
83
76
87
78
78
77
34. Economically Disadvantaged
68
72
67
69
66
76
67
69
71
College Admissions (Class of 2011)
35. Percent Tested
75.7
71.7
65.2
67.2
60.0
84.9
66.7
71.7
34.1
36. Percent At or Above Criterion
19.8
32.5
23.1
24.5
21.2
31.6
17.9
18.7
21.0
37. SAT - Average Score
926
1003
975
979
963
1022
944
947
948
38. ACT - Average Score
19.2
22.0
19.8
20.3
19.9
21.5
19.5
19.7
19.5
Staff
39. Total Staff FTE
111,611
201,330
104,026
91,181
36,773
4,123
44,655
27,557
16,591
40. Total Teacher FTE
56,874
103,344
51,841
45,252
18,190
2,183
22,230
14,697
9,533
41. % Central Administrative
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
42. % School Administrative
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
6
43. % Professional Support Staff
11
10
9
8
7
6
6
5
11
44. % Teachers
51
51
50
50
49
53
50
53
57
45. % Educational Aides
8
7
10
10
13
8
12
11
7
46. % Auxiliary Staff
27
28
28
28
27
27
28
25
17
47. Average Central Administrative Salary
94,475
95,016
91,734
91,280
86,506
87,470
85,770
77,223
81,794
48. Average School Administrative Salary
73,885
73,618
70,761
69,658
65,989
67,110
66,907
63,684
58,752
49. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
58,842
57,982
56,048
54,865
51,875
54,738
50,524
47,052
47,193
50. Average Teacher Salary
51,257
50,376
48,245
47,155
44,662
46,654
44,610
42,645
41,082
51. % Minority
64
41
51
41
33
28
31
19
53
52. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.2
8.2
7.7
7.6
7.1
7.3
6.7
5.8
9.3
53. Number of Students Per Teacher
16.2
16.0
15.5
15.3
14.4
13.8
13.5
11.0
16.2
Teachers
54. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
33.1
34.2
31.5
29.5
31.1
30.6
29.3
27.5
74.5
55. Average Years of Experience
11.7
11.0
11.9
12.3
12.6
12.3
13.2
13.4
4.4
56. % With Advanced Degrees
30.3
26.7
21.7
18.3
19.3
18.9
16.7
14.3
16.4
57. Teacher Turnover Rate
12.1
11.6
10.3
12.1
13.4
11.5
14.3
15.6
32.9
58. % African American
19
11
6
3
5
2
3
2
20
59. % Hispanic
34
18
34
28
16
17
16
8
24
60. % White
43
67
58
67
77
79
80
88
50
61. % Other
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
6
62. % Regular Education
72
72
73
75
72
75
76
80
88
63. % Special Education
9
10
9
9
9
6
9
7
5
64. % Compensatory Education
2
3
3
3
5
4
4
4
1
65. % Bilingual/ESL Education
6
6
6
5
5
1
3
1
3
66. % Career & Technical Education
4
4
4
4
5
6
5
7
2
67. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
7
6
6
4
5
7
3
1
0
Taxes and Actual Revenues
68. Taxable Value Per Pupil
412,259
339,005
294,435
314,129
312,391
401,584
377,038
571,799
0
69. Locally Adopted Tax Rate
1.297
1.397
1.330
1.329
1.264
1.299
1.246
1.171
0.000
70. Total Revenue (2010-11)
9,445,303,015
16,396,187,177
7,910,387,385
7,136,896,577
2,652,845,208
364,823,790
3,360,198,703
2,149,291,823
1,347,035,570
71. Total Revenue Per Pupil
10,316
10,033
9,980
10,424
10,147
12,736
11,249
13,209
10,280
72. % State
35
41
45
46
45
46
48
47
81
73. % Local and Other
51
49
41
42
42
46
39
43
7
74. % Federal
14
10
14
12
14
8
13
9
13
Fund Balances
75. Fund Balance (End of 2010-11)
1,090,879,323
2,770,194,931
1,242,258,257
1,242,707,587
449,595,024
81,193,966
636,641,329
510,694,773
229,775,314
76. % Fund Balance (of 2011-12 Budget)
16
23
22
23
24
29
25
27
21
Actual Expenditures
77. Total Expenditures (2010-11)
10,586,052,151
17,764,714,413
8,597,923,717
7,690,998,045
2,751,442,800
398,377,977
3,459,908,557
2,228,934,460
1,248,928,781
78. Total Operating Expenditures (2010-11)
8,243,911,327
13,492,715,522
6,762,964,717
5,928,146,704
2,262,362,944
281,330,088
2,828,130,345
1,795,884,289
1,202,856,371
79. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
9,004
8,256
8,532
8,658
8,653
9,821
9,468
11,037
9,179
80. % Instructional
59
60
58
57
57
55
56
55
51
81. % Central Administrative
5
5
5
6
6
7
7
10
15
82. % School Leadership
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
5
8
83. % Plant Services
11
11
11
12
11
12
12
12
14
84. % Other Operating
19
19
20
20
21
19
20
18
12
85. Total Instructional Expenditures
4,863,391,007
8,058,581,807
3,930,764,833
3,363,509,079
1,279,118,887
155,611,749
1,594,064,456
986,692,415
616,190,340
86. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,312
4,931
4,959
4,913
4,892
5,432
5,337
6,064
4,702
87. % Regular Education
55
61
59
60
55
63
55
58
64
88. % Special Education
16
17
15
15
17
12
17
14
11
89. % Accelerated Education
16
9
13
13
15
11
15
15
21
90. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7
4
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
91. % Career & Technical Education
3
3
3
4
4
6
4
6
1
92. % Gifted & Talented Education
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
93. % Athletics/Related Activities
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
5
1
94. % High School Allotment
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
95. % Other Expenditures
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0