SNAPSHOT '96 District Size Item Definitions

Districts are grouped by size into nine categories based on the number of students in membership. This is the total number of students in membership in the district on a day in late October. It does not include students who are served by the district but who are not in membership there.

1995-96 District Size Groups (Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts in each category.)
District Size 50,000 and Over 25,000 to 49,999 10,000 to 24,999 5,000 to 9,999 3,000 to 4,999 1,600 to 2,999 1,000 to 1,599 500 to 999 Under 500
Count of Districts 9 24 44 67 80 135 118 203 364
2. Total Number of Schools 1,082 1,040 1,003 689 548 636 430 603 612
3. Number of Regular High Schools 174 146 152 117 115 171 138 208 172

STUDENTS
4. Total Students 789,576 816,490 695,776 436,178 311,759 293,919 151,782 150,034 94,746
5. 5 YR % Change in Total Students 9.0 12.0 10.5 14.6 9.0 10.5 8.4 10.7 8.6
6. % African American 25 12 13 11 13 9 9 7 6
7. % Hispanic 47 34 48 30 26 30 25 23 23
8. % White 25 49 38 58 59 60 65 70 71
9. % Other 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
10. % Economically Disadvantaged 59.0 37.1 52.9 39.2 42.1 45.8 45.3 43.1 48.4
11. % Special Education 10 11 11 11 12 13 14 15 16
12. % Bilingual/ESL Education 18 11 15 8 6 6 4 4 5
13. % Career & Technology Ed. 14 15 17 16 19 21 22 23 25
14. % Gifted & Talented Ed. 10 6 8 7 6 7 7 8 8
15. Attendance Rate (94-95) 94.2 95.4 95.2 95.2 95.2 95.5 95.8 96.1 96.4
16. Annual Dropout Rate (94-95) 2.4 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.8
17. Number of Graduates (Class of 1995) 29,462 37,273 30,966 19,902 15,006 14,899 8,048 7,986 5,338
TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING '96
18. All Tests Taken 58.4 72.2 65.9 69.5 67.9 67.1 68.4 72.1 70.5
19. Reading 73.9 84.5 79.3 82.4 81.3 80.1 81.5 83.8 83.2
20. Writing 77.1 85.8 82.2 84.1 83.9 83.0 84.2 86.8 85.1
21. Mathematics 66.0 78.4 73.1 76.4 75.0 75.0 75.9 79.5 78.1
22. African American 45.5 52.2 48.0 44.7 43.8 44.3 43.8 46.1 43.0
23. Hispanic 49.7 57.6 56.1 54.6 54.8 52.5 52.8 56.2 55.1
24. White 80.4 83.4 80.8 79.5 77.3 76.5 76.8 78.5 76.4
25. Other 78.4 84.3 79.4 80.9 77.3 79.0 75.6 82.7 76.9
26. Economically Disadvantaged 46.5 55.8 53.5 52.4 53.2 52.8 54.8 59.0 59.9
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 1995)
27. Percent Tested 63.2 69.7 60.3 66.4 62.2 62.3 66.9 66.5 70.2
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion 17.3 24.8 15.4 19.6 15.4 13.4 13.7 13.4 12.7
29. SAT: Mean Total Score 861 924 890 910 879 865 857 860 852
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score 19.8 20.9 19.4 20.3 20.1 19.7 19.8 19.8 19.5

STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE 89,139 94,978 87,667 54,679 39,568 38,263 20,532 21,262 15,736
32. Total Teacher FTE 47,127 50,464 43,376 27,860 20,464 19,795 10,965 11,690 8,630
33. % Central Administrative 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
34. % Campus Administrative 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
35. % Professional Support Staff 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 3
36. % Teachers 53 53 49 51 52 52 53 55 55
37. % Educational Aides 8 8 10 10 10 11 12 11 11
38. % Auxiliary Staff 29 28 31 30 29 28 26 25 26
39. Average Central Administr. Salary 65,006 66,188 65,061 60,717 56,988 54,073 51,596 51,357 48,885
40. Average Campus Administr. Salary 53,207 51,200 51,469 47,993 46,386 44,840 44,261 44,304 42,637
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary 40,945 39,121 39,306 36,307 36,177 34,462 33,726 32,739 31,018
42. Average Teacher Salary 33,400 32,163 31,903 30,671 30,143 29,615 29,305 29,147 28,612
43. % Minority 53 30 46 30 25 26 19 14 15
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff 8.9 8.6 7.9 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.0
45. Number of Students Per Teacher 16.8 16.2 16.0 15.7 15.2 14.8 13.8 12.8 11.0

TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits 1.8 3.6 4.7 3.5 3.7 4.2 3.6 3.2 4.7
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience 32.0 34.0 34.1 33.5 32.8 33.2 31.9 32.2 35.3
48. Average Years of Experience 12.4 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.7 11.6 11.8 11.6 11.1
49. % With Advanced Degrees 33.3 29.6 25.8 26.9 25.5 22.9 22.8 20.9 19.0
50. Teacher Turnover Rate 11.0 10.8 11.6 12.2 12.9 14.0 13.5 14.0 16.4
51. % African American 23 5 7 4 6 3 3 2 2
52. % Hispanic 17 14 26 14 8 11 7 5 5
53. % White 59 80 66 81 86 85 90 94 93
54. % Other 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
55. % Regular Education 66 70 70 73 74 74 77 77 78
56. % Special Education 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8
57. % Compensatory Education 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education 13 7 9 4 3 3 1 1 1
59. % Career & Technology Education 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7
60. % Other Education (Includes G&T) 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil 206,785 173,403 153,159 170,938 160,176 162,218 193,737 166,986 236,875
62. Equalized Total Tax Rate 1.361 1.494 1.449 1.437 1.433 1.392 1.242 1.339 1.318
63. State Aid Per Pupil 1,605 2,067 2,460 2,225 2,253 2,467 2,885 3,276 3,381
64. Total Revenue 3,952,388,259 4,262,306,288 3,667,410,381 2,255,175,045 1,584,164,152 1,513,002,287 824,176,491 860,124,106 636,449,503
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil 5,006 5,220 5,271 5,170 5,081 5,148 5,430 5,733 6,717
66. % State 32 40 47 44 45 49 54 56 51
67. % Local and Other 59 53 44 49 47 44 39 38 43
68. % Federal 9 6 9 7 7 8 7 6 6

FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 94-95) 469,581,060 663,073,232 543,198,223 360,199,149 278,862,502 340,730,162 246,421,321 252,346,833 240,976,046
70. % Fund Balance (of 95-96 Budget) 14 18 17 19 20 25 31 31 38

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures 4,169,084,027 4,327,730,906 3,742,354,643 2,290,481,889 1,623,862,784 1,522,393,835 832,678,701 871,998,492 659,087,171
72. % Instructional 53 52 52 51 52 52 52 53 51
73. % Central Administrative 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 9
74. % School Leadership 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
75. % Plant Services 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9
76. % Other Operating 15 14 16 15 16 16 16 15 14
77. % Non-Operating 10 12 11 13 11 11 11 11 12
78. Total Operating Expenditures 3,750,262,794 3,823,935,738 3,329,957,460 1,989,171,634 1,441,195,365 1,354,042,282 742,140,585 778,795,375 580,666,672
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil 4,750 4,683 4,786 4,560 4,623 4,607 4,890 5,191 6,129

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures 2,208,341,749 2,263,798,231 1,938,863,381 1,162,276,897 838,715,433 790,863,824 433,612,957 461,133,971 333,037,867
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil 2,797 2,773 2,787 2,665 2,690 2,691 2,857 3,074 3,515
82. % Regular Education 62 70 67 70 68 68 68 69 68
83. % Special Education 11 12 11 12 12 11 11 11 10
84. % Compensatory Education 15 10 12 11 12 13 13 13 13
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education 7 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
86. % Career & Technology Education 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 6
87. % Gifted & Talented Education 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1



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