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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Indiana Indiana Department of Education, State House, Room 229, Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798	Download, view and print Indiana's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Suellen K. Reed, (317) 232-6665
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Patty Bond, (317) 232-0808
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Gary Tatlock, (317) 232-0808

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


964,129	982,876	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,926	1,929	Public schools
53,749	56,708	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
36,291	36,291	Land area in square miles
26.6	27.1	Public school students per square mile
5.3	5.3	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

5,473	5,828	State population (in thousands)
$1,774	$2,991	State revenue per capita
$1,611	$2,792	State expenditure per capita
$327	$523	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$92,446	$143,744	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	331	100%	327	Total public education agencies
91.5%	303	90.2%	295	Regular school districts
7.3%	24	8.6%	28	Regional service agencies
0.9%	3	0.9%	3	State-operated agencies
0.3%	1	0.3%	1	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
2.1%	7	2.1%	7	25 to 99 schools
12.1%	40	11.6%	38	10 to 24 schools
28.1%	93	28.4%	93	5 to 9 schools
56.2%	186	52.6%	172	1 to 4 schools
1.5%	5	5.2%	17	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,926	100%	1,929	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
95.5%	1,839	94.3%	1,819	Regular schools
3.0%	57	2.2%	42	Special education schools
1.3%	25	1.5%	28	Vocational schools
0.3%	5	2.1%	40	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

57.6%	1,110	55.2%	1,064	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
2.9%	55	1.5%	29	PK, K, 1 to 8
8.6%	166	12.1%	233	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
5.3%	103	3.8%	73	7 to 8, 9
5.9%	114	5.4%	105	7, 8 to 12
11.8%	227	12.5%	241	9, 10, 11 to 12
4.0%	77	6.3%	121	Other grades
1.9%	36	0.1%	2	Ungraded
2.0%	38	3.2%	61	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


801	5,263	Prekindergarten
71,405	74,803	Kindergarten
80,991	82,221	First
74,714	77,274	Second
71,854	75,067	Third
70,400	72,246	Fourth
69,421	72,233	Fifth
68,011	74,330	Sixth
72,199	76,295	Seventh
70,202	76,566	Eighth
77,716	83,577	Ninth
75,196	75,442	Tenth
74,403	69,452	Eleventh
69,831	62,923	Twelfth
16,985	5,184	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

�	14.0%	Students in special education with IEPs
16.2%	22.1%	School membership eligible for free lunch
�	13.0%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

85.5%	60,364	95.3%	56,330	Regular diploma
2.4%	1,664	0.9%	514	Other diploma
10.3%	7,299	3.2%	1,898	High school equivalency
1.8%	1,296	0.6%	352	Other completers
	�		3.5%	Dropouts
			57.2%	Dropouts who were male
			20.4%	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

229.4	275.5	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
27.8%	32.0%	Students below basic level
72.2%	68.0%	Students at or above basic level
23.8%	23.6%	Students at or above proficient level
2.1%	3.0%	Students at advanced level
�	153.1	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	35.4%	Students below basic level
	64.6%	Students at or above basic level
	30.1%	Students at or above proficient level
	2.0%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	105,326	100%	119,800	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
51.0%	53,749	47.3%	56,708	Teachers
9.1%	9,637	13.4%	16,070	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.4%	1,485	1.4%	1,735	Guidance counselors/directors
2.3%	2,396	2.1%	2,570	Librarians/library support
5.7%	5,982	5.8%	6,979	Administrative support
26.5%	27,963	25.6%	30,674	Other support services
				Administrators
2.5%	2,676	2.4%	2,818	School-based
1.4%	1,438	1.9%	2,246	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

0.4%	0.6%	Public school teachers with no degree
15.2%	21.5%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
79.2%	72.9%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
5.3%	4.9%	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


$43,828	$90,360	National school lunch
$3,058	$16,008	National school breakfast
$65,025	$113,251	Title I
$68,977	$89,297	Education for the handicapped
$23,840	$30,375	Vocational and adult education
$17,961	$28,712	School improvement
$1,897	$1,430	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$876	$258	Bilingual education
$12	$25	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$3,825,865	$7,638,406	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,968	$7,767	Revenue per pupil in membership
$3,330,525	$6,055,055	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,454	$6,157	Current expenditure per pupil in membership