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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

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Superintendent of Education Superintendent Judy Catchpole, (307) 777-7675
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Steven King, (307) 777-6252
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Steven King, (307) 777-6252

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


98,455	99,058	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
389	411	Public schools
6,798	6,729	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
97,914	97,914	Land area in square miles
1	1	Public school students per square mile
0.4	0.4	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

477	480	State population (in thousands)
$3,637	$5,334	State revenue per capita
$3,245	$4,433	State expenditure per capita
$642	$770	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$112,558	$165,732	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	58	100%	57	Total public education agencies
84.5%	49	86.0%	49	Regular school districts
8.6%	5	8.8%	5	Regional service agencies
6.9%	4	5.3%	4	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
3.4%	2	3.5%	2	25 to 99 schools
19.0%	11	21.1%	12	10 to 24 schools
31.0%	18	26.3%	15	5 to 9 schools
31.0%	18	47.4%	27	1 to 4 schools
15.5%	9	1.8%	1	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	389	100%	411	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
98.2%	382	96.6%	397	Regular schools
0.5%	2	1.2%	5	Special education schools
0.3%	1	0.2%	1	Vocational schools
1.0%	4	1.9%	8	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

57.3%	223	50.6%	208	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
2.8%	11	1.7%	7	PK, K, 1 to 8
8.7%	34	11.4%	47	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
7.2%	28	9.7%	40	7 to 8, 9
5.4%	21	0.5%	2	7, 8 to 12
13.6%	53	18.0%	74	9, 10, 11 to 12
4.6%	18	7.1%	29	Other grades
0.3%	1	0.2%	1	Ungraded
0.0%	0	0.7%	3	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


—	—	Prekindergarten
8,516	6,782	Kindergarten
8,811	7,116	First
8,424	6,987	Second
8,168	7,132	Third
7,538	7,283	Fourth
7,521	7,540	Fifth
7,115	7,981	Sixth
7,312	8,230	Seventh
6,964	8,270	Eighth
7,009	8,612	Ninth
7,057	8,366	Tenth
7,162	7,615	Eleventh
6,741	7,129	Twelfth
117	15	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	11.8%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	20.0%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	13.5%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

93.8%	5,933	97.8%	5,892	Regular diploma
	—	1.3%	79	Other diploma
5.9%	374		—	High school equivalency
0.3%	19	0.9%	56	Other completers
	—		5.7%	Dropouts
			57.2%	Dropouts who were male
			17.5%	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

223.2	274.8	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
36.0%	31.7%	Students below basic level
64.0%	68.3%	Students at or above basic level
18.8%	21.6%	Students at or above proficient level
1.3%	2.5%	Students at advanced level
—	157.5	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	28.5%	Students below basic level
	71.5%	Students at or above basic level
	33.5%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.9%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	13,373	100%	13,337	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
50.8%	6,798	50.5%	6,729	Teachers
9.5%	1,266	10.7%	1,424	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.3%	170	2.1%	285	Guidance counselors/directors
1.0%	133	2.5%	335	Librarians/library support
8.2%	1,102	6.2%	830	Administrative support
24.3%	3,247	24.0%	3,196	Other support services
				Administrators
2.4%	324	2.5%	334	School-based
2.5%	333	1.5%	204	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
70.7%	71.3%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
27.1%	26.5%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
2.2%	1.8%	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


$4,551	$8,956	National school lunch
$227	$1,277	National school breakfast
$6,422	$16,170	Title I
$6,856	$8,277	Education for the handicapped
$4,760	$4,890	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$6,284	School improvement
$7,231	$6,162	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$410	$473	Bilingual education
$644	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$568,402	$656,713	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$5,773	$6,630	Revenue per pupil in membership
$466,921	$591,488	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,742	$5,971	Current expenditure per pupil in membership