SNAPSHOT '99 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 the last Friday in October. It does not include students who are served by the district but who are not in membership.

1998-99 District Size Groups (Each column heading is a link to see the list of districts included 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 10 23 47 66 88 124 123 222 400
2. Total Number of Schools 1,201 1,063 1,134 739 630 626 497 675 663

STUDENTS
3. Total Students 875,515 824,841 760,563 446,307 344,516 273,015 160,001 163,230 97,379
4. % African American 25 13 13 11 12 9 9 7 8
5. % Hispanic 48 37 48 30 29 32 27 24 26
6. % White 24 45 36 56 58 58 63 68 65
7. % Other 4 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
8. % Economically Disadvantaged 58.1 41.5 52.8 40.7 44.5 48.1 46.6 44.0 50.3
9. % Special Education 11 12 12 12 13 14 15 15 15
10. % Bilingual/ESL Education 19 13 15 8 7 7 5 4 5
11. % Career & Technology Ed. 16 16 18 17 19 21 21 24 26
12. % Gifted & Talented Ed. 10 7 9 8 7 7 7 8 8
13. Attendance Rate (97-98) 94.6 95.5 95.3 95.5 95.4 95.5 95.7 96.1 96.0
14. Annual Dropout Rate (97-98) 2.0 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 2.0
15. Actual Long. Dropout Rate (97-98) 19.1 14.2 14.9 12.3 12.9 12.7 12.3 10.8 10.2
16. Number of Graduates (Class of 1998) 36,632 41,003 37,645 23,203 18,799 15,366 9,182 9,706 5,648
17. Completion Rate (Class of 1998) 88.8 91.8 91.5 93.0 92.2 92.3 92.1 92.8 92.5
TAAS
% STUDENTS PASSING-ALL GRADES
SPRING '99
18. All Tests Taken 69.9 82.1 78.9 81.2 79.8 79.7 80.7 83.0 79.7
19. Reading 80.4 89.4 86.9 88.5 87.7 87.3 88.3 89.9 88.0
20. Writing 84.1 89.9 88.6 89.3 88.8 88.9 89.3 90.9 87.9
21. Mathematics 78.4 88.4 86.2 88.1 87.0 87.4 88.5 90.0 87.1
22. African American 59.8 70.4 65.6 66.3 63.4 64.1 63.0 65.4 57.7
23. Hispanic 63.0 73.6 73.1 71.4 71.3 71.5 72.2 73.5 70.2
24. White 88.3 89.7 88.9 88.1 86.4 85.5 86.1 87.3 84.9
25. Other 87.5 91.2 89.1 88.2 87.3 85.6 85.7 82.9 78.8
26. Economically Disadvantaged 59.4 71.6 70.1 69.2 69.3 70.6 71.5 74.7 72.5
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TESTS
(CLASS OF 1998)
27. Percent Tested 61.1 66.1 56.3 62.3 60.7 59.4 63.8 64.3 64.5
28. Percent At Or Above Criterion 26.9 34.2 25.0 29.0 24.7 21.9 20.5 20.9 17.5
29. SAT I: Mean Total Score 970 1025 982 1010 982 967 972 971 942
30. ACT: Mean Composite Score 20.1 21.3 19.7 20.6 20.3 20.0 20.0 20.0 19.5

STAFF
31. Total Staff FTE 100,476 100,471 98,150 58,593 46,080 37,642 23,207 24,147 16,345
32. Total Teacher FTE 51,541 52,963 49,175 29,720 23,146 19,124 12,105 13,162 8,804
33. % Central Administrative 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
34. % Campus Administrative 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
35. % Professional Support Staff 9 8 8 7 6 5 5 5 4
36. % Teachers 51 53 50 51 50 51 52 55 54
37. % Educational Aides 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 12 13
38. % Auxiliary Staff 28 28 29 28 29 27 25 24 24
39. Average Central Administr. Salary 72,064 72,097 71,374 66,569 63,567 60,718 57,724 56,114 52,933
40. Average Campus Administr. Salary 56,960 55,876 55,435 52,360 50,597 48,894 48,728 48,062 46,168
41. Average Profess.Support Staff Salary 43,783 42,986 42,461 39,776 39,202 37,853 37,864 36,780 33,640
42. Average Teacher Salary 36,096 35,082 34,657 33,447 33,211 32,924 32,621 32,618 31,714
43. % Minority 54 32 46 30 27 27 20 16 19
44. Number of Students Per Total Staff 8.7 8.2 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.0
45. Number of Students Per Teacher 17.0 15.6 15.5 15.0 14.9 14.3 13.2 12.4 11.1

TEACHERS
46. % Teachers With 1 or More Permits 6.0 4.5 5.5 4.3 4.4 4.5 3.9 3.1 3.8
47. % With 5 or Fewer Years Experience 35.1 36.8 35.2 34.7 31.3 31.3 30.1 30.9 34.7
48. Average Years of Experience 12.2 11.3 11.6 11.6 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.0 11.5
49. % With Advanced Degrees 30.3 27.7 23.7 25.0 23.3 20.8 20.4 19.0 17.4
50. Teacher Turnover Rate 16.1 14.6 14.5 15.5 16.1 15.9 16.0 16.5 17.5
51. % African American 22 5 7 4 5 3 3 2 4
52. % Hispanic 18 15 27 14 11 13 7 6 7
53. % White 58 78 65 81 84 84 89 92 89
54. % Other 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
55. % Regular Education 67 70 70 74 73 73 76 77 78
56. % Special Education 10 10 9 10 9 9 9 8 7
57. % Compensatory Education 2 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 4
58. % Bilingual/ESL Education 12 8 8 5 3 3 2 1 1
59. % Career & Technology Education 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8
60. % Other Education (Includes G&T) 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 1

TAXES AND BUDGETED REVENUES
61. Taxable Value Per Pupil 219,464 186,895 167,300 192,119 176,799 166,460 200,317 186,591 257,530
62. Equalized Total Tax Rate 1.512 1.628 1.574 1.598 1.540 1.458 1.312 1.418 1.372
63. State Aid Per Pupil 1,686 2,109 2,482 2,181 2,376 2,751 2,928 3,335 3,499
64. Total Revenue 4,703,286,366 4,676,787,780 4,241,703,300 2,488,635,980 1,899,195,926 1,542,986,585 1,006,808,381 1,046,866,481 703,121,665
65. Total Revenue Per Pupil 5,372 5,670 5,577 5,576 5,513 5,652 6,293 6,413 7,220
66. % State 35 41 49 43 46 53 53 56 54
67. % Local and Other 61 56 48 54 51 43 44 41 43
68. % Federal 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3

FUND BALANCES
69. Fund Balance (End of 97-98) 573,660,439 884,363,216 802,902,973 453,537,657 398,676,774 386,968,721 315,446,578 326,814,601 280,895,904
70. % Fund Balance (of 98-99 Budget) 13 21 20 19 23 26 35 32 39

BUDGETED EXPENDITURES
71. Total Expenditures 5,050,874,255 4,793,579,632 4,427,150,781 2,573,643,496 1,938,883,385 1,568,631,011 977,593,057 1,047,690,886 714,899,407
72. % Instructional 52 52 51 50 51 52 52 53 51
73. % Central Administrative 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 10
74. % School Leadership 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
75. % Plant Services 11 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 10
76. % Other Operating 16 15 17 16 18 17 17 16 15
77. % Non-Operating 10 12 11 13 10 10 9 9 9
78. Total Operating Expenditures 4,527,000,393 4,237,941,197 3,933,388,810 2,244,196,588 1,736,437,137 1,409,406,974 884,724,564 957,944,304 652,340,970
79. Total Operating Expend. Per Pupil 5,171 5,138 5,172 5,028 5,040 5,162 5,529 5,869 6,699

BUDGETED INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES
80. Total Instructional Expenditures 2,601,389,027 2,480,555,734 2,244,847,344 1,284,945,101 982,425,512 809,599,556 506,658,093 555,209,309 364,439,151
81. Total Instructional Expend.Per Pupil 2,971 3,007 2,952 2,879 2,852 2,965 3,167 3,401 3,742
82. % Regular Education 68 72 72 73 72 71 71 72 72
83. % Special Education 13 13 11 12 12 12 12 11 11
84. % Compensatory Education 8 5 7 7 7 9 9 9 8
85. % Bilingual/ESL Education 6 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
86. % Career & Technology Education 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7
87. % Gifted & Talented Education 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

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