SNAPSHOT '97: 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. A district is designated major urban if the county population was greater than 650,000, 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 650,000 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.

• Charter Schools
The 16 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education for operation during 1996-97. Open-enrollment charter schools operate in a facility of a commercial or nonprofit entity or a school district.

1996-97 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 Charters

Count of Districts 9 62 33 87 78 130 214 430 16

2. Total Number of Schools 1,115 1,327 958 601 611 404 980 863 16

3. Number of High Schools 189 177 139 122 132 139 288 267 7

STUDENTS

4. Total Students 793,728 1,054,641 621,927 356,414 329,388 126,586 386,478 157,401 2,412

5. 5 YR % Change in Total Students 7.1 16.1 8.4 12.8 8.0 32.7 4.0 5.2 n/a

6. % African American 24 14 13 8 13 3 11 7 27

7. % Hispanic 54 27 44 42 29 22 33 26 50

8. % White 20 53 41 48 57 74 55 67 20

9. % Other 2 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 3

10. % Economically Disadvantaged 64.1 33.8 52.8 51.0 46.0 38.4 48.5 49.4 48.3

11. % Special Education 10 11 12 11 13 14 13 16 2

12. % Bilingual/ESL Education 20 10 14 14 6 5 6 5 6

13. % Career & Technology Ed. 14 16 17 17 19 22 22 25 17

14. % Gifted & Talented Ed. 9 8 8 8 6 8 7 8 1

15. Attendance Rate (95-96) 94.2 95.5 95.0 95.3 95.0 95.8 95.4 96.2 n/a

16. Annual Dropout Rate (95-96) 2.5 1.3 2.0 1.4 1.5 0.9 1.4 0.9 n/a

17. Number of Graduates (Class of 1996) 29,092 47,375 27,648 16,537 15,987 6,007 20,236 8,905 n/a

TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING '97

18. All Tests Taken 62.9 78.5 72.8 74.2 73.6 77.5 73.9 76.6 47.7

19. Reading 76.9 88.2 83.5 84.2 84.1 87.1 84.0 86.2 70.4

20. Writing 79.2 88.7 84.5 85.4 85.2 88.1 86.1 87.5 74.6

21. Mathematics 70.7 84.1 80.1 81.6 80.9 83.9 81.8 84.0 54.5

22. African American 52.2 62.8 55.4 51.2 51.8 60.3 54.7 52.2 31.8

23. Hispanic 57.7 64.4 62.7 66.3 61.6 57.7 62.6 64.3 24.9

24. White 84.6 86.8 85.9 83.3 83.0 83.0 83.1 82.8 80.9

25. Other 80.1 87.5 87.4 81.6 82.7 87.9 81.3 78.9 80.0

26. Econom-
ically Disadvantaged 54.3 63.5 60.4 63.0 60.4 63.2 62.5 66.8 29.4

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 1996)

27. Percent Tested 64.2 69.8 60.4 60.4 61.4 67.1 63.7 67.3 n/a

28. Percent At Or Above Criterion 14.2 23.8 17.2 12.6 14.2 14.8 13.0 11.9 n/a

29. SAT I: Mean Total Score 945 1,029 1,011 975 983 973 969 958 n/a

30. ACT: Mean Composite Score 19.3 21.0 20.0 19.3 20.0 20.2 19.8 19.6 n/a

STAFF

31. Total Staff FTE 91,101 122,834 78,790 46,435 42,743 16,877 52,901 24,953 243

32. Total Teacher FTE 47,442 65,302 40,044 22,800 21,833 9,111 27,315 13,680 123

33. % Central Administrative 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 7

34. % Campus Administrative 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 5

35. % Professional Support Staff 8 7 8 6 6 5 5 3 15

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

37. % Educational Aides 7 7 10 11 11 10 11 12 6

38. % Auxiliary Staff 30 29 29 31 28 27 28 25 16

39. Average Central Administr. Salary 65,775 68,596 65,231 60,201 58,640 55,113 54,522 50,846 40,451

40. Average Campus Administr. Salary 54,525 53,193 51,635 48,580 47,144 46,588 46,537 44,724 68,062

41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary 43,034 40,542 39,443 37,854 36,292 35,724 36,273 33,934 25,507

42. Average Teacher Salary 34,085 33,197 32,455 31,470 31,013 30,332 31,291 30,475 26,476

43. % Minority 57 25 43 42 27 16 26 16 62

44. Number of Students Per Total Staff 8.7 8.6 7.9 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.3 6.3 9.9

45. Number of Students Per Teacher 16.7 16.2 15.5 15.6 15.1 13.9 14.1 11.5 19.6

TEACHERS

46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits 4.0 3.5 3.9 5.0 3.6 4.2 3.6 3.6 0.8

47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience 32.8 35.2 33.1 35.0 31.3 35.5 31.1 32.3 72.4

48. Average Years of Experience 12.3 11.2 11.8 11.2 12.2 10.8 12.1 11.8 4.9

49. % With Advanced Degrees 32.2 29.4 28.0 20.9 26.5 19.9 22.1 19.8 25.7

50. Teacher Turnover Rate 11.6 13.3 11.1 13.1 12.0 14.3 13.5 15.0 n/a

51. % African American 22 6 6 4 5 1 4 2 26

52. % Hispanic 21 8 25 27 10 7 10 5 22

53. % White 55 85 68 69 85 91 85 92 47

54. % Other 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 5

55. % Regular Education 68 73 68 72 71 76 75 78 80

56. % Special Education 10 10 10 9 10 9 9 8 0

57. % Compensatory Education 2 3 5 4 7 4 6 5 8

58. % Bilingual/ESL Education 13 5 8 8 3 2 3 1 3

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

60. % Other Education (Includes G&T) 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 1 4

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES

61. Taxable Value Per Pupil 197,266 189,002 149,563 126,750 131,311 162,662 185,384 200,581 0

62. Equalized Total Tax Rate 1.440 1.603 1.494 1.547 1.477 1.480 1.360 1.412 0.000

63. State Aid Per Pupil 1,750 1,879 2,392 2,769 2,530 2,990 2,593 3,494 3,994

64. Total Revenue 3,998,005,358 5,453,679,476 3,170,500,152 1,826,822,384 1,578,927,943 708,293,022 2,037,221,351 993,022,075 14,315,780

65. Total Revenue Per Pupil 5,037 5,171 5,098 5,126 4,794 5,595 5,271 6,309 5,935

66. % State 36 38 48 54 53 54 50 55 85

67. % Local and Other 59 60 47 41 44 44 46 42 12

68. % Federal 5 2 4 4 3 2 4 3 2

FUND BALANCES

69. Fund Balance (End of 95-96) 521,686,334 981,770,322 617,632,743 350,385,956 295,365,290 184,705,606 590,336,541 386,913,714 0

70. % Fund Balance (of 96-97 Budget) 14 20 21 21 20 28 30 38 0

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES

71. Total Expenditures 4,158,461,837 5,572,333,659 3,239,610,934 1,847,991,352 1,617,897,035 709,275,285 2,057,089,899 1,010,847,495 10,895,523

72. % Instructional 53 51 52 50 52 50 52 52 45

73. % Central Administrative 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 18

74. % School Leadership 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9

75. % Plant Services 11 11 10 11 10 9 10 10 15

76. % Other Operating 16 15 17 17 17 16 17 16 14

77. % Non-Operating 9 13 10 12 11 13 9 9 0

78. Total Operating Expenditures 3,776,525,100 4,856,166,966 2,918,577,634 1,634,808,069 1,447,546,687 616,521,282 1,879,808,767 921,192,881 10,865,270

79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil 4,758 4,605 4,693 4,587 4,395 4,870 4,864 5,853 4,505

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES

80. Total Instructional Expenditures 2,193,607,286 2,840,396,373 1,700,110,110 925,750,450 837,067,877 355,137,752 1,076,485,827 529,603,710 4,850,240

81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil 2,764 2,693 2,734 2,597 2,541 2,806 2,785 3,365 2,011

82. % Regular Education 65 74 72 73 72 72 71 71 79

83. % Special Education 12 12 12 11 11 13 11 12 1

84. % Compensatory Education 10 6 8 8 8 7 9 9 7

85. % Bilingual/ESL Education 7 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 4

86. % Career & Technology Education 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 9

87. % Gifted & Talented Education 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0

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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	Charters
Count of Districts	9	62	33	87	78	130	214	430	16
2. Total Number of Schools	1,115	1,327	958	601	611	404	980	863	16
3. Number of High Schools	189	177	139	122	132	139	288	267	7
STUDENTS
4. Total Students	793,728	1,054,641	621,927	356,414	329,388	126,586	386,478	157,401	2,412
5. 5 YR % Change in Total Students	7.1	16.1	8.4	12.8	8.0	32.7	4.0	5.2	n/a
6. % African American	24	14	13	8	13	3	11	7	27
7. % Hispanic	54	27	44	42	29	22	33	26	50
8. % White	20	53	41	48	57	74	55	67	20
9. % Other	2	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
10. % Economically Disadvantaged	64.1	33.8	52.8	51.0	46.0	38.4	48.5	49.4	48.3
11. % Special Education	10	11	12	11	13	14	13	16	2
12. % Bilingual/ESL Education	20	10	14	14	6	5	6	5	6
13. % Career & Technology Ed.	14	16	17	17	19	22	22	25	17
14. % Gifted & Talented Ed.	9	8	8	8	6	8	7	8	1
15. Attendance Rate (95-96)	94.2	95.5	95.0	95.3	95.0	95.8	95.4	96.2	n/a
16. Annual Dropout Rate (95-96)	2.5	1.3	2.0	1.4	1.5	0.9	1.4	0.9	n/a
17. Number of Graduates (Class of 1996)	29,092	47,375	27,648	16,537	15,987	6,007	20,236	8,905	n/a
TAAS % STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES SPRING '97
18. All Tests Taken	62.9	78.5	72.8	74.2	73.6	77.5	73.9	76.6	47.7
19. Reading	76.9	88.2	83.5	84.2	84.1	87.1	84.0	86.2	70.4
20. Writing	79.2	88.7	84.5	85.4	85.2	88.1	86.1	87.5	74.6
21. Mathematics	70.7	84.1	80.1	81.6	80.9	83.9	81.8	84.0	54.5
22. African American	52.2	62.8	55.4	51.2	51.8	60.3	54.7	52.2	31.8
23. Hispanic	57.7	64.4	62.7	66.3	61.6	57.7	62.6	64.3	24.9
24. White	84.6	86.8	85.9	83.3	83.0	83.0	83.1	82.8	80.9
25. Other	80.1	87.5	87.4	81.6	82.7	87.9	81.3	78.9	80.0
26. Econom- ically Disadvantaged	54.3	63.5	60.4	63.0	60.4	63.2	62.5	66.8	29.4
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS (CLASS OF 1996)
27. Percent Tested	64.2	69.8	60.4	60.4	61.4	67.1	63.7	67.3	n/a
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion	14.2	23.8	17.2	12.6	14.2	14.8	13.0	11.9	n/a
29. SAT I: Mean Total Score	945	1,029	1,011	975	983	973	969	958	n/a
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score	19.3	21.0	20.0	19.3	20.0	20.2	19.8	19.6	n/a
STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE	91,101	122,834	78,790	46,435	42,743	16,877	52,901	24,953	243
32. Total Teacher FTE	47,442	65,302	40,044	22,800	21,833	9,111	27,315	13,680	123
33. % Central Administrative	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	7
34. % Campus Administrative	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	5
35. % Professional Support Staff	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	3	15
36. % Teachers	52	53	51	49	51	54	52	55	51
37. % Educational Aides	7	7	10	11	11	10	11	12	6
38. % Auxiliary Staff	30	29	29	31	28	27	28	25	16
39. Average Central Administr. Salary	65,775	68,596	65,231	60,201	58,640	55,113	54,522	50,846	40,451
40. Average Campus Administr. Salary	54,525	53,193	51,635	48,580	47,144	46,588	46,537	44,724	68,062
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary	43,034	40,542	39,443	37,854	36,292	35,724	36,273	33,934	25,507
42. Average Teacher Salary	34,085	33,197	32,455	31,470	31,013	30,332	31,291	30,475	26,476
43. % Minority	57	25	43	42	27	16	26	16	62
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff	8.7	8.6	7.9	7.7	7.7	7.5	7.3	6.3	9.9
45. Number of Students Per Teacher	16.7	16.2	15.5	15.6	15.1	13.9	14.1	11.5	19.6
TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits	4.0	3.5	3.9	5.0	3.6	4.2	3.6	3.6	0.8
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience	32.8	35.2	33.1	35.0	31.3	35.5	31.1	32.3	72.4
48. Average Years of Experience	12.3	11.2	11.8	11.2	12.2	10.8	12.1	11.8	4.9
49. % With Advanced Degrees	32.2	29.4	28.0	20.9	26.5	19.9	22.1	19.8	25.7
50. Teacher Turnover Rate	11.6	13.3	11.1	13.1	12.0	14.3	13.5	15.0	n/a
51. % African American	22	6	6	4	5	1	4	2	26
52. % Hispanic	21	8	25	27	10	7	10	5	22
53. % White	55	85	68	69	85	91	85	92	47
54. % Other	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	5
55. % Regular Education	68	73	68	72	71	76	75	78	80
56. % Special Education	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	8	0
57. % Compensatory Education	2	3	5	4	7	4	6	5	8
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education	13	5	8	8	3	2	3	1	3
59. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	4
60. % Other Education (Includes G&T)	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	4
TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil	197,266	189,002	149,563	126,750	131,311	162,662	185,384	200,581	0
62. Equalized Total Tax Rate	1.440	1.603	1.494	1.547	1.477	1.480	1.360	1.412	0.000
63. State Aid Per Pupil	1,750	1,879	2,392	2,769	2,530	2,990	2,593	3,494	3,994
64. Total Revenue	3,998,005,358	5,453,679,476	3,170,500,152	1,826,822,384	1,578,927,943	708,293,022	2,037,221,351	993,022,075	14,315,780
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil	5,037	5,171	5,098	5,126	4,794	5,595	5,271	6,309	5,935
66. % State	36	38	48	54	53	54	50	55	85
67. % Local and Other	59	60	47	41	44	44	46	42	12
68. % Federal	5	2	4	4	3	2	4	3	2
FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 95-96)	521,686,334	981,770,322	617,632,743	350,385,956	295,365,290	184,705,606	590,336,541	386,913,714	0
70. % Fund Balance (of 96-97 Budget)	14	20	21	21	20	28	30	38	0
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures	4,158,461,837	5,572,333,659	3,239,610,934	1,847,991,352	1,617,897,035	709,275,285	2,057,089,899	1,010,847,495	10,895,523
72. % Instructional	53	51	52	50	52	50	52	52	45
73. % Central Administrative	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	8	18
74. % School Leadership	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9
75. % Plant Services	11	11	10	11	10	9	10	10	15
76. % Other Operating	16	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	14
77. % Non-Operating	9	13	10	12	11	13	9	9	0
78. Total Operating Expenditures	3,776,525,100	4,856,166,966	2,918,577,634	1,634,808,069	1,447,546,687	616,521,282	1,879,808,767	921,192,881	10,865,270
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil	4,758	4,605	4,693	4,587	4,395	4,870	4,864	5,853	4,505
BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures	2,193,607,286	2,840,396,373	1,700,110,110	925,750,450	837,067,877	355,137,752	1,076,485,827	529,603,710	4,850,240
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil	2,764	2,693	2,734	2,597	2,541	2,806	2,785	3,365	2,011
82. % Regular Education	65	74	72	73	72	72	71	71	79
83. % Special Education	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	12	1
84. % Compensatory Education	10	6	8	8	8	7	9	9	7
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education	7	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	4
86. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	9
87. % Gifted & Talented Education	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0