SNAPSHOT '99: 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. Major urban districts are the districts with the greatest membership in counties with populations of 650,000 or more, and more than 35 percent of the students are identified as economically disadvantaged.
• Major Suburban: Other school districts in and around the major urban areas. Generally speaking, 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 Texas cities. Other central city districts are the largest districts in counties with populations between 100,000 and 650,000 and are not contiguous to any major urban districts.
• Other Central City Suburban: Other school districts in and around the other large, but not major, Texas cities. Generally speaking, 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 size of the district designated as central city. In some cases, other size threshold criteria may apply.
• Independent Town: The largest school districts in counties with populations of 25,000 to 100,000.
• 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 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 61 open-enrollment schools granted a charter by the State Board of Education and in operation by the fall of the 1998-99 school year. Open-enrollment charters operate in a facility of a commercial or non-profit entity or a school district.

1998-99 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 38 92 77 88 237 439 61

2. Total Number of Schools
1,154 1,421 1,042 659 625 288 1,072 901 66

STUDENTS

3. Total Students
805,842 1,116,277 665,642 359,201 328,234 95,835 404,730 157,380 12,226

4. % African American
24 15 12 8 12 4 11 7 33

5. % Hispanic
55 29 46 40 31 23 33 26 43

6. % White
19 50 40 50 56 72 55 67 22

7. % Other
2 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 2

8. % Economically Disadvantaged
64.5 34.8 53.0 48.8 47.7 36.7 49.9 49.4 52.6

9. % Special Education
11 11 12 12 13 14 14 16 6

10. % Bilingual/ESL Education
20 10 15 12 6 6 6 5 3

11. % Career & Technology Ed.
16 16 18 18 19 22 22 26 19

12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.
10 8 8 8 7 8 7 8 4

13. Attendance Rate (97-98)
94.4 95.6 95.3 95.6 95.2 95.8 95.5 96.2 88.8

14. Annual Dropout Rate (97-98)
2.1 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 15.6

15. Actual Long. Dropout Rate (97-98)
20.1 12.1 16.1 12.1 14.1 8.5 13.0 8.8 30.9

16. Number of Graduates (Class of 1998)
33,911 54,155 33,582 18,971 17,922 5,033 23,397 10,053 160

17. Completion Rate (Class of 1998)
88.1 93.3 90.5 93.0 91.5 94.3 92.0 93.9 64.4

TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING '99

18. All Tests Taken
68.1 82.9 78.3 80.7 79.3 81.5 79.6 81.9 59.1

19. Reading
79.1 90.1 86.3 88.1 87.3 88.7 87.3 89.2 76.1

20. Writing
83.2 90.7 87.7 89.5 88.2 89.9 88.7 89.9 71.3

21. Mathematics
77.1 88.8 86.0 87.7 87.0 88.4 87.5 89.2 67.2

22. African American
58.4 69.9 66.1 64.2 62.9 69.4 62.3 64.8 42.6

23. Hispanic
64.7 73.5 70.8 75.2 70.7 66.1 72.1 73.2 59.5

24. White
86.8 89.9 88.3 86.6 86.5 86.0 86.4 86.2 72.2

25. Other
82.7 91.1 91.1 86.6 82.9 86.6 85.9 80.1 81.8

26. Economically Disadvantaged
60.6 70.9 68.7 72.3 68.9 69.4 70.7 74.4 54.2

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 1998)

27. Percent Tested
59.0 67.9 56.2 57.9 59.1 68.7 60.6 64.4 32.5

28. Percent At Or Above Criterion
22.7 34.3 29.1 22.7 23.5 25.8 21.0 19.1 0.0

29. SAT I: Mean Total Score
943 1027 1010 972 980 991 967 956 756

30. ACT: Mean Composite Score
19.6 21.1 20.2 19.8 20.1 20.4 20.0 19.7 15.8

STAFF

31. Total Staff FTE
93,439 133,758 87,004 48,147 44,796 13,203 57,569 25,753 1,441

32. Total Teacher FTE
47,630 71,046 43,936 23,592 22,252 7,065 29,504 13,981 733

33. % Central Administrative
0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3

34. % Campus Administrative
3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 4

35. % Professional Support Staff
9 7 8 6 6 5 5 4 9

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

37. % Educational Aides
8 8 11 12 13 10 13 13 8

38. % Auxiliary Staff
28 28 28 29 28 27 27 24 25

39. Average Central Administr. Salary
70,962 73,206 69,078 63,802 62,393 59,307 59,464 54,168 47,234

40. Average Campus Administr. Salary
56,929 56,492 54,247 51,027 49,884 50,002 48,824 47,330 41,779

41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary
43,809 43,312 41,454 39,892 38,564 38,163 38,067 35,904 28,407

42. Average Teacher Salary
36,264 35,246 34,035 33,118 32,955 32,304 33,052 32,459 27,107

43. % Minority
59 28 44 40 27 19 26 16 57

44. Number of Students Per Total Staff
8.6 8.3 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.0 6.1 8.5

45. Number of Students Per Teacher
16.9 15.7 15.2 15.2 14.8 13.6 13.7 11.3 16.7

TEACHERS

46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits
6.2 4.5 4.9 5.3 4.2 3.9 4.1 3.5 0.1

47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience
34.7 37.6 34.5 34.1 30.3 35.7 29.7 30.3 72.8

48. Average Years of Experience
12.4 11.1 11.7 11.6 12.5 10.7 12.5 12.3 4.9

49. % With Advanced Degrees
30.2 27.7 24.3 19.7 25.4 19.3 20.9 17.9 21.2

50. Teacher Turnover Rate
16.0 15.6 13.8 15.9 14.4 16.8 16.1 16.6 55.3

51. % African American
22 7 6 4 4 1 4 2 30

52. % Hispanic
23 9 26 25 11 8 10 6 21

53. % White
53 83 67 71 84 90 85 92 47

54. % Other
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 2

55. % Regular Education
65 74 68 72 72 75 74 77 90

56. % Special Education
10 9 10 9 10 9 9 8 3

57. % Compensatory Education
2 3 4 4 6 4 5 5 0

58. % Bilingual/ESL Education
14 5 9 7 3 3 3 2 2

59. % Career & Technology Education
3 4 4 5 5 6 6 8 4

60. % Other Education (Includes G&T)
6 5 5 4 4 3 3 1 1

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES

61. Taxable Value Per Pupil
216,202 207,207 164,557 144,433 149,418 185,254 197,109 233,914 0

62. Equalized Total Tax Rate
1.498 1.646 1.539 1.562 1.521 1.554 1.385 1.374 0.000

63. State Aid Per Pupil
1,777 1,956 2,435 2,780 2,527 2,933 2,632 3,407 4,225

64. Total Revenue
4,362,459,871 6,298,378,466 3,716,966,961 2,018,920,132 1,749,561,863 598,374,502 2,397,526,171 1,109,635,038 57,569,461

65. Total Revenue Per Pupil
5,414 5,642 5,584 5,621 5,330 6,244 5,924 7,051 4,709

66. % State
36 38 48 53 51 51 50 53 86

67. % Local and Other
59 60 48 43 45 46 47 44 9

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

FUND BALANCES

69. Fund Balance (End of 97-98)
475,137,631 1,199,167,591 703,756,651 438,822,275 339,665,409 139,494,426 690,509,374 434,993,914 1,719,592

70. % Fund Balance (of 98-99 Budget)
11 21 20 24 21 26 30 39 3

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES

71. Total Expenditures
4,692,177,111 6,476,715,019 3,873,901,172 2,069,436,299 1,800,449,454 590,587,752 2,407,313,485 1,124,421,896 57,943,722

72. % Instructional
52 51 51 50 51 50 52 52 52

73. % Central Administrative
6 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 15

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

75. % Plant Services
11 10 10 11 10 9 10 10 13

76. % Other Operating
16 15 17 17 17 16 17 16 10

77. % Non-Operating
10 13 10 11 10 12 9 9 2

78. Total Operating Expenditures
4,236,623,401 5,628,453,244 3,472,898,624 1,835,762,913 1,613,257,722 517,089,529 2,193,962,244 1,028,689,306 56,643,954

79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil
5,257 5,042 5,217 5,111 4,915 5,396 5,421 6,536 4,633

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES

80. Total Instructional Expenditures
2,435,503,825 3,296,948,253 1,974,434,758 1,039,450,642 920,066,793 297,443,694 1,250,633,784 585,543,740 30,043,338

81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil
3,022 2,954 2,966 2,894 2,803 3,104 3,090 3,721 2,457

82. % Regular Education
67 74 71 73 72 70 71 71 86

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

84. % Compensatory Education
9 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 5

85. % Bilingual/ESL Education
5 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 2

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

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

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	38	92	77	88	237	439	61
2. Total Number of Schools	1,154	1,421	1,042	659	625	288	1,072	901	66
STUDENTS
3. Total Students	805,842	1,116,277	665,642	359,201	328,234	95,835	404,730	157,380	12,226
4. % African American	24	15	12	8	12	4	11	7	33
5. % Hispanic	55	29	46	40	31	23	33	26	43
6. % White	19	50	40	50	56	72	55	67	22
7. % Other	2	6	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
8. % Economically Disadvantaged	64.5	34.8	53.0	48.8	47.7	36.7	49.9	49.4	52.6
9. % Special Education	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	16	6
10. % Bilingual/ESL Education	20	10	15	12	6	6	6	5	3
11. % Career & Technology Ed.	16	16	18	18	19	22	22	26	19
12. % Gifted & Talented Ed.	10	8	8	8	7	8	7	8	4
13. Attendance Rate (97-98)	94.4	95.6	95.3	95.6	95.2	95.8	95.5	96.2	88.8
14. Annual Dropout Rate (97-98)	2.1	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.5	1.0	1.3	1.0	15.6
15. Actual Long. Dropout Rate (97-98)	20.1	12.1	16.1	12.1	14.1	8.5	13.0	8.8	30.9
16. Number of Graduates (Class of 1998)	33,911	54,155	33,582	18,971	17,922	5,033	23,397	10,053	160
17. Completion Rate (Class of 1998)	88.1	93.3	90.5	93.0	91.5	94.3	92.0	93.9	64.4
TAAS % STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES SPRING '99
18. All Tests Taken	68.1	82.9	78.3	80.7	79.3	81.5	79.6	81.9	59.1
19. Reading	79.1	90.1	86.3	88.1	87.3	88.7	87.3	89.2	76.1
20. Writing	83.2	90.7	87.7	89.5	88.2	89.9	88.7	89.9	71.3
21. Mathematics	77.1	88.8	86.0	87.7	87.0	88.4	87.5	89.2	67.2
22. African American	58.4	69.9	66.1	64.2	62.9	69.4	62.3	64.8	42.6
23. Hispanic	64.7	73.5	70.8	75.2	70.7	66.1	72.1	73.2	59.5
24. White	86.8	89.9	88.3	86.6	86.5	86.0	86.4	86.2	72.2
25. Other	82.7	91.1	91.1	86.6	82.9	86.6	85.9	80.1	81.8
26. Economically Disadvantaged	60.6	70.9	68.7	72.3	68.9	69.4	70.7	74.4	54.2
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS (CLASS OF 1998)
27. Percent Tested	59.0	67.9	56.2	57.9	59.1	68.7	60.6	64.4	32.5
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion	22.7	34.3	29.1	22.7	23.5	25.8	21.0	19.1	0.0
29. SAT I: Mean Total Score	943	1027	1010	972	980	991	967	956	756
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score	19.6	21.1	20.2	19.8	20.1	20.4	20.0	19.7	15.8
STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE	93,439	133,758	87,004	48,147	44,796	13,203	57,569	25,753	1,441
32. Total Teacher FTE	47,630	71,046	43,936	23,592	22,252	7,065	29,504	13,981	733
33. % Central Administrative	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
34. % Campus Administrative	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	4
35. % Professional Support Staff	9	7	8	6	6	5	5	4	9
36. % Teachers	51	53	50	49	50	54	51	54	51
37. % Educational Aides	8	8	11	12	13	10	13	13	8
38. % Auxiliary Staff	28	28	28	29	28	27	27	24	25
39. Average Central Administr. Salary	70,962	73,206	69,078	63,802	62,393	59,307	59,464	54,168	47,234
40. Average Campus Administr. Salary	56,929	56,492	54,247	51,027	49,884	50,002	48,824	47,330	41,779
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary	43,809	43,312	41,454	39,892	38,564	38,163	38,067	35,904	28,407
42. Average Teacher Salary	36,264	35,246	34,035	33,118	32,955	32,304	33,052	32,459	27,107
43. % Minority	59	28	44	40	27	19	26	16	57
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff	8.6	8.3	7.7	7.5	7.3	7.3	7.0	6.1	8.5
45. Number of Students Per Teacher	16.9	15.7	15.2	15.2	14.8	13.6	13.7	11.3	16.7
TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits	6.2	4.5	4.9	5.3	4.2	3.9	4.1	3.5	0.1
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience	34.7	37.6	34.5	34.1	30.3	35.7	29.7	30.3	72.8
48. Average Years of Experience	12.4	11.1	11.7	11.6	12.5	10.7	12.5	12.3	4.9
49. % With Advanced Degrees	30.2	27.7	24.3	19.7	25.4	19.3	20.9	17.9	21.2
50. Teacher Turnover Rate	16.0	15.6	13.8	15.9	14.4	16.8	16.1	16.6	55.3
51. % African American	22	7	6	4	4	1	4	2	30
52. % Hispanic	23	9	26	25	11	8	10	6	21
53. % White	53	83	67	71	84	90	85	92	47
54. % Other	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	2
55. % Regular Education	65	74	68	72	72	75	74	77	90
56. % Special Education	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	8	3
57. % Compensatory Education	2	3	4	4	6	4	5	5	0
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education	14	5	9	7	3	3	3	2	2
59. % Career & Technology Education	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	8	4
60. % Other Education (Includes G&T)	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	1
TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil	216,202	207,207	164,557	144,433	149,418	185,254	197,109	233,914	0
62. Equalized Total Tax Rate	1.498	1.646	1.539	1.562	1.521	1.554	1.385	1.374	0.000
63. State Aid Per Pupil	1,777	1,956	2,435	2,780	2,527	2,933	2,632	3,407	4,225
64. Total Revenue	4,362,459,871	6,298,378,466	3,716,966,961	2,018,920,132	1,749,561,863	598,374,502	2,397,526,171	1,109,635,038	57,569,461
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil	5,414	5,642	5,584	5,621	5,330	6,244	5,924	7,051	4,709
66. % State	36	38	48	53	51	51	50	53	86
67. % Local and Other	59	60	48	43	45	46	47	44	9
68. % Federal	5	2	4	4	3	3	4	3	5
FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 97-98)	475,137,631	1,199,167,591	703,756,651	438,822,275	339,665,409	139,494,426	690,509,374	434,993,914	1,719,592
70. % Fund Balance (of 98-99 Budget)	11	21	20	24	21	26	30	39	3
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures	4,692,177,111	6,476,715,019	3,873,901,172	2,069,436,299	1,800,449,454	590,587,752	2,407,313,485	1,124,421,896	57,943,722
72. % Instructional	52	51	51	50	51	50	52	52	52
73. % Central Administrative	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	15
74. % School Leadership	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8
75. % Plant Services	11	10	10	11	10	9	10	10	13
76. % Other Operating	16	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	10
77. % Non-Operating	10	13	10	11	10	12	9	9	2
78. Total Operating Expenditures	4,236,623,401	5,628,453,244	3,472,898,624	1,835,762,913	1,613,257,722	517,089,529	2,193,962,244	1,028,689,306	56,643,954
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil	5,257	5,042	5,217	5,111	4,915	5,396	5,421	6,536	4,633
BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures	2,435,503,825	3,296,948,253	1,974,434,758	1,039,450,642	920,066,793	297,443,694	1,250,633,784	585,543,740	30,043,338
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil	3,022	2,954	2,966	2,894	2,803	3,104	3,090	3,721	2,457
82. % Regular Education	67	74	71	73	72	70	71	71	86
83. % Special Education	13	12	13	11	12	14	11	12	4
84. % Compensatory Education	9	5	7	7	7	7	9	9	5
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education	5	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	2
86. % Career & Technology Education	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	3
87. % Gifted & Talented Education	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	0

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