Snapshot 2014: 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 charters are grouped together as one community type. The community types are as follows:

  • Major Urban Major urban districts are districts with the greatest membership in counties with populations of 870,000 or more. More than 35 percent of the students served are identified as economically disadvantaged. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply. Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin, and El Paso are classified as major urban districts.

  • Major Suburban Districts are in and around the major urban areas. Generally, 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 are 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 869,999 and are not contiguous to any major urban districts. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply.

  • Other Central City Suburban are school districts in and around the other large, but not major, Texas cities. Generally, 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 are 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 describes 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 are 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 are 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 School Districts are open-enrollment school districts chartered by the commissioner of education with final approval for operation provided by the State Board of Education. Prior to September 1, 2013, charter school districts were chartered by the State Board of Education.

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

Community Type
Count of Districts
11
79
41
164
67
30
182
451
202
2. Total Number of Schools
1,342
2,022
1,165
1,220
464
91
761
921
588
Students
3. Total Students
976,254
1,672,638
834,595
712,241
248,079
31,313
289,488
168,300
202,972
4. % African American
15.4
15.7
10.8
6.4
11.7
4.2
7.5
4.8
20.9
5. % Hispanic
67.9
45.1
56.8
47.5
48.2
39.6
44.0
33.8
56.8
6. % White
12.4
29.3
27.5
41.9
37.1
50.4
45.3
58.6
17.0
7. % American Indian
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.3
8. % Asian
2.5
7.1
2.5
1.7
0.7
3.2
0.8
0.3
3.5
9. % Pacific Islander
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
10. % Two or More Races
1.4
2.2
1.9
1.9
1.8
2.2
1.9
1.9
1.5
11. % Economically Disadvantaged
73.6
52.0
60.6
56.3
66.8
44.1
61.6
57.6
70.2
12. % English Language Learners (ELL)
25.7
17.3
16.7
14.9
13.3
8.1
8.9
5.9
20.3
13. % Special Education
8.6
8.4
8.5
8.4
8.9
7.3
9.0
9.4
6.7
14. % Bilingual/ESL Education
24.5
17.1
16.8
14.7
13.0
8.0
8.4
5.8
19.7
15. % Career & Technical Education
20.0
22.6
21.9
24.5
24.2
30.1
25.5
28.1
9.7
16. % Gifted & Talented Education
10.1
7.9
7.5
6.9
6.5
9.1
5.8
5.8
1.6
17. Attendance Rate (2012-13)
95.6
96.0
95.6
95.8
95.5
96.3
95.7
96.1
95.8
18. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (2012-13)
2.4
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.3
0.5
1.1
0.7
5.5
19. 4-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2013)
85.7
92.2
90.3
93.0
92.6
96.6
93.9
95.4
60.6
20. 5-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2012)
88.5
93.8
92.5
94.6
94.0
97.0
95.0
96.1
70.0
21. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2013)
52,044
103,124
47,419
42,855
15,142
2,144
18,125
10,967
8,511
22. Annual RHSP/DAP Graduate Count (Class of 2013)
43,467
83,745
39,000
35,931
11,904
1,886
14,556
8,812
6,114
STAAR % at Phase-in Satisfactory Standard
23. All Subjects
73
80
76
78
72
84
75
78
74
24. Reading/ELA
72
80
75
77
72
84
75
79
76
25. Writing
69
75
72
74
67
81
70
74
72
26. Mathematics
74
80
77
79
73
84
76
78
74
27. Science
75
82
77
80
74
84
76
77
74
28. Social Studies
74
81
74
77
71
83
73
75
73
29. African American
62
71
66
68
60
75
64
64
67
30. Hispanic
72
74
71
71
67
78
69
70
73
31. White
89
90
87
85
82
88
82
83
81
32. American Indian
73
78
79
78
74
80
78
78
79
33. Asian
87
94
93
94
85
97
82
87
94
34. Pacific Islander
82
80
77
79
74
93
78
89
81
35. Two or More Races
85
87
82
83
76
89
77
78
80
36. Economically Disadvantaged
68
71
68
69
66
75
68
72
71
College Admissions (Class of 2013)
37. Percent Tested
76.1
66.6
59.2
59.7
51.6
75.5
56.2
61.7
44.2
38. Percent At or Above Criterion
17.7
32.6
23.7
24.4
22.1
33.2
18.7
18.5
22.3
39. SAT - Average Score
1331
1470
1431
1433
1419
1509
1393
1396
1412
40. ACT - Average Score
19.3
21.9
20.0
20.5
20.1
21.9
19.8
19.9
19.7
Staff
41. Total Staff FTE
119,037.5
205,401.0
106,921.3
94,104.2
34,119.7
4,316.4
43,173.5
28,427.5
21,040.3
42. Total Teacher FTE
59,882.8
106,055.6
53,437.4
46,824.7
17,112.6
2,282.2
21,620.1
15,242.5
12,052.5
43. % Central Administrative
0.5
1.0
0.8
1.1
1.3
1.7
1.5
2.4
2.0
44. % School Administrative
2.7
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.9
2.9
3.0
3.2
5.6
45. % Professional Support Staff
11.4
9.7
9.6
8.3
7.8
6.2
6.6
4.8
11.3
46. % Teachers
50.3
51.6
50.0
49.8
50.2
52.9
50.1
53.6
57.3
47. % Educational Aides
8.0
8.5
9.8
10.4
12.5
9.1
12.4
11.6
6.5
48. % Auxiliary Staff
27.1
26.3
27.0
27.6
25.3
27.2
26.5
24.4
17.2
49. Average Central Administrative Salary
104,121
99,291
95,451
95,240
89,241
96,616
90,565
80,860
90,647
50. Average School Administrative Salary
76,119
76,141
73,189
71,631
67,524
76,116
68,721
65,995
61,927
51. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
61,563
60,607
58,146
57,027
52,831
57,330
52,175
48,599
50,814
52. Average Teacher Salary
51,996
52,231
49,766
48,312
45,283
47,496
45,293
43,234
43,669
53. % Minority
65.6
41.2
51.5
41.1
34.3
28.7
31.3
20.5
54.7
54. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.2
8.1
7.8
7.6
7.3
7.3
6.7
5.9
9.6
55. Number of Students Per Teacher
16.3
15.8
15.6
15.2
14.5
13.7
13.4
11.0
16.8
Teachers
56. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
33.9
33.4
31.7
29.2
32.7
30.7
30.3
28.0
75.2
57. Average Years of Experience
11.1
10.7
11.6
12.0
12.1
11.9
12.7
13.3
4.1
58. % With Advanced Degrees
29.9
27.1
22.8
18.7
19.1
21.7
16.8
15.2
17.4
59. Teacher Turnover Rate
15.2
15.4
13.7
14.8
18.7
17.2
17.9
19.9
36.7
60. % African American
17.8
11.9
5.8
3.1
5.0
1.7
3.2
1.9
19.4
61. % Hispanic
36.7
18.1
34.6
28.3
17.8
16.2
16.2
9.2
25.8
62. % White
41.9
66.2
57.3
66.8
75.4
79.8
79.2
87.6
50.1
63. % Other
3.6
3.7
2.3
1.8
1.7
2.3
1.4
1.3
4.7
64. % Regular Education
71.7
70.4
69.9
74.6
71.5
75.5
76.4
79.7
88.0
65. % Special Education
9.7
9.5
9.7
8.4
8.7
5.8
8.6
6.9
6.9
66. % Compensatory Education
2.7
2.6
3.0
3.0
5.1
3.7
4.2
4.3
0.9
67. % Bilingual/ESL Education
6.1
7.2
7.7
4.9
5.3
1.1
2.4
0.7
2.1
68. % Career & Technical Education
3.4
3.8
4.1
4.7
5.0
6.8
5.4
7.1
1.8
69. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
6.4
6.4
5.6
4.3
4.4
7.1
3.0
1.3
0.4
Taxes and Actual Revenues
70. Taxable Value Per Pupil (2011 Tax Year)
399,171
337,529
293,557
309,236
303,827
433,554
386,090
544,677
0
71. Locally Adopted Tax Rate (2012 Tax Year)
1.301
1.408
1.327
1.329
1.266
1.301
1.247
1.174
0.000
72. Total Revenue (2012-13)
9,365,880,511
15,991,149,395
7,822,737,164
7,058,580,426
2,427,229,292
370,103,392
3,156,717,886
2,186,588,580
1,601,051,893
73. Total Revenue Per Pupil
9,681
9,721
9,502
10,051
9,795
12,346
10,929
12,957
9,215
74. % State
32.1
38.5
41.9
43.1
42.0
43.0
42.8
41.6
81.1
75. % Local and Other
54.7
52.7
45.4
46.0
44.3
50.7
45.3
49.2
6.5
76. % Federal
13.2
8.8
12.7
10.9
13.7
6.3
11.9
9.2
12.4
Fund Balance and Net Assets
77. Fund Balance (for ISDs)
1,472,621,851
3,210,992,322
1,404,698,381
1,465,943,876
506,338,603
103,686,393
749,633,924
625,190,896
0
78. Net Assets (Charter Schools)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
251,617,850
Actual Expenditures
79. Total Expenditures (2012-13)
10,376,038,988
16,914,316,512
8,321,128,719
7,755,562,373
2,501,625,495
405,280,205
3,213,456,800
2,225,718,417
1,540,959,447
80. Total Operating Expenditures (2012-13)
8,077,212,401
13,057,067,184
6,693,183,636
5,894,237,796
2,085,134,823
284,706,901
2,635,831,350
1,814,808,539
1,476,459,928
81. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
8,349
7,937
8,130
8,393
8,414
9,497
9,126
10,754
8,498
82. % Instructional
58.0
59.0
57.8
55.5
55.5
54.4
55.1
53.8
51.1
83. % Central Administrative
5.3
5.5
5.3
6.2
6.6
7.5
7.2
10.6
13.0
84. % School Leadership
6.1
5.7
5.7
5.4
5.4
5.7
5.5
5.5
8.6
85. % Plant Services
10.9
10.5
10.7
11.9
11.3
12.2
11.6
11.7
14.2
86. % Other Operating
19.8
19.2
20.5
20.9
21.2
20.1
20.5
18.6
13.1
87. Total Instructional Expenditures
4,685,124,477
7,706,809,046
3,866,641,586
3,272,578,091
1,157,403,441
154,954,667
1,452,083,590
975,661,581
754,002,874
88. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
4,843
4,685
4,697
4,660
4,671
5,169
5,027
5,781
4,340
89. % Regular Education
53.6
60.9
60.2
59.6
54.6
63.6
55.1
57.2
67.6
90. % Special Education
15.5
16.7
15.1
14.9
16.0
11.4
16.4
13.7
9.6
91. % Accelerated Education
13.4
7.8
11.7
11.3
14.0
8.9
13.8
14.2
16.9
92. % Bilingual/ESL Education
6.7
3.3
1.9
1.7
2.2
1.1
1.2
0.6
2.1
93. % Career & Technical Education
2.7
3.3
3.4
4.1
4.4
7.2
4.5
5.8
1.3
94. % Gifted & Talented Education
1.1
1.9
0.8
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.9
0.5
0.2
95. % Athletics/Related Activities
1.5
2.0
2.6
3.7
3.6
4.5
4.6
5.2
0.7
96. % High School Allotment
1.0
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.2
0.9
1.0
1.0
0.6
97. % Prekindergarten
3.4
1.7
1.8
1.6
1.8
0.9
1.5
1.5
1.0
98. % Other Expenditures
1.1
1.2
1.4
0.9
1.0
0.3
0.9
0.3
0.0