Public elementary and secondary students, schools, pupil/teacher ratios, and finances, by type of locale: 2001-02 and 2002-03

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Table 88.

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                                             |Total\1\ |  Large |   Mid- |   Urban |  Urban |  Large |  Small |  Rural |  Rural
                                             |         |city\2\ |   size |  fringe | fringe |town\6\ |town\7\ |outside | within
Selected                                     |         |        |city\3\ |    of a |   of a |        |        |      a |      a
characteristic                               |         |        |        |   large |midsize |        |        |CBSA or |CBSA or
                                             |         |        |        | city\4\ |city\5\ |        |        | CSA\8\ | CSA\9\
_____________________________________________|_________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|________
1                                            |       2 |      3 |      4 |        5|      6 |      7 |      8 |      9 |     10
_____________________________________________|_________|________|________|_________|________|________|________|________|________
Enrollment, schools, and teachers, fall      |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
   2002                                      |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
Enrollment, in thousands ....................|   47,965|   7,672|   7,428|   13,772|   5,987|     494|   3,593|   4,319|   4,700
Percent distribution of enrollment, by       |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
   race/ethnicity ...........................|    100.0|   100.0|   100.0|    100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0
  White, non-Hispanic .......................|     59.2|    23.3|    49.5|     60.7|    74.6|    64.9|    72.0|    80.5|    79.9
  Black, non-Hispanic .......................|     17.1|    32.7|    22.6|     14.2|    10.1|    14.4|    13.6|    10.0|     9.5
  Hispanic ...............................   |     18.1|    35.7|    21.6|     18.7|    11.9|    15.3|    10.3|     4.9|     7.8
  Asian/Pacific Islander ....................|      4.4|     7.4|     5.5|      5.8|     2.4|     3.1|     1.5|     0.9|     1.5
  American Indian/Alaska Native .............|      1.2|     0.8|     0.8|      0.7|     0.9|     2.2|     2.7|     3.6|     1.2
                                             |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
Schools .....................................|   95,615|  12,136|  13,229|   21,428|  11,195|   1,071|   9,013|  16,818|  10,725
Average school size\10\ .....................|      519|     654|     584|      662|     553|     484|     423|     264|     453
Pupil/teacher ratio\11\ .....................|     16.2|    17.5|    16.4|     16.8|    16.3|    15.6|    15.3|    14.2|    15.7
                                             |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
Enrollment (percent distribution) ...........|    100.0|    16.0|    15.5|     28.7|    12.5|     1.0|     7.5|     9.0|     9.8
Schools (percent distribution) ..............|    100.0|    12.7|    13.8|     22.4|    11.7|     1.1|     9.4|    17.6|    11.2
                                             |=========|========|========|=========|========|========|========|========|========
Revenues, 2001-02                            |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
Total revenue (in millions of dollars) ......| $425,362| $68,805| $63,907| $135,914| $53,461|  $3,941| $30,285| $35,128| $29,649
  Federal ................................   |   32,579|   7,274|   5,479|    7,126|   3,407|     363|   2,893|   3,291|   1,782
    Impact aid ..............................|    1,085|      80|      99|      213|     138|       7|     179|     299|      53
    Bilingual education .....................|       95|      25|      18|       19|       9|       1|       6|      11|       4
    Indian education ........................|       73|       7|       6|        8|       5|       2|      16|      24|       5
    Children with disabilities ..............|    5,348|     853|     822|    1,518|     652|      47|     357|     322|     308
    Eisenhower science awards ...............|      174|      35|      31|       44|      21|       2|      14|      14|       8
    Drug Free schools .......................|      251|      47|      50|       68|      29|       3|      18|      14|      12
    Chapter 2 (block grants) ................|      818|     164|     152|      196|      88|      11|      76|      79|      44
    Vocational education ....................|      594|     132|      96|      122|      65|       7|      51|      42|      29
    Title I .................................|    7,006|   1,795|   1,292|    1,306|     781|      88|     637|     709|     351
    Child Nutrition Act .....................|    7,077|   1,670|   1,247|    1,536|     766|      80|     633|     726|     416
    Other and unclassified ..................|   10,058|   2,467|   1,665|    2,097|     852|     116|     906|   1,050|     553
                                             |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
  State (in millions of dollars) ............|  207,069|  33,636|  32,754|   59,244|  26,059|   2,088|  16,561|  19,973|  15,411
    State school lunch programs .............|      391|      61|      70|      114|      54|       3|      29|      34|      26
                                             |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
  Local (in millions of dollars) ............|  185,714|  27,895|  25,674|   69,544|  23,995|   1,490|  10,831|  11,864|  12,456
    Property tax\12\ ......................  |  115,869|  15,616|  16,221|   47,048|  13,793|     962|   7,175|   7,270|   7,384
    Parent government contribution\12\ ...   |   30,449|   7,785|   3,596|    9,760|   5,198|     187|     750|   1,278|   1,858
    Lunch sales .............................|    5,964|     515|     823|    2,045|     932|      60|     471|     557|     549
    Transportation ..........................|       94|       2|      12|       57|      12|       0|       3|       3|       4
    Other .................................  |   33,338|   3,977|   5,022|   10,633|   4,060|     281|   2,434|   2,757|   2,661
                                             |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
Total revenue (percentage distribution) .....|    100.0|   100.0|   100.0|    100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0
  Federal ...................................|      7.7|    10.6|     8.6|      5.2|     6.4|     9.2|     9.6|     9.4|     6.0
  State .....................................|     48.7|    48.9|    51.3|     43.6|    48.7|    53.0|    54.7|    56.9|    52.0
  Local .....................................|     43.7|    40.5|    40.2|     51.2|    44.9|    37.8|    35.8|    33.8|    42.0
                                             |=========|========|========|=========|========|========|========|========|========
Expenditures, 2001-02                        |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
Total expenditures (in millions of           |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
   dollars) .................................| $441,521| $73,847| $65,370| $142,313| $54,852|  $4,015| $30,695| $35,473| $30,582
  Current expenditures for schools .......   |  364,106|  60,926|  55,033|  115,173|  45,320|   3,415|  26,125|  29,843|  24,594
    Instruction .............................|  219,411|  37,610|  33,086|   69,092|  27,558|   2,060|  15,855|  17,945|  14,744
    Operation and maintenance ...............|   33,914|   5,776|   5,206|   10,900|   4,216|     332|   2,400|   2,702|   2,215
    Food service ............................|   14,110|   2,398|   2,167|    3,826|   1,839|     147|   1,208|   1,451|   1,052
    Other ...................................|   96,671|  15,143|  14,574|   31,356|  11,708|     876|   6,662|   7,745|   6,582
  Other current expenditures .............   |   14,405|   2,532|   2,220|    4,474|   1,449|      98|     862|   1,114|   1,192
  Interest on school debt ...................|   10,157|   1,473|   1,372|    3,689|   1,376|      84|     632|     660|     852
  Capital outlay ............................|   52,853|   8,916|   6,745|   18,978|   6,708|     418|   3,076|   3,856|   3,944
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Current expenditures (percentage             |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
   distribution .............................|    100.0|   100.0|   100.0|    100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0|   100.0
  Instruction ...............................|     60.3|    61.7|    60.1|     60.0|    60.8|    60.3|    60.7|    60.1|    60.0
  Operation and maintenance .................|      9.3|     9.5|     9.5|      9.5|     9.3|     9.7|     9.2|     9.1|     9.0
  Food service ..............................|      3.9|     3.9|     3.9|      3.3|     4.1|     4.3|     4.6|     4.9|     4.3
  Other .....................................|     26.6|    24.9|    26.5|     27.2|    25.8|    25.6|    25.5|    26.0|    26.8
                                             |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
Current expenditure per student              |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
   (in dollars) .............................|   $7,728|  $8,305|  $7,689|   $7,908|  $7,167|  $6,876|  $7,043|  $7,246|  $7,226
Instruction expenditure per student          |         |        |        |         |        |        |        |        |
   (in dollars) .............................|    4,657|   5,127|   4,623|    4,744|   4,358|   4,148|   4,274|   4,357|   4,332
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\1\The total column includes data not shown for 105 local education agencies for which the locale could not be determined.
\2\Central city of a core based statistical area (CBSA) or consolidated statistical area (CSA) with the city having a population greater than or equal to 250,000.
\3\Central city of a CBSA or a CSA with the city having a population of less than 250,000.
\4\Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory within a CBSA or a CSA of a large city and defined as urban by the Census Bureau.
\5\Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory within a CBSA or a CSA of a mid-size city and defined as urban by the Census Bureau.
\6\Place not within a CSA but with population of 25,000 or more.
\7\Place not within a CSA with a population of at least 2,500, but less than 25,000.
\8\Place with a population of less than 2,500 outside a CBSA or a CSA, and designated as rural by the Census Bureau.
\9\Place with a population of less than 2,500 within a CBSA or a CSA and designated as rural by the Census Bureau.
\10\Average for schools reporting enrollment.
\11\Ratio for schools reporting both full-time-equivalent teachers and fall enrollment data.
\12\Property tax and parent government contributions are determined on the basis of independence or dependence of the local school system and are mutually exclusive.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey, 2002-03" and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey, 2002-03;" and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2002 Census of Governments, Survey of Local Government Finances, unpublished data. (This table was prepared February 2005.)

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