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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53702-7841	Download, view and print Wisconsin's report as a pdf file. 331KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent John T. Benson, (608) 266-1771
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Christine Selk, (608) 266-7049
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Linda Zach, (608) 266-1747

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


772,363	879,259	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
2,002	2,096	Public schools
47,721	54,769	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
56,514	56,514	Land area in square miles
13.7	15.6	Public school students per square mile
3.5	3.7	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

4,778	5,146	State population (in thousands)
$2,501	$4,615	State revenue per capita
$2,037	$3,520	State expenditure per capita
$359	$768	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$97,547	$138,525	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	451	100%	444	Total public education agencies
95.6%	431	95.9%	426	Regular school districts
4.4%	20	3.6%	16	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.5%	2	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.2%	1	0.2%	1	100 or more schools
0.9%	4	1.1%	5	25 to 99 schools
4.9%	22	5.4%	24	10 to 24 schools
21.1%	95	20.7%	92	5 to 9 schools
68.3%	308	68.9%	306	1 to 4 schools
4.7%	21	3.6%	16	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	2,002	100%	2,096	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
98.3%	1,968	97.6%	2,046	Regular schools
0.8%	17	0.7%	14	Special education schools
0.0%	1	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.8%	16	1.7%	36	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

48.3%	966	47.7%	999	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
8.4%	169	4.9%	103	PK, K, 1 to 8
9.3%	187	13.0%	272	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
6.3%	126	4.1%	85	7 to 8, 9
3.2%	65	3.1%	66	7, 8 to 12
18.5%	370	18.4%	385	9, 10, 11 to 12
5.3%	107	8.7%	182	Other grades
0.6%	12	0.0%	0	Ungraded
0.0%	0	0.2%	4	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


11,074	19,790	Prekindergarten
62,509	62,455	Kindergarten
62,247	64,925	First
59,138	63,921	Second
56,361	63,286	Third
53,928	64,670	Fourth
53,006	65,943	Fifth
49,624	67,317	Sixth
52,862	66,527	Seventh
51,784	66,488	Eighth
59,832	75,097	Ninth
60,960	71,308	Tenth
63,059	66,990	Eleventh
63,351	60,542	Twelfth
12,628	—	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	12.5%	Students in special education with IEPs
18.0%	20.2%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	11.2%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

92.4%	56,872	100.0%	52,651	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
7.6%	4,649		—	High school equivalency
	—		—	Other completers
	—		—	Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				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

231.4	282.8	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
25.9%	25.0%	Students below basic level
74.1%	75.0%	Students at or above basic level
27.4%	31.8%	Students at or above proficient level
2.7%	5.2%	Students at advanced level
—	159.9	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	26.6%	Students below basic level
	73.4%	Students at or above basic level
	38.9%	Students at or above proficient level
	4.1%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	80,340	100%	99,871	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
59.4%	47,721	54.8%	54,769	Teachers
7.2%	5,812	10.6%	10,608	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.8%	1,457	1.9%	1,884	Guidance counselors/directors
2.9%	2,302	2.3%	2,255	Librarians/library support
6.7%	5,364	6.8%	6,775	Administrative support
18.2%	14,614	19.3%	19,310	Other support services
				Administrators
2.5%	2,019	2.4%	2,410	School-based
1.3%	1,051	1.9%	1,860	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%	0.3%	Public school teachers with no degree
63.2%	59.3%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
32.8%	38.1%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
4.0%	2.3%	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


$35,523	$76,442	National school lunch
$2,208	$6,982	National school breakfast
$61,524	$124,923	Title I
$1,308	$63,706	Education for the handicapped
$19,642	$30,688	Vocational and adult education
$15,078	$36,253	School improvement
$5,557	$8,290	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$435	$1,107	Bilingual education
$1,758	$47	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$3,552,430	$6,701,115	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,599	$7,621	Revenue per pupil in membership
$3,318,247	$5,975,122	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,296	$6,796	Current expenditure per pupil in membership