Snapshot 2015: 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:

  • 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 900,000 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 899,999 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 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.

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

Community Type
Count of Districts
11
79
41
163
70
30
177
453
195
2. Total Number of Schools
1,355
2,039
1,169
1,227
475
82
761
925
613
Students
3. Total Students
980,075
1,699,566
845,679
715,085
255,307
27,827
292,420
171,496
227,827
4. % African American
15.4
15.6
10.8
6.4
11.5
5.3
7.3
4.7
20.1
5. % Hispanic
68.0
45.4
56.8
48.0
48.4
33.9
44.9
33.4
57.8
6. % White
12.3
28.7
27.2
41.4
36.9
56.0
44.2
59.2
15.6
7. % American Indian
0.2
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.4
0.6
0.4
0.5
0.3
8. % Asian
2.6
7.3
2.8
1.7
0.8
1.8
1.1
0.3
4.5
9. % Pacific Islander
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1
10. % Two or More Races
1.4
2.3
2.0
2.0
1.9
2.3
1.9
2.0
1.6
11. % Economically Disadvantaged
71.1
51.4
59.7
54.2
65.5
43.1
59.0
56.2
69.1
12. % English Language Learners (ELL)
26.5
18.1
17.4
15.5
13.7
8.2
9.2
5.9
21.7
13. % Special Education
8.6
8.4
8.5
8.4
8.9
8.3
9.0
9.5
6.5
14. % Bilingual/ESL Education
25.5
18.0
17.3
15.3
13.3
7.3
8.7
5.7
21.1
15. % Career & Technical Education
20.6
23.9
23.2
25.4
25.2
24.5
27.1
29.1
10.6
16. % Gifted & Talented Education
10.2
7.9
7.4
7.0
6.4
6.0
6.1
5.7
1.9
17. Attendance Rate (2013-14)
95.6
96.1
95.7
95.8
95.7
96.6
95.8
96.2
96.0
18. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (2013-14)
2.3
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.4
0.7
1.0
0.7
4.7
19. 4-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2014)
86.2
92.4
90.7
92.9
92.4
95.3
94.3
95.5
63.3
20. 5-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2013)
88.8
94.0
92.4
94.5
93.8
96.5
95.2
96.1
71.2
21. Annual Graduate Count (Class of 2014)
52,122
104,669
48,062
42,935
15,022
1,427
18,385
10,966
8,764
22. Annual RHSP/DAP Graduate Count (Class of 2014)
44,039
86,271
39,989
36,449
12,221
1,127
15,057
8,894
6,760
STAAR % at Phase-in Satisfactory Standard
23. All Subjects
73
80
76
78
73
83
76
78
75
24. Reading/ELA
73
80
76
78
73
84
77
80
77
25. Writing
68
74
70
73
66
79
70
72
72
26. Mathematics
78
84
79
82
78
87
82
84
78
27. Science
75
82
77
79
74
82
77
77
74
28. Social Studies
75
82
76
78
73
84
75
74
73
29. African American
63
72
66
69
61
73
65
64
69
30. Hispanic
72
74
71
72
68
76
70
71
74
31. White
90
90
87
86
83
88
84
83
84
32. American Indian
74
78
77
77
75
80
82
80
74
33. Asian
87
94
92
94
82
94
88
87
93
34. Pacific Islander
81
81
78
79
73
92
71
86
91
35. Two or More Races
86
88
83
84
77
86
82
79
82
36. Economically Disadvantaged
68
71
68
69
66
75
69
71
72
College Admissions (Class of 2014)
37. Percent Tested
80.2
68.8
62.1
60.1
55.2
61.2
59.3
62.2
49.9
38. Percent At or Above Criterion
17.6
32.1
23.4
23.8
21.5
24.4
21.5
18.3
20.2
39. SAT - Average Score
1324
1463
1418
1431
1416
1454
1426
1396
1409
40. ACT - Average Score
19.4
21.9
20.1
20.4
19.9
20.5
20.1
19.8
19.8
Staff
41. Total Staff FTE
122,170.4
211,778.4
107,468.6
95,632.1
36,276.5
3,708.5
43,600.8
28,943.3
23,560.0
42. Total Teacher FTE
61,013.5
109,017.0
54,439.1
47,347.5
17,775.5
2,006.3
21,747.1
15,555.6
13,290.3
43. % Central Administrative
0.5
0.9
0.8
1.2
1.3
2.0
1.5
2.4
2.1
44. % School Administrative
2.6
2.8
2.8
2.8
3.1
3.2
3.1
3.2
5.4
45. % Professional Support Staff
11.7
10.1
10.0
8.5
8.1
5.2
6.9
4.7
13.1
46. % Teachers
49.9
51.5
50.7
49.5
49.0
54.1
49.9
53.7
56.4
47. % Educational Aides
7.9
8.8
10.1
10.6
12.8
10.2
12.3
11.7
7.0
48. % Auxiliary Staff
27.4
25.9
25.5
27.5
25.7
25.3
26.4
24.2
16.1
49. Average Central Administrative Salary
107,595
102,814
97,537
97,420
92,322
92,000
92,515
81,894
90,028
50. Average School Administrative Salary
78,647
78,445
74,265
72,742
68,251
72,441
69,985
67,005
62,349
51. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
62,657
62,662
59,037
58,126
53,511
54,567
53,452
49,126
50,879
52. Average Teacher Salary
52,794
53,772
50,493
49,266
46,113
46,968
46,134
43,656
44,637
53. % Minority
66.4
42.2
51.0
41.9
34.9
18.6
33.0
20.1
55.1
54. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.0
8.0
7.9
7.5
7.0
7.5
6.7
5.9
9.7
55. Number of Students Per Teacher
16.1
15.6
15.5
15.1
14.4
13.9
13.4
11.0
17.1
Teachers
56. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
34.3
35.0
32.3
30.0
33.3
30.4
30.7
28.4
75.6
57. Average Years of Experience
11.0
10.4
11.5
11.9
11.9
11.9
12.6
13.2
4.1
58. % With Advanced Degrees
30.3
27.1
22.8
19.0
19.5
18.4
17.3
15.5
19.8
59. Teacher Turnover Rate
15.4
15.6
14.3
15.0
19.0
17.9
19.6
21.0
34.4
60. % African American
18.1
12.4
5.8
3.2
5.2
1.5
3.4
2.0
19.6
61. % Hispanic
37.0
18.5
34.9
29.0
18.0
8.2
17.8
8.9
27.0
62. % White
41.2
65.1
56.2
66.1
75.1
88.4
77.3
87.8
48.3
63. % Other
3.8
3.9
3.0
1.7
1.6
1.9
1.6
1.2
5.2
64. % Regular Education
71.1
70.5
69.5
74.9
72.2
80.2
75.7
79.7
87.8
65. % Special Education
9.1
9.9
9.7
8.1
8.5
6.0
8.2
6.4
6.5
66. % Compensatory Education
3.0
2.8
2.9
2.9
5.0
3.6
4.4
4.3
0.9
67. % Bilingual/ESL Education
6.9
6.7
8.1
5.0
5.0
1.2
2.2
0.8
2.6
68. % Career & Technical Education
3.4
3.8
4.3
4.9
5.2
6.1
5.7
7.5
1.8
69. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
6.5
6.3
5.6
4.2
4.1
2.9
3.8
1.4
0.4
Taxes and Actual Revenues
70. Taxable Value Per Pupil (2012 Tax Year)
409,008
340,482
303,877
320,077
321,816
422,302
419,643
620,771
0
71. Locally Adopted Tax Rate (2013 Tax Year)
1.306
1.415
1.329
1.341
1.268
1.272
1.263
1.182
0.000
72. Total Revenue (2013-14)
10,069,970,157
17,189,071,231
8,218,358,654
7,464,440,759
2,599,648,652
313,463,598
3,345,545,961
2,312,839,877
1,856,793,379
73. Total Revenue Per Pupil
10,315
10,277
9,847
10,568
10,219
12,041
11,483
13,506
9,512
74. % State
32.2
39.7
42.9
44.1
42.5
44.6
42.9
41.8
82.2
75. % Local and Other
54.3
51.9
45.4
45.7
44.6
49.5
46.2
50.1
6.1
76. % Federal
13.5
8.4
11.7
10.2
12.9
5.9
10.9
8.2
11.7
Fund Balance and Net Assets
77. Fund Balance (for ISDs)
1,356,777,675
3,511,902,706
1,444,755,966
1,575,010,602
533,700,961
93,712,513
850,076,309
713,314,843
0
78. Net Assets (Charter Schools)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
270,870,567
Actual Expenditures
79. Total Expenditures (2013-14)
10,646,144,806
18,023,876,399
8,878,497,164
8,032,250,341
2,716,522,242
353,642,345
3,446,860,896
2,408,139,231
1,772,075,892
80. Total Operating Expenditures (2013-14)
8,533,806,936
13,985,222,241
7,010,940,765
6,190,072,526
2,239,723,835
240,793,063
2,776,037,486
1,913,607,469
1,689,712,621
81. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
8,741
8,361
8,400
8,764
8,804
9,249
9,528
11,175
8,656
82. % Instructional
57.8
59.0
57.7
55.2
55.4
55.7
54.6
53.2
51.0
83. % Central Administrative
5.4
5.7
5.4
7.1
6.6
7.6
7.5
11.3
12.4
84. % School Leadership
6.1
5.7
5.7
5.4
5.4
5.5
5.5
5.4
8.5
85. % Plant Services
10.9
10.5
10.6
11.6
11.4
12.5
11.8
11.7
14.5
86. % Other Operating
19.8
19.2
20.6
20.7
21.2
18.8
20.5
18.4
13.6
87. Total Instructional Expenditures
4,935,849,355
8,246,256,215
4,047,997,725
3,418,125,844
1,240,127,030
134,015,146
1,517,073,524
1,017,699,375
861,304,994
88. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,056
4,930
4,850
4,839
4,875
5,148
5,207
5,943
4,412
89. % Regular Education
56.5
61.3
61.1
59.8
55.4
62.9
56.2
57.6
68.4
90. % Special Education
15.1
16.4
14.8
14.6
15.9
12.3
15.9
13.4
9.2
91. % Accelerated Education
12.8
7.7
10.6
10.8
12.8
9.5
12.6
13.5
16.3
92. % Bilingual/ESL Education
4.5
3.1
1.7
1.6
2.2
1.4
1.0
0.6
2.2
93. % Career & Technical Education
2.7
3.3
3.5
4.2
4.5
4.9
5.0
6.0
1.4
94. % Gifted & Talented Education
1.1
1.7
0.9
1.1
1.0
0.6
0.9
0.5
0.2
95. % Athletics/Related Activities
1.5
2.0
2.6
3.8
3.6
5.4
4.6
5.3
0.8
96. % High School Allotment
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.1
1.0
0.4
97. % Prekindergarten
3.7
1.9
2.4
2.0
2.4
1.5
1.8
1.8
1.1
98. % Other Expenditures
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.0
1.0
0.1
0.9
0.4
0.0