Table 86. | Public elementary and secondary students, schools, pupil/teacher ratios, and finances, by type of locale: 1997 and 1998 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | |Central |Central | Urban | Urban | Large | Small | Rural | Rural Characteristic | Total |city of |city of |fringe of|fringe of|town\5\|town\6\ |outside | within | |large |mid-size|large |mid-size | | | an | an | | MSA\1\ | MSA\2\ | MSA\3\ | MSA\4\ | | |MSA\7\ |MSA\8\ ____________________________________|_________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ____________________________________|_________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|________ | Students, enrollment, and teachers, 1998-99 |__________________________________________________________________________________ Enrollment, in thousands............| 46,387 | 7,070 | 6,443 | 15,291 | 5,545 | 624 | 4,928 | 4,198 | 2,288 Schools.............................| 90,874 | 10,847 | 11,476 | 24,206 | 10,302 | 1,305 | 12,124 | 15,820 | 4,786 Average school size\9\..............| 524 | 693 | 575 | 643 | 549 | 495 | 418 | 271 | 483 Pupil/teacher ratio\10\.............| 16.9 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 16.4 | | | | | | | | | Enrollment (percent distribution)...| 100.0 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 33.0 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 4.9 Schools (percent distribution)......| 100.0 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 26.6 | 11.3 | 1.4 | 13.3 | 17.4 | 5.3 |_________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|________ | Revenues and expenditures, 1996-97 |__________________________________________________________________________________ Total revenue.......................|$299,178 |$48,530 |$41,375 |$101,754 | $33,419 |$3,591 |$29,297 |$26,266 |$14,943 Federal\11\........................| 21,391 | 5,282 | 3,540 | 4,809 | 2,046 | 305 | 2,441 | 2,356 | 612 Impact aid .......................| 717 | 41 | 80 | 153 | 72 | 10 | 92 | 258 | 11 Bilingual education ..............| 24 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 Indian education .................| 47 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 0 Children with disabilites ........| 2,411 | 474 | 359 | 714 | 263 | 33 | 271 | 193 | 104 Eisenhower science awards ........| 170 | 37 | 27 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 Drug Free schools ................| 296 | 69 | 49 | 85 | 28 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 Chapter 2 (block grants) .........| 265 | 69 | 42 | 64 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 8 Vocational education .............| 520 | 132 | 84 | 115 | 49 | 8 | 64 | 50 | 17 Title I ..........................| 6,376 | 1,729 | 1,119 | 1,166 | 590 | 94 | 790 | 726 | 161 Other and unclassified ...........| 10,567 | 2,721 | 1,772 | 2,458 | 998 | 147 | 1,135 | 1,042 | 293 | | | | | | | | | State..............................| 145,932 | 23,103 | 21,642 | 43,709 | 17,176 | 1,987 | 16,170 | 14,866 | 7,278 State school lunch programs ......| 338 | 59 | 42 | 104 | 45 | 4 | 38 | 31 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Local..............................| 131,854 | 20,145 | 16,194 | 53,235 | 14,197 | 1,300 | 10,685 | 9,045 | 7,053 Property tax\12\ .................| 89,936 | 11,499 | 10,347 | 39,272 | 9,501 | 922 | 7,737 | 6,304 | 4,356 Parent government contribution\12\| 22,843 | 5,982 | 3,308 | 7,681 | 2,400 | 142 | 922 | 972 | 1,435 Lunch sales ......................| 4,483 | 390 | 546 | 1,635 | 606 | 59 | 510 | 452 | 286 Transportation ...................| 41 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 Other ............................| 14,552 | 2,272 | 1,988 | 4,628 | 1,687 | 176 | 1,513 | 1,314 | 974 | | | | | | | | | Total revenue (percent | | | | | | | | | distribution)......................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Federal...........................| 7.2 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 4.1 State.............................| 48.8 | 47.6 | 52.3 | 43.0 | 51.4 | 55.3 | 55.2 | 56.6 | 48.7 Local.............................| 44.1 | 41.5 | 39.1 | 52.3 | 42.5 | 36.2 | 36.5 | 34.4 | 47.2 | | | | | | | | | Total expenditures..................|$297,328 |$48,018 |$40,546 |$102,142 | $33,252 |$3,533 |$29,200 |$25,602 |$15,036 Current expenditures..............| 263,927 | 42,839 | 36,622 | 90,154 | 29,097 | 3,205 | 26,146 | 22,960 | 12,903 Instruction ....................| 163,804 | 26,765 | 22,687 | 55,787 | 18,154 | 2,001 | 16,334 | 14,079 | 7,996 Operation and maintenance ......| 25,685 | 4,357 | 3,584 | 8,945 | 2,740 | 321 | 2,413 | 2,130 | 1,196 Food service ...................| 11,068 | 1,837 | 1,561 | 3,166 | 1,323 | 149 | 1,311 | 1,219 | 501 Other ..........................| 63,370 | 9,880 | 8,790 | 22,257 | 6,881 | 734 | 6,089 | 5,532 | 3,209 Interest on school debt ..........| 6,558 | 1,004 | 778 | 2,458 | 801 | 69 | 561 | 449 | 438 Capital outlay ...................| 26,843 | 4,176 | 3,146 | 9,529 | 3,353 | 258 | 2,493 | 2,193 | 1,695 | | | | | | | | | Current expenditures | | | | | | | | | (percent distribution) ............| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Instruction ......................| 62.1 | 62.5 | 61.9 | 61.9 | 62.4 | 62.4 | 62.5 | 61.3 | 62.0 Operation and maintenance ........| 9.7 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 Food service .....................| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 3.9 Other ............................| 24.0 | 23.1 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 23.6 | 22.9 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 24.9 | | | | | | | | | Current expenditure per student ....| $5,690 | $6,059 | $5,684 | $5,896 | $5,247 |$5,141 | $5,305 | $5,470 | $5,640 Instruction expenditure per student.| 3,531 | 3,786 | 3,521 | 3,648 | 3,274 | 3,210 | 3,314 | 3,354 | 3,495 ____________________________________|_________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|________ |
\1\Central city of metropolitan statistical area (MSA) with population of 400,000 or more or a population density of
6,000 or more persons per square mile.
NOTE: Enrollment of schools were used to determine a classification for school districts. The locale classification of the predominate enrollment category was used for the entire school district. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Survey of Local Government Finances, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2000.)
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