Snapshot 2016: 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 950,000 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, 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 949,999 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, 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 the list of districts included in each category.)

Community Type
Count of Districts
11
79
41
161
68
31
174
459
183
2. Total Number of Schools
1,356
2,049
1,191
1,212
465
104
748
919
629
Students
3. Total Students
978,795
1,722,467
856,030
725,448
252,829
31,473
293,244
176,730
247,236
4. % African American
15.2
15.7
10.9
6.5
11.3
4.8
7.4
4.6
19.4
5. % Hispanic
68.0
45.6
56.6
48.2
49.2
36.1
45.3
33.9
58.9
6. % White
12.3
28.1
26.8
40.9
36.2
53.5
43.8
58.6
15.2
7. % American Indian
0.2
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.3
8. % Asian
2.6
7.6
3.1
1.8
0.7
1.8
1.1
0.4
4.6
9. % Pacific Islander
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.6
0.1
0.0
0.1
10. % Two or More Races
1.5
2.4
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.7
2.0
2.1
1.6
11. % Economically Disadvantaged
71.5
51.5
59.3
54.8
65.2
43.8
60.2
57.1
69.1
12. % English Language Learners (ELL)
26.9
18.4
17.7
15.7
13.8
8.6
9.6
6.3
23.1
13. % Special Education
8.7
8.6
8.6
8.6
9.0
8.7
9.1
9.4
6.5
14. % Bilingual/ESL Education
26.3
18.4
17.7
15.5
13.5
7.7
9.3
6.1
22.7
15. % Career & Technical Education
22.5
24.9
24.5
26.7
25.1
24.6
27.9
29.6
10.9
16. % Gifted & Talented Education
10.2
8.0
7.6
7.0
6.3
5.8
6.1
5.8
2.0
17. Attendance Rate (2014-15)
95.6
95.9
95.5
95.7
95.5
96.3
95.6
96.1
95.9
18. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (2014-15)
2.5
1.2
1.4
1.1
1.3
0.7
0.8
0.6
4.7
19. 4-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2015)
87.1
92.7
91.2
93.0
92.4
95.2
94.5
96.7
64.9
20. 5-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2014)
88.8
94.1
92.5
94.3
93.7
95.6
95.3
96.2
73.0
21. Annual Graduate Count (2014-15)
52,872
109,180
49,688
43,804
15,201
1,727
18,847
11,527
9,902
22. Annual RHSP/DAP/FHSP-E/FHSP-DLA Graduate Count (2014-15)
44,913
89,353
41,181
36,612
12,170
1,369
15,309
8,910
7,499
STAAR % at Level II Satisfactory Standard
23. All Subjects
71
78
75
76
69
80
73
75
73
24. ELA/Reading
69
76
72
74
67
79
71
75
73
25. Writing
65
71
70
71
64
77
67
71
69
26. Mathematics
73
79
77
78
71
81
74
76
73
27. Science
76
82
79
80
73
83
77
77
76
28. Social Studies
75
81
77
78
70
80
74
74
73
29. African American
60
68
64
65
55
72
58
59
64
30. Hispanic
70
72
71
70
65
73
67
69
72
31. White
88
88
86
84
79
85
80
80
81
32. American Indian
72
75
75
75
70
80
72
79
70
33. Asian
87
93
93
93
87
93
88
89
93
34. Pacific Islander
79
79
78
77
80
65
75
79
72
35. Two or More Races
83
85
81
81
73
81
74
75
80
36. Economically Disadvantaged
66
69
67
68
63
70
65
68
69
College Admissions (Class of 2015)
37. Percent Tested
85.9
71.1
63.2
60.8
52.7
61.8
59.0
62.1
50.4
38. Percent At or Above Criterion
16.2
30.5
23.8
24.3
20.8
29.3
20.7
18.3
22.2
39. SAT - Average Score
1292
1438
1408
1424
1404
1474
1417
1393
1399
40. ACT - Average Score
18.7
22.0
20.3
20.4
20.0
20.9
20.0
19.8
20.1
Staff
41. Total Staff FTE
124,084.7
215,732.4
111,950.6
96,983.7
35,696.4
4,267.8
44,016.1
29,950.4
25,460.8
42. Total Teacher FTE
61,458.1
110,439.0
55,467.7
48,079.9
17,422.5
2,266.9
21,841.6
16,053.4
14,243.0
43. % Central Administrative
0.5
1.0
0.8
1.2
1.3
2.1
1.5
2.4
2.3
44. % School Administrative
2.7
2.8
2.8
2.8
3.1
3.7
3.0
3.2
5.6
45. % Professional Support Staff
12.0
10.4
9.9
8.5
8.5
5.8
7.0
4.7
13.5
46. % Teachers
49.5
51.2
49.5
49.6
48.8
53.1
49.6
53.6
55.9
47. % Educational Aides
7.6
8.8
10.0
10.6
12.9
10.4
12.2
11.9
7.7
48. % Auxiliary Staff
27.7
25.8
27.0
27.3
25.4
24.9
26.7
24.2
15.1
49. Average Central Administrative Salary
108,737
105,285
99,740
100,246
93,612
92,750
95,131
83,465
91,233
50. Average School Administrative Salary
79,688
80,120
76,195
73,954
68,624
70,269
71,262
67,857
64,349
51. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
63,770
64,151
60,562
59,679
53,855
56,022
54,748
50,176
52,616
52. Average Teacher Salary
54,123
55,196
51,555
50,250
46,713
48,081
46,823
44,458
46,581
53. % Minority
68.4
44.8
52.9
42.5
35.9
21.5
33.7
20.8
58.6
54. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.9
8.0
7.6
7.5
7.1
7.4
6.7
5.9
9.7
55. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.9
15.6
15.4
15.1
14.5
13.9
13.4
11.0
17.4
Teachers
56. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
35.7
35.5
33.0
30.1
34.7
31.3
31.7
28.8
73.7
57. Average Years of Experience
10.9
10.4
11.3
11.9
11.7
11.7
12.5
13.1
4.3
58. % With Advanced Degrees
29.8
27.3
23.1
19.9
19.6
19.6
17.8
16.1
21.2
59. Teacher Turnover Rate
15.3
15.4
14.0
14.7
19.4
16.2
18.9
20.4
33.4
60. % African American
18.0
12.9
6.0
3.2
5.5
2.2
3.3
1.9
19.1
61. % Hispanic
37.5
18.9
35.1
29.3
18.6
9.2
18.1
9.5
26.7
62. % White
40.6
64.1
56.5
65.7
74.3
86.4
77.1
87.4
47.3
63. % Other
3.8
4.1
2.4
1.7
1.6
2.2
1.5
1.1
6.9
64. % Regular Education
70.5
70.5
69.3
75.4
72.2
79.6
75.8
79.8
87.6
65. % Special Education
8.8
9.9
9.4
7.8
8.6
5.9
8.0
6.2
6.3
66. % Compensatory Education
2.8
2.5
2.8
2.8
5.1
3.8
4.5
4.1
0.8
67. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7.1
6.7
8.7
4.7
4.4
1.5
2.2
0.8
2.8
68. % Career & Technical Education
3.6
4.0
4.4
5.0
5.3
5.8
5.9
7.6
2.0
69. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
7.2
6.5
5.5
4.2
4.4
3.3
3.7
1.5
0.5
Taxes and Actual Revenues
70. Taxable Value Per Pupil (2013 Tax Year)
436,121
353,702
319,011
331,855
328,383
429,306
439,242
659,065
0
71. Locally Adopted Tax Rate (2014 Tax Year)
1.313
1.416
1.334
1.353
1.274
1.324
1.275
1.192
0.000
72. Total Revenue (2014-15)
10,525,712,592
18,188,798,766
8,676,560,979
7,775,644,126
2,616,466,463
362,345,482
3,453,156,083
2,373,632,351
2,047,648,713
73. Total Revenue Per Pupil
10,740
10,702
10,260
10,900
10,440
12,243
11,841
13,415
9,709
74. % State
30.9
38.9
41.8
43.8
42.5
42.8
40.7
41.7
83.0
75. % Local and Other
55.6
52.9
46.5
46.1
44.9
52.1
48.5
50.1
6.3
76. % Federal
13.5
8.2
11.8
10.0
12.6
5.1
10.8
8.1
10.7
Fund Balance and Net Assets
77. Fund Balance (for ISDs)
1,467,500,037
3,654,504,224
1,534,458,813
1,704,923,789
540,116,336
106,581,026
909,537,800
749,440,919
0
78. Net Assets (Charter Schools)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
259,076,062
Actual Expenditures
79. Total Expenditures (2014-15)
12,046,547,612
19,568,070,465
9,607,319,706
8,344,972,119
2,738,398,259
435,436,296
3,647,728,331
2,532,019,688
1,947,413,591
80. Total Operating Expenditures (2014-15)
8,949,806,480
14,995,875,996
7,434,997,413
6,473,910,847
2,280,279,547
276,614,320
2,875,004,513
1,992,279,083
1,848,528,662
81. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
9,132
8,823
8,792
9,075
9,098
9,346
9,858
11,259
8,765
82. % Instructional
57.2
59.0
57.3
55.7
55.2
56.0
54.3
53.8
51.4
83. % Central Administrative
5.8
5.8
5.5
6.4
6.8
7.4
7.5
9.8
11.5
84. % School Leadership
6.0
5.6
5.6
5.4
5.4
5.9
5.6
5.6
8.5
85. % Plant Services
10.3
10.1
10.6
11.4
11.3
12.1
11.7
11.9
14.3
86. % Other Operating
19.9
19.1
20.4
20.7
21.0
18.5
20.6
18.8
14.0
87. Total Instructional Expenditures
5,117,315,744
8,840,729,265
4,259,553,523
3,602,878,133
1,259,621,875
154,970,416
1,562,140,211
1,072,300,946
949,641,550
88. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,221
5,202
5,037
5,051
5,026
5,236
5,357
6,060
4,503
89. % Regular Education
57.4
61.9
61.0
59.9
55.5
61.6
56.2
57.7
68.0
90. % Special Education
15.0
16.4
14.8
14.7
15.8
12.2
16.0
13.4
8.9
91. % Accelerated Education
12.3
7.4
10.4
10.4
12.7
9.3
12.1
12.9
16.8
92. % Bilingual/ESL Education
4.1
2.8
1.7
1.6
2.3
1.5
1.0
0.6
1.9
93. % Career & Technical Education
2.7
3.5
3.6
4.4
4.6
5.0
5.2
6.1
1.4
94. % Gifted & Talented Education
1.0
1.6
0.9
1.1
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.5
0.1
95. % Athletics/Related Activities
1.6
2.0
2.7
3.7
3.6
5.5
4.7
5.5
0.9
96. % High School Allotment
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.1
1.0
0.6
97. % Prekindergarten
3.8
2.0
2.4
1.9
2.4
1.7
2.0
1.9
1.4
98. % Other Expenditures
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.4
0.0