SNAPSHOT '96: 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 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. A district is designated major urban if the county population was greater than 500,000, it is the largest in the county and there are greater than 35% low-income students in the school district. Or, if not the largest district in the county, the number of students in membership is 75% of the largest district and there are more than 35% low-income students in the district.

• Major Suburban
Other school districts in and around the major urban areas. A district is major suburban if it is contiguous to a major urban district and the number of students in membership is at least 3% of the major urban district. If a district is not contiguous to a major urban area, then an enrollment of 15% of the major urban district or an enrollment of at least 4,500 is required to be classified as a major suburban area.

• Other Central City
The major school districts in other large Texas cities. If the district is not contiguous to one of the major urban districts but the county population is between 100,000 and 650,000 and it is the largest district in the county or its population is 75% of the largest district then the district is designated as other central city.

• Other Central City Suburban
Other school districts in and around the other large, but not major, Texas cities. If the district is in a county between 100,000 and 500,000 population and the number of students in membership is at least 15% of the largest district in the county then it is designated central city suburban. If a district is contiguous to a central city district, its population is greater than 3% of that district's, and the number of students in membership is greater than the corresponding median figure for the state, it is also central city suburban.

• Independent Town
If the district is the largest in a county having a population of 25,000 to 100,000, or the number of students in membership is greater than 75% of the largest district, the district is considered an independent town.

• Non-Metro: Fast Growing
The school districts that fail to be 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
The school districts that fail to be in any of the above categories, yet the number of students in membership exceeds the state median.

• Rural
The school districts that fail all of the above tests for placement into a category. These districts either have a growth rate 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.

1995-96 Community Type (Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts in each category.)

Community Type Major Urban Major Suburban Other Central City Other CC Suburban Independent Town Non-metro Fast Growing Non-metro Stable Rural

Count of Districts 8 62 30 84 79 117 220 444

2. Total Number of Schools 1,039 1,323 905 577 609 338 972 880

3. Number of Regular High Schools 178 190 132 115 126 113 277 262

STUDENTS

4. Total Students 733,943 1,056,197 596,400 347,668 334,100 113,990 395,136 162,826

5. 5 YR % Change in Total Students 6.6 15.5 9.8 13.4 8.0 34.8 4.8 5.2

6. % African American 26 13 13 8 13 4 11 7

7. % Hispanic 54 27 45 42 27 21 33 24

8. % White 18 55 41 48 59 74 55 68

9. % Other 2 5 2 1 1 1 1 1

10. % Economically Disadvantaged 64.4 32.8 50.7 49.9 44.4 37.2 48.2 47.4

11. % Special Education 10 11 12 11 12 14 13 15

12. % Bilingual/ESL Education 20 9 14 14 5 6 6 4

13. % Career & Technology Ed. 13 16 16 17 19 23 21 24

14. % Gifted & Talented Ed. 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 8

15. Attendance Rate (94-95) 94.0 95.5 95.2 95.3 95.1 95.9 95.6 96.3

16. Annual Dropout Rate (94-95) 2.8 1.3 2.0 1.6 1.7 0.9 1.5 1.0

17. Number of Graduates (Class of 1995) 27,133 47,960 26,149 16,349 16,031 5,729 20,442 9,087

TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING '96

18. All Tests Taken 55.8 73.3 66.1 67.2 66.8 72.0 66.4 71.3

19. Reading 72.0 85.3 79.5 80.3 80.5 84.2 79.6 83.3

20. Writing 75.9 86.9 81.6 83.0 82.5 86.1 82.6 86.2

21. Mathematics 63.7 79.2 73.3 74.7 74.2 79.1 74.3 78.9

22. African American 45.2 53.4 44.8 42.9 41.4 46.6 44.7 44.5

23. Hispanic 50.8 57.1 54.9 57.6 53.4 51.7 52.6 56.4

24. White 78.9 82.7 81.2 77.3 76.8 77.6 77.3 78.0

25. Other 75.3 83.4 83.5 76.0 77.3 80.2 76.7 79.2

26. Economically Disadvantaged 47.2 56.0 52.1 54.7 52.1 56.6 52.8 59.9

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 1995)

27. Percent Tested 61.6 70.5 60.7 61.7 61.9 67.1 63.7 68.8

28. Percent At Or Above Criterion 14.3 25.2 18.3 13.2 15.6 17.2 12.8 12.9

29. SAT: Mean Total Score 834 930 914 868 885 875 858 855

30. ACT: Mean Composite Score 19.3 20.9 19.9 19.2 20.1 20.5 19.7 19.6

STAFF

31. Total Staff FTE 83,736 121,324 75,252 45,042 42,915 15,008 53,017 25,530

32. Total Teacher FTE 43,921 64,900 37,848 22,161 21,820 8,137 27,533 14,052

33. % Central Administrative 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2

34. % Campus Administrative 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3

35. % Professional Support Staff 8 7 8 6 6 5 5 3

36. % Teachers 52 53 50 49 51 54 52 55

37. % Educational Aides 8 7 11 11 11 10 12 11

38. % Auxiliary Staff 29 29 28 31 28 27 28 25

39. Average Central Administr. Salary 64,009 66,755 63,602 58,259 56,565 53,097 53,560 49,276

40. Average Campus Administr. Salary 53,327 51,611 50,439 47,381 45,982 44,593 45,050 43,243

41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary 40,712 39,661 38,335 36,977 35,149 33,973 34,947 31,880

42. Average Teacher Salary 33,401 32,224 31,630 30,509 29,846 28,933 29,888 28,922

43. % Minority 58 24 44 42 26 16 26 15

44. Number of Students Per Total Staff 8.8 8.7 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.5 6.4

45. Number of Students Per Teacher 16.7 16.3 15.8 15.7 15.3 14.0 14.4 11.6

TEACHERS

46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits 1.9 3.5 3.9 4.7 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9

47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience 31.9 34.1 33.5 35.7 31.4 36.8 31.8 32.9

48. Average Years of Experience 12.5 11.3 11.7 11.0 12.1 10.6 11.9 11.6

49. % With Advanced Degrees 32.8 30.3 26.3 21.1 27.9 21.4 22.9 20.0

50. Teacher Turnover Rate 11.1 11.3 11.1 13.0 12.2 14.3 13.5 15.3

51. % African American 24 5 6 4 5 1 4 2

52. % Hispanic 21 8 25 26 10 7 10 5

53. % White 54 86 68 69 85 91 86 93

54. % Other 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0

55. % Regular Education 64 74 68 72 71 76 74 78

56. % Special Education 10 10 10 8 10 9 9 8

57. % Compensatory Education 3 3 6 4 7 4 6 6

58. % Bilingual/ESL Education 14 5 9 8 3 3 3 1

59. % Career & Technology Education 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 6

60. % Other Education (Includes G&T) 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 2

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES

61. Taxable Value Per Pupil 199,417 194,363 150,512 131,938 136,053 161,316 188,631 213,941

62. Equalized Total Tax Rate 1.350 1.507 1.404 1.446 1.373 1.407 1.323 1.340

63. State Aid Per Pupil 1,757 1,852 2,436 2,707 2,443 2,955 2,504 3,269

64. Total Revenue 3,725,201,463 5,487,778,869 3,097,025,906 1,844,646,938 1,643,543,555 627,180,365 2,100,181,721 1,029,637,696

65. Total Revenue Per Pupil 5,076 5,196 5,193 5,306 4,919 5,502 5,315 6,324

66. % State 35 37 47 53 50 52 48 52

67. % Local and Other 55 59 44 39 42 43 44 42

68. % Federal 10 5 9 9 8 5 8 6

FUND BALANCES

69. Fund Balance (End of 94-95) 433,291,955 825,093,838 508,819,094 300,526,615 277,411,030 156,846,469 536,306,588 357,092,939

70. % Fund Balance (of 95-96 Budget) 13 18 19 19 20 28 27 35

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES

71. Total Expenditures 3,940,622,308 5,595,431,265 3,138,125,123 1,871,951,952 1,668,953,422 638,684,158 2,130,957,954 1,054,946,266

72. % Instructional 53 51 53 51 52 49 53 52

73. % Central Administrative 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 8

74. % School Leadership 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

75. % Plant Services 11 10 10 10 9 9 10 9

76. % Other Operating 15 14 16 16 16 15 16 15

77. % Non-Operating 10 13 10 12 11 15 10 11

78. Total Operating Expenditures 3,549,459,971 4,874,876,452 2,828,732,883 1,643,096,015 1,489,303,517 541,790,375 1,920,481,683 942,427,009

79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil 4,836 4,615 4,743 4,726 4,458 4,753 4,860 5,788

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES

80. Total Instructional Expenditures 2,077,909,501 2,877,493,441 1,663,776,736 951,461,763 875,940,340 315,443,245 1,120,004,295 548,614,989

81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil 2,831 2,724 2,790 2,737 2,622 2,767 2,834 3,369

82. % Regular Education 61 71 67 68 67 70 67 69

83. % Special Education 11 12 12 11 11 12 11 10

84. % Compensatory Education 16 8 13 13 13 10 14 13

85. % Bilingual/ESL Education 7 3 3 3 2 2 2 1

86. % Career & Technology Education 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6

87. % Gifted & Talented Education 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1

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Community Type	Major Urban	Major Suburban	Other Central City	Other CC Suburban	Independent Town	Non-metro Fast Growing	Non-metro Stable	Rural
Count of Districts	8	62	30	84	79	117	220	444
2. Total Number of Schools	1,039	1,323	905	577	609	338	972	880
3. Number of Regular High Schools	178	190	132	115	126	113	277	262
STUDENTS
4. Total Students	733,943	1,056,197	596,400	347,668	334,100	113,990	395,136	162,826
5. 5 YR % Change in Total Students	6.6	15.5	9.8	13.4	8.0	34.8	4.8	5.2
6. % African American	26	13	13	8	13	4	11	7
7. % Hispanic	54	27	45	42	27	21	33	24
8. % White	18	55	41	48	59	74	55	68
9. % Other	2	5	2	1	1	1	1	1
10. % Economically Disadvantaged	64.4	32.8	50.7	49.9	44.4	37.2	48.2	47.4
11. % Special Education	10	11	12	11	12	14	13	15
12. % Bilingual/ESL Education	20	9	14	14	5	6	6	4
13. % Career & Technology Ed.	13	16	16	17	19	23	21	24
14. % Gifted & Talented Ed.	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
15. Attendance Rate (94-95)	94.0	95.5	95.2	95.3	95.1	95.9	95.6	96.3
16. Annual Dropout Rate (94-95)	2.8	1.3	2.0	1.6	1.7	0.9	1.5	1.0
17. Number of Graduates (Class of 1995)	27,133	47,960	26,149	16,349	16,031	5,729	20,442	9,087
TAAS % STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES SPRING '96
18. All Tests Taken	55.8	73.3	66.1	67.2	66.8	72.0	66.4	71.3
19. Reading	72.0	85.3	79.5	80.3	80.5	84.2	79.6	83.3
20. Writing	75.9	86.9	81.6	83.0	82.5	86.1	82.6	86.2
21. Mathematics	63.7	79.2	73.3	74.7	74.2	79.1	74.3	78.9
22. African American	45.2	53.4	44.8	42.9	41.4	46.6	44.7	44.5
23. Hispanic	50.8	57.1	54.9	57.6	53.4	51.7	52.6	56.4
24. White	78.9	82.7	81.2	77.3	76.8	77.6	77.3	78.0
25. Other	75.3	83.4	83.5	76.0	77.3	80.2	76.7	79.2
26. Economically Disadvantaged	47.2	56.0	52.1	54.7	52.1	56.6	52.8	59.9
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS (CLASS OF 1995)
27. Percent Tested	61.6	70.5	60.7	61.7	61.9	67.1	63.7	68.8
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion	14.3	25.2	18.3	13.2	15.6	17.2	12.8	12.9
29. SAT: Mean Total Score	834	930	914	868	885	875	858	855
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score	19.3	20.9	19.9	19.2	20.1	20.5	19.7	19.6
STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE	83,736	121,324	75,252	45,042	42,915	15,008	53,017	25,530
32. Total Teacher FTE	43,921	64,900	37,848	22,161	21,820	8,137	27,533	14,052
33. % Central Administrative	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
34. % Campus Administrative	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3
35. % Professional Support Staff	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	3
36. % Teachers	52	53	50	49	51	54	52	55
37. % Educational Aides	8	7	11	11	11	10	12	11
38. % Auxiliary Staff	29	29	28	31	28	27	28	25
39. Average Central Administr. Salary	64,009	66,755	63,602	58,259	56,565	53,097	53,560	49,276
40. Average Campus Administr. Salary	53,327	51,611	50,439	47,381	45,982	44,593	45,050	43,243
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary	40,712	39,661	38,335	36,977	35,149	33,973	34,947	31,880
42. Average Teacher Salary	33,401	32,224	31,630	30,509	29,846	28,933	29,888	28,922
43. % Minority	58	24	44	42	26	16	26	15
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff	8.8	8.7	7.9	7.7	7.8	7.6	7.5	6.4
45. Number of Students Per Teacher	16.7	16.3	15.8	15.7	15.3	14.0	14.4	11.6
TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits	1.9	3.5	3.9	4.7	3.6	4.2	4.1	3.9
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience	31.9	34.1	33.5	35.7	31.4	36.8	31.8	32.9
48. Average Years of Experience	12.5	11.3	11.7	11.0	12.1	10.6	11.9	11.6
49. % With Advanced Degrees	32.8	30.3	26.3	21.1	27.9	21.4	22.9	20.0
50. Teacher Turnover Rate	11.1	11.3	11.1	13.0	12.2	14.3	13.5	15.3
51. % African American	24	5	6	4	5	1	4	2
52. % Hispanic	21	8	25	26	10	7	10	5
53. % White	54	86	68	69	85	91	86	93
54. % Other	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
55. % Regular Education	64	74	68	72	71	76	74	78
56. % Special Education	10	10	10	8	10	9	9	8
57. % Compensatory Education	3	3	6	4	7	4	6	6
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education	14	5	9	8	3	3	3	1
59. % Career & Technology Education	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	6
60. % Other Education (Includes G&T)	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2
TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil	199,417	194,363	150,512	131,938	136,053	161,316	188,631	213,941
62. Equalized Total Tax Rate	1.350	1.507	1.404	1.446	1.373	1.407	1.323	1.340
63. State Aid Per Pupil	1,757	1,852	2,436	2,707	2,443	2,955	2,504	3,269
64. Total Revenue	3,725,201,463	5,487,778,869	3,097,025,906	1,844,646,938	1,643,543,555	627,180,365	2,100,181,721	1,029,637,696
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil	5,076	5,196	5,193	5,306	4,919	5,502	5,315	6,324
66. % State	35	37	47	53	50	52	48	52
67. % Local and Other	55	59	44	39	42	43	44	42
68. % Federal	10	5	9	9	8	5	8	6
FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 94-95)	433,291,955	825,093,838	508,819,094	300,526,615	277,411,030	156,846,469	536,306,588	357,092,939
70. % Fund Balance (of 95-96 Budget)	13	18	19	19	20	28	27	35
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures	3,940,622,308	5,595,431,265	3,138,125,123	1,871,951,952	1,668,953,422	638,684,158	2,130,957,954	1,054,946,266
72. % Instructional	53	51	53	51	52	49	53	52
73. % Central Administrative	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8
74. % School Leadership	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
75. % Plant Services	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	9
76. % Other Operating	15	14	16	16	16	15	16	15
77. % Non-Operating	10	13	10	12	11	15	10	11
78. Total Operating Expenditures	3,549,459,971	4,874,876,452	2,828,732,883	1,643,096,015	1,489,303,517	541,790,375	1,920,481,683	942,427,009
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil	4,836	4,615	4,743	4,726	4,458	4,753	4,860	5,788
BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures	2,077,909,501	2,877,493,441	1,663,776,736	951,461,763	875,940,340	315,443,245	1,120,004,295	548,614,989
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil	2,831	2,724	2,790	2,737	2,622	2,767	2,834	3,369
82. % Regular Education	61	71	67	68	67	70	67	69
83. % Special Education	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	10
84. % Compensatory Education	16	8	13	13	13	10	14	13
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education	7	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
86. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6
87. % Gifted & Talented Education	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1