SNAPSHOT '98: 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 19 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education for operation during 1997-98. Open-enrollment charters operate in a facility of a commercial or nonprofit entity or a school district.

1997-98 Community Type (Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts included 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 37 92 77 112 212 441 19

2. Total Number of Schools 1,141 1,373 1,007 653 613 371 971 904 20

3. Number of Regular High Schools 133 138 97 99 82 94 213 240 0

STUDENTS

4. Total Students 801,387 1,086,938 646,593 367,299 326,301 115,100 378,217 166,186 3,856

5. 5 YR % Change in Total Students 7.1 16.0 7.5 11.0 7.4 32.2 2.9 4.3 0.0

6. % African American 24 14 13 8 13 3 12 7 28

7. % Hispanic 54 28 44 42 30 23 33 26 47

8. % White 19 52 41 48 57 73 55 67 22

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

10. % Economically Disadvantaged 65.3 34.1 52.8 50.0 47.1 38.2 49.4 49.3 40.2

11. % Special Education 11 11 12 11 13 14 14 16 4

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

13. % Career & Technology Ed. 15 15 17 18 19 23 22 25 37

14. % Gifted & Talented Ed. 9 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 4

15. Attendance Rate (96-97) 94.3 95.5 95.1 95.5 95.1 95.8 95.5 96.2 87.7

16. Annual Dropout Rate (96-97) 2.1 1.2 1.7 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.0 10.9

17. Number of Graduates (Class of 1997) 31,042 49,977 29,625 17,769 17,172 5,663 20,809 9,633 123

TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING '98

18. All Tests Taken 68.3 82.5 77.8 78.7 77.8 80.9 78.2 80.9 58.0

19. Reading 80.6 90.6 86.7 87.4 86.9 89.5 86.8 89.0 75.4

20. Writing 82.1 90.2 87.5 87.9 86.8 89.5 87.8 89.5 72.1

21. Mathematics 75.8 87.5 84.5 85.5 84.8 86.9 85.5 87.7 64.2

22. African American 59.0 68.7 63.5 59.6 58.0 63.7 60.8 59.6 49.6

23. Hispanic 63.9 71.1 69.1 71.9 67.5 64.4 68.4 70.8 35.5

24. White 87.5 89.9 88.7 86.4 86.2 85.8 86.5 85.9 83.5

25. Other 83.1 89.9 90.0 85.2 86.3 88.1 86.8 84.7 83.3

26. Economically Disadvantaged 60.8 69.5 67.1 69.3 66.2 67.9 68.0 72.7 38.3

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 1997)

27. Percent Tested 62.3 69.0 59.5 59.3 59.0 67.1 62.3 68.9 26.0

28. Percent At Or Above Criterion 14.2 23.4 17.1 12.5 13.9 15.6 12.5 13.0 0.0

29. SAT I: Mean Total Score 945 1,027 1,010 971 982 980 967 963 756

30. ACT: Mean Composite Score 19.5 21.0 20.1 19.4 20.1 20.2 19.7 19.6 14.7

STAFF

31. Total Staff FTE 92,147 128,933 83,109 48,458 43,971 15,677 52,731 26,553 378

32. Total Teacher FTE 47,762 68,647 42,023 23,861 21,937 8,410 27,201 14,523 195

33. % Central Administrative 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4

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

35. % Professional Support Staff 8 7 8 6 6 5 5 4 17

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

37. % Educational Aides 7 8 11 12 13 11 13 13 4

38. % Auxiliary Staff 30 28 28 29 28 26 27 24 21

39. Average Central Administr. Salary 68,284 71,643 67,136 61,715 61,369 57,482 57,934 53,200 49,383

40. Average Campus Administr. Salary 55,244 54,775 52,818 49,705 48,566 47,789 48,126 46,425 46,247

41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary 43,428 41,827 40,400 39,030 37,666 36,773 37,846 35,232 26,889

42. Average Teacher Salary 35,056 34,234 33,398 32,545 32,341 31,547 32,614 32,040 28,520

43. % Minority 58 27 43 42 27 17 26 16 62

44. Number of Students Per Total Staff 8.7 8.4 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.3 7.2 6.3 10.2

45. Number of Students Per Teacher 16.8 15.8 15.4 15.4 14.9 13.7 13.9 11.4 19.8

TEACHERS

46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits 4.0 3.8 4.2 5.0 3.8 3.9 4.2 3.5 0.0

47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience 33.0 36.5 33.0 34.9 30.7 36.0 29.8 31.2 76.1

48. Average Years of Experience 12.5 11.1 11.9 11.3 12.3 10.7 12.4 12.1 4.3

49. % With Advanced Degrees 31.8 28.5 25.7 19.5 26.3 19.1 21.8 18.5 22.7

50. Teacher Turnover Rate 12.8 13.3 12.2 14.3 13.0 15.6 13.5 15.3 52.2

51. % African American 22 6 6 4 4 1 4 2 31

52. % Hispanic 22 9 25 27 11 7 11 6 21

53. % White 54 84 69 69 84 91 85 93 44

54. % Other 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 4

55. % Regular Education 66 74 67 72 71 75 74 78 88

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

57. % Compensatory Education 2 3 5 3 7 5 5 5 2

58. % Bilingual/ESL Education 13 5 8 7 4 2 3 1 3

59. % Career & Technology Education 4 3 4 4 5 5 5 7 5

60. % Other Education (Includes G&T) 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 1 2

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES

61. Taxable Value Per Pupil 205,303 196,949 158,847 135,807 145,083 158,717 196,237 228,073 0

62. Equalized Total Tax Rate 1.460 1.611 1.495 1.513 1.461 1.469 1.338 1.342 0.000

63. State Aid Per Pupil 1,846 1,963 2,480 2,927 2,634 3,154 2,686 3,535 5,093

64. Total Revenue 4,305,292,570 6,066,012,292 3,482,662,426 2,002,839,552 1,678,132,557 677,956,072 2,130,833,924 1,121,095,778 18,238,322

65. Total Revenue Per Pupil 5,372 5,581 5,386 5,453 5,143 5,890 5,634 6,746 4,730

66. % State 38 38 48 56 53 55 51 55 94

67. % Local and Other 58 60 48 40 43 42 45 43 5

68. % Federal 5 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 1

FUND BALANCES

69. Fund Balance (End of 96-97) 486,194,119 1,098,184,327 677,559,313 407,079,704 336,344,133 179,949,825 612,787,140 417,556,729 946,827

70. % Fund Balance (of 97-98 Budget) 12 21 21 22 22 29 29 37 5

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES

71. Total Expenditures 4,481,913,090 6,031,829,602 3,567,911,839 2,012,738,113 1,717,663,272 677,513,014 2,146,559,967 1,129,952,155 17,837,263

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

73. % Central Administrative 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 12

74. % School Leadership 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8

75. % Plant Services 11 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 18

76. % Other Operating 16 15 17 17 17 16 17 16 12

77. % Non-Operating 9 13 10 11 10 12 9 9 1

78. Total Operating Expenditures 4,076,246,126 5,235,410,721 3,218,588,654 1,794,954,296 1,539,813,333 596,280,000 1,959,850,919 1,026,419,629 17,724,613

79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil 5,086 4,817 4,978 4,887 4,719 5,181 5,182 6,176 4,597

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES

80. Total Instructional Expenditures 2,352,323,662 3,063,149,606 1,850,421,283 1,018,904,328 891,762,422 344,217,418 1,123,573,131 592,743,129 8,716,229

81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil 2,935 2,818 2,862 2,774 2,733 2,991 2,971 3,567 2,260

82. % Regular Education 66 72 72 73 72 72 71 71 90

83. % Special Education 12 12 12 11 12 13 11 12 0

84. % Compensatory Education 11 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 7

85. % Bilingual/ESL Education 6 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 2

86. % Career & Technology Education 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 1

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	37	92	77	112	212	441	19
2. Total Number of Schools	1,141	1,373	1,007	653	613	371	971	904	20
3. Number of Regular High Schools	133	138	97	99	82	94	213	240	0
STUDENTS
4. Total Students	801,387	1,086,938	646,593	367,299	326,301	115,100	378,217	166,186	3,856
5. 5 YR % Change in Total Students	7.1	16.0	7.5	11.0	7.4	32.2	2.9	4.3	0.0
6. % African American	24	14	13	8	13	3	12	7	28
7. % Hispanic	54	28	44	42	30	23	33	26	47
8. % White	19	52	41	48	57	73	55	67	22
9. % Other	2	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
10. % Economically Disadvantaged	65.3	34.1	52.8	50.0	47.1	38.2	49.4	49.3	40.2
11. % Special Education	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	16	4
12. % Bilingual/ESL Education	20	10	14	14	6	5	6	5	5
13. % Career & Technology Ed.	15	15	17	18	19	23	22	25	37
14. % Gifted & Talented Ed.	9	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	4
15. Attendance Rate (96-97)	94.3	95.5	95.1	95.5	95.1	95.8	95.5	96.2	87.7
16. Annual Dropout Rate (96-97)	2.1	1.2	1.7	1.3	1.3	0.9	1.3	1.0	10.9
17. Number of Graduates (Class of 1997)	31,042	49,977	29,625	17,769	17,172	5,663	20,809	9,633	123
TAAS % STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES SPRING '98
18. All Tests Taken	68.3	82.5	77.8	78.7	77.8	80.9	78.2	80.9	58.0
19. Reading	80.6	90.6	86.7	87.4	86.9	89.5	86.8	89.0	75.4
20. Writing	82.1	90.2	87.5	87.9	86.8	89.5	87.8	89.5	72.1
21. Mathematics	75.8	87.5	84.5	85.5	84.8	86.9	85.5	87.7	64.2
22. African American	59.0	68.7	63.5	59.6	58.0	63.7	60.8	59.6	49.6
23. Hispanic	63.9	71.1	69.1	71.9	67.5	64.4	68.4	70.8	35.5
24. White	87.5	89.9	88.7	86.4	86.2	85.8	86.5	85.9	83.5
25. Other	83.1	89.9	90.0	85.2	86.3	88.1	86.8	84.7	83.3
26. Economically Disadvantaged	60.8	69.5	67.1	69.3	66.2	67.9	68.0	72.7	38.3
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS (CLASS OF 1997)
27. Percent Tested	62.3	69.0	59.5	59.3	59.0	67.1	62.3	68.9	26.0
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion	14.2	23.4	17.1	12.5	13.9	15.6	12.5	13.0	0.0
29. SAT I: Mean Total Score	945	1,027	1,010	971	982	980	967	963	756
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score	19.5	21.0	20.1	19.4	20.1	20.2	19.7	19.6	14.7
STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE	92,147	128,933	83,109	48,458	43,971	15,677	52,731	26,553	378
32. Total Teacher FTE	47,762	68,647	42,023	23,861	21,937	8,410	27,201	14,523	195
33. % Central Administrative	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	4
34. % Campus Administrative	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
35. % Professional Support Staff	8	7	8	6	6	5	5	4	17
36. % Teachers	52	53	51	49	50	54	52	55	52
37. % Educational Aides	7	8	11	12	13	11	13	13	4
38. % Auxiliary Staff	30	28	28	29	28	26	27	24	21
39. Average Central Administr. Salary	68,284	71,643	67,136	61,715	61,369	57,482	57,934	53,200	49,383
40. Average Campus Administr. Salary	55,244	54,775	52,818	49,705	48,566	47,789	48,126	46,425	46,247
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary	43,428	41,827	40,400	39,030	37,666	36,773	37,846	35,232	26,889
42. Average Teacher Salary	35,056	34,234	33,398	32,545	32,341	31,547	32,614	32,040	28,520
43. % Minority	58	27	43	42	27	17	26	16	62
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff	8.7	8.4	7.8	7.6	7.4	7.3	7.2	6.3	10.2
45. Number of Students Per Teacher	16.8	15.8	15.4	15.4	14.9	13.7	13.9	11.4	19.8
TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits	4.0	3.8	4.2	5.0	3.8	3.9	4.2	3.5	0.0
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience	33.0	36.5	33.0	34.9	30.7	36.0	29.8	31.2	76.1
48. Average Years of Experience	12.5	11.1	11.9	11.3	12.3	10.7	12.4	12.1	4.3
49. % With Advanced Degrees	31.8	28.5	25.7	19.5	26.3	19.1	21.8	18.5	22.7
50. Teacher Turnover Rate	12.8	13.3	12.2	14.3	13.0	15.6	13.5	15.3	52.2
51. % African American	22	6	6	4	4	1	4	2	31
52. % Hispanic	22	9	25	27	11	7	11	6	21
53. % White	54	84	69	69	84	91	85	93	44
54. % Other	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4
55. % Regular Education	66	74	67	72	71	75	74	78	88
56. % Special Education	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	8	0
57. % Compensatory Education	2	3	5	3	7	5	5	5	2
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education	13	5	8	7	4	2	3	1	3
59. % Career & Technology Education	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	7	5
60. % Other Education (Includes G&T)	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	2
TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil	205,303	196,949	158,847	135,807	145,083	158,717	196,237	228,073	0
62. Equalized Total Tax Rate	1.460	1.611	1.495	1.513	1.461	1.469	1.338	1.342	0.000
63. State Aid Per Pupil	1,846	1,963	2,480	2,927	2,634	3,154	2,686	3,535	5,093
64. Total Revenue	4,305,292,570	6,066,012,292	3,482,662,426	2,002,839,552	1,678,132,557	677,956,072	2,130,833,924	1,121,095,778	18,238,322
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil	5,372	5,581	5,386	5,453	5,143	5,890	5,634	6,746	4,730
66. % State	38	38	48	56	53	55	51	55	94
67. % Local and Other	58	60	48	40	43	42	45	43	5
68. % Federal	5	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	1
FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 96-97)	486,194,119	1,098,184,327	677,559,313	407,079,704	336,344,133	179,949,825	612,787,140	417,556,729	946,827
70. % Fund Balance (of 97-98 Budget)	12	21	21	22	22	29	29	37	5
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures	4,481,913,090	6,031,829,602	3,567,911,839	2,012,738,113	1,717,663,272	677,513,014	2,146,559,967	1,129,952,155	17,837,263
72. % Instructional	52	51	52	51	52	51	52	52	49
73. % Central Administrative	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	12
74. % School Leadership	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8
75. % Plant Services	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	18
76. % Other Operating	16	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	12
77. % Non-Operating	9	13	10	11	10	12	9	9	1
78. Total Operating Expenditures	4,076,246,126	5,235,410,721	3,218,588,654	1,794,954,296	1,539,813,333	596,280,000	1,959,850,919	1,026,419,629	17,724,613
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil	5,086	4,817	4,978	4,887	4,719	5,181	5,182	6,176	4,597
BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures	2,352,323,662	3,063,149,606	1,850,421,283	1,018,904,328	891,762,422	344,217,418	1,123,573,131	592,743,129	8,716,229
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil	2,935	2,818	2,862	2,774	2,733	2,991	2,971	3,567	2,260
82. % Regular Education	66	72	72	73	72	72	71	71	90
83. % Special Education	12	12	12	11	12	13	11	12	0
84. % Compensatory Education	11	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	7
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education	6	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	2
86. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	1
87. % Gifted & Talented Education	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0