State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

California California Department of Education, 721 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814-4785	Download, view and print California's report as a pdf file. 324KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Delaine A. Eastin, (916) 657-4768
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Lynn Baugher, (916) 327-0211
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Lynn Baugher, (916) 327-0211

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


4,488,398	5,686,198	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
7,123	7,984	Public schools
195,864	248,818	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
158,693	158,693	Land area in square miles
28.3	35.8	Public school students per square mile
4.5	5.0	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

27,777	31,858	State population (in thousands)
$2,573	$4,063	State revenue per capita
$2,350	$3,632	State expenditure per capita
$507	$687	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$132,673	$156,350	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	1,157	100%	1,060	Total public education agencies
93.7%	1,084	94.2%	999	Regular school districts
5.8%	67	5.5%	58	Regional service agencies
0.5%	6	0.3%	3	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.3%	3	0.3%	3	100 or more schools
3.5%	41	5.1%	54	25 to 99 schools
12.2%	141	15.1%	160	10 to 24 schools
16.6%	192	20.3%	215	5 to 9 schools
61.2%	708	59.1%	626	1 to 4 schools
6.2%	72	0.2%	2	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	7,123	100%	7,984	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
96.7%	6,890	88.7%	7,080	Regular schools
2.2%	156	1.6%	127	Special education schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
1.1%	77	9.7%	777	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

53.9%	3,836	53.7%	4,287	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
7.6%	538	7.1%	569	PK, K, 1 to 8
6.7%	475	9.3%	741	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
7.2%	514	5.2%	416	7 to 8, 9
1.7%	123	1.7%	138	7, 8 to 12
15.6%	1,114	15.7%	1,255	9, 10, 11 to 12
5.5%	395	6.3%	506	Other grades
1.8%	125	0.9%	69	Ungraded
0.0%	3	0.0%	3	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


�	73,233	Prekindergarten
392,112	469,965	Kindergarten
393,533	491,159	First
366,613	463,864	Second
347,207	452,225	Third
335,078	435,217	Fourth
330,395	427,682	Fifth
319,686	423,701	Sixth
321,898	416,268	Seventh
311,579	406,456	Eighth
345,654	450,820	Ninth
345,144	413,725	Tenth
332,980	362,404	Eleventh
266,028	298,669	Twelfth
81,415	100,810	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

�	10.5%	Students in special education with IEPs
�	47.8%	School membership eligible for free lunch
�	24.5%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

90.4%	237,414	83.9%	259,071	Regular diploma
2.4%	6,405	14.6%	44,967	Other diploma
6.5%	17,000	1.5%	4,727	High school equivalency
0.7%	1,824		�	Other completers
	�		3.9%	Dropouts
			55.3%	Dropouts who were male
			74.4%	Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

209.1	262.8	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
54.2%	48.6%	Students below basic level
45.8%	51.4%	Students at or above basic level
10.6%	16.9%	Students at or above proficient level
0.9%	2.8%	Students at advanced level
�	138.0	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	53.2%	Students below basic level
	46.8%	Students at or above basic level
	19.5%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.5%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	392,299	100%	468,207	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
49.9%	195,864	53.1%	248,818	Teachers
12.7%	49,985	12.4%	57,896	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.4%	5,332	1.1%	5,208	Guidance counselors/directors
0.3%	1,188	0.9%	4,342	Librarians/library support
10.5%	41,079	9.9%	46,286	Administrative support
18.9%	74,219	18.8%	87,846	Other support services
				Administrators
3.7%	14,531	2.3%	10,588	School-based
2.6%	10,101	1.5%	7,223	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.0%	0.7%	Public school teachers with no degree
55.4%	58.9%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
31.5%	32.6%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
13.1%	7.8%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$290,801	$721,675	National school lunch
$55,821	$175,546	National school breakfast
$467,828	$836,491	Title I
$829	$324,012	Education for the handicapped
$81,920	$160,653	Vocational and adult education
$78,250	$172,583	School improvement
$61,841	$54,553	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$36,454	$66,019	Bilingual education
$3,862	$105	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$17,884,769	$34,477,895	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,984	$6,062	Revenue per pupil in membership
$17,402,063	$29,909,168	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,876	$5,258	Current expenditure per pupil in membership