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Table 93. | Public elementary and secondary students, schools, pupil/teacher ratios, and finances, by type of locale: 2007-08 and 2008-09 |
Selected characteristic | Total | City, large1 | City, mid-size2 | City, small3 | Suburban, large4 | Suburban, mid-size5 | Suburban, small6 | Town, fringe7 | Town, distant8 | Town, remote9 |
Rural, fringe10 | Rural, distant11 | Rural, remote12 |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Enrollment, schools, and pupil/teacher ratios, fall 2008 |
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Enrollment (in thousands) | 49,054 | 7,425 | 3,146 | 3,752 | 14,438 | 1,590 | 1,019 | 2,087 | 2,325 | 1,586 | 6,933 | 3,554 | 1,197 |
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
White | 54.9 | 21.2 | 35.0 | 50.3 | 54.7 | 65.6 | 67.6 | 72.8 | 68.4 | 64.8 | 68.8 | 81.7 | 76.1 |
Black | 16.9 | 30.0 | 29.3 | 19.0 | 15.6 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 8.4 | 7.6 |
Hispanic | 21.5 | 39.6 | 28.2 | 22.9 | 22.0 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 13.9 | 6.9 | 7.7 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 5.0 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 7.8 |
Other | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Schools | 98,706 | 12,927 | 5,780 | 6,968 | 22,482 | 2,786 | 1,900 | 4,258 | 5,639 | 4,331 | 12,625 | 11,792 | 7,218 |
Average school size13 | 517 | 588 | 575 | 566 | 662 | 591 | 558 | 512 | 443 | 396 | 579 | 311 | 171 |
Pupil/teacher ratio14 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 12.5 |
Enrollment (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 15.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 29.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 14.1 | 7.2 | 2.4 |
Schools (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 13.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 22.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 7.3 |
Revenues, 2007-08 | |||||||||||||
Total revenue (in millions of dollars) | $597,193 | $102,104 | $40,859 | $46,151 | $199,567 | $18,784 | $11,049 | $21,596 | $25,850 | $17,903 | $61,101 | $37,241 | $14,856 |
Federal | 47,598 | 10,974 | 4,316 | 3,972 | 11,486 | 1,186 | 756 | 1,556 | 2,397 | 1,915 | 4,322 | 2,961 | 1,728 |
Title I | 11,402 | 3,759 | 1,098 | 952 | 2,250 | 232 | 153 | 322 | 561 | 455 | 667 | 589 | 366 |
Child Nutrition Act | 9,986 | 2,164 | 868 | 843 | 2,403 | 259 | 161 | 343 | 554 | 376 | 1,003 | 717 | 292 |
Children with disabilities (IDEA) | 10,049 | 1,832 | 724 | 893 | 3,308 | 303 | 214 | 355 | 460 | 339 | 947 | 486 | 188 |
Impact aid | 1,245 | 80 | 80 | 47 | 218 | 23 | 6 | 59 | 36 | 127 | 116 | 110 | 343 |
Bilingual education | 310 | 79 | 28 | 37 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
Indian education | 92 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
Math, science, and professional development |
1,538 | 351 | 158 | 146 | 357 | 39 | 34 | 52 | 75 | 74 | 109 | 83 | 60 |
Safe and drug-free schools | 261 | 62 | 20 | 25 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 10 |
Title V, Part A | 105 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 |
Vocational and technical education | 605 | 130 | 48 | 51 | 154 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 28 | 69 | 31 | 17 |
Other and unclassified | 12,006 | 2,488 | 1,280 | 967 | 2,633 | 304 | 162 | 382 | 639 | 476 | 1,359 | 892 | 400 |
State (in millions of dollars) | 280,246 | 49,989 | 20,145 | 22,550 | 81,476 | 9,005 | 5,276 | 10,901 | 13,985 | 9,263 | 29,221 | 20,627 | 7,763 |
Special education programs | 16,384 | 3,239 | 1,094 | 1,321 | 6,058 | 506 | 303 | 544 | 617 | 408 | 1,210 | 776 | 279 |
Compensatory and basic skills | 6,927 | 1,630 | 452 | 827 | 2,645 | 192 | 90 | 154 | 203 | 86 | 320 | 229 | 100 |
Bilingual education | 727 | 47 | 22 | 45 | 490 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 3 |
Gifted and talented | 577 | 37 | 40 | 25 | 350 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 42 | 18 | 4 |
Vocational education | 966 | 55 | 50 | 71 | 309 | 33 | 16 | 26 | 62 | 49 | 162 | 100 | 32 |
Other | 254,666 | 44,981 | 18,487 | 20,261 | 71,624 | 8,207 | 4,857 | 10,163 | 13,069 | 8,712 | 27,445 | 19,496 | 7,346 |
Local (in millions of dollars)15 | 269,349 | 41,140 | 16,398 | 19,629 | 106,605 | 8,593 | 5,017 | 9,139 | 9,469 | 6,725 | 27,558 | 13,654 | 5,365 |
Property tax16 | 161,859 | 20,424 | 9,085 | 11,734 | 68,436 | 4,678 | 3,204 | 5,829 | 5,957 | 4,471 | 16,209 | 8,353 | 3,478 |
Parent government contribution16 | 43,824 | 12,399 | 2,872 | 2,494 | 16,595 | 1,832 | 577 | 597 | 671 | 144 | 3,990 | 1,364 | 288 |
Private (fees from individuals) | 13,253 | 1,112 | 687 | 933 | 4,850 | 652 | 262 | 545 | 621 | 446 | 1,750 | 1,024 | 360 |
Other15 | 50,413 | 7,205 | 3,754 | 4,469 | 16,724 | 1,431 | 974 | 2,167 | 2,220 | 1,664 | 5,608 | 2,912 | 1,238 |
Total revenue (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Federal | 8.0 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 11.6 |
State | 46.9 | 49.0 | 49.3 | 48.9 | 40.8 | 47.9 | 47.7 | 50.5 | 54.1 | 51.7 | 47.8 | 55.4 | 52.3 |
Local | 45.1 | 40.3 | 40.1 | 42.5 | 53.4 | 45.7 | 45.4 | 42.3 | 36.6 | 37.6 | 45.1 | 36.7 | 36.1 |
Expenditures, 2007-08 | |||||||||||||
Total expenditures (in millions of | |||||||||||||
dollars) | $609,820 | $106,796 | $40,919 | $46,996 | $204,007 | $18,969 | $11,256 | $21,726 | $25,884 | $17,996 | $63,038 | $37,400 | $14,688 |
Current expenditures for schools | 489,006 | 84,116 | 32,666 | 37,941 | 163,157 | 14,907 | 8,948 | 17,961 | 21,474 | 15,251 | 49,002 | 31,078 | 12,427 |
Instruction | 307,408 | 54,740 | 20,439 | 23,957 | 103,115 | 9,410 | 5,550 | 11,141 | 13,286 | 9,269 | 30,322 | 18,833 | 7,322 |
Support services, students | 26,987 | 3,894 | 1,917 | 2,347 | 10,000 | 826 | 522 | 961 | 1,123 | 817 | 2,675 | 1,408 | 498 |
Support services, instructional staff |
9,564 | 1,049 | 487 | 607 | 2,851 | 254 | 170 | 436 | 549 | 536 | 1,095 | 1,012 | 518 |
Administration | 37,351 | 5,734 | 2,504 | 2,786 | 12,192 | 1,111 | 700 | 1,425 | 1,761 | 1,367 | 3,877 | 2,716 | 1,179 |
Operation and maintenance | 49,018 | 8,626 | 3,315 | 3,796 | 16,384 | 1,514 | 913 | 1,743 | 2,137 | 1,522 | 4,776 | 2,998 | 1,293 |
Transportation | 22,199 | 3,428 | 1,278 | 1,434 | 7,531 | 629 | 407 | 860 | 943 | 612 | 2,584 | 1,784 | 679 |
Food service | 18,833 | 3,054 | 1,348 | 1,492 | 5,395 | 567 | 341 | 732 | 1,009 | 694 | 2,127 | 1,472 | 583 |
Other | 17,645 | 3,592 | 1,377 | 1,521 | 5,688 | 596 | 345 | 664 | 666 | 434 | 1,547 | 856 | 356 |
Other current expenditures | 20,124 | 3,188 | 1,386 | 1,580 | 5,899 | 659 | 380 | 763 | 1,043 | 727 | 2,305 | 1,543 | 630 |
Interest on school debt | 16,080 | 3,014 | 1,009 | 1,085 | 5,775 | 464 | 286 | 601 | 574 | 332 | 1,889 | 841 | 209 |
Capital outlay | 69,042 | 12,009 | 4,521 | 5,074 | 22,837 | 2,495 | 1,311 | 2,227 | 2,520 | 1,725 | 8,835 | 3,991 | 1,486 |
Current expenditures (percentage | |||||||||||||
distribution) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Instruction | 62.9 | 65.1 | 62.6 | 63.1 | 63.2 | 63.1 | 62.0 | 62.0 | 61.9 | 60.8 | 61.9 | 60.6 | 58.9 |
Support services | 7.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.2 |
Administration | 7.6 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 9.5 |
Operation and maintenance | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 10.4 |
Transportation | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
Food service and other | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
Current expenditure per student (in dollars) |
$9,992 | $10,894 | $9,561 | $9,825 | $10,391 | $9,608 | $9,246 | $9,364 | $9,155 | $9,180 | $9,200 | $9,401 | $10,703 |
Instruction expenditure per student (in dollars) |
6,282 | 7,090 | 5,982 | 6,204 | 6,567 | 6,066 | 5,735 | 5,809 | 5,665 | 5,579 | 5,693 | 5,697 | 6,307 |
1 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of at least 250,000. | |||||||||||||
2 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. | |||||||||||||
3 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population less than 100,000. | |||||||||||||
4 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. | |||||||||||||
5 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. | |||||||||||||
6 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population less than 100,000. | |||||||||||||
7 Located inside an urban cluster that is 10 miles or less from an urbanized area. | |||||||||||||
8 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 but less than or equal to 35 miles from an urbanized area. | |||||||||||||
9 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles from an urbanized area. | |||||||||||||
10 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, but 5 miles or less from an urbanized area or 2.5 miles or less from an urban cluster. | |||||||||||||
11 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster and more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster. | |||||||||||||
12 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, more than 25 miles from an urbanized area, and more than 10 miles from an urban cluster. | |||||||||||||
13 Average for schools reporting enrollment. Enrollment data were available for 94,820 out of 98,706 institutions in 2008-09. | |||||||||||||
14 Ratio for schools reporting both full-time-equivalent teachers and fall enrollment data. | |||||||||||||
15 Includes tuition and fee revenues from other in-state school systems, which are excluded from state data reported through the "National Public Education Financial Survey." | |||||||||||||
16 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. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | |||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2008-09, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007-08 and 2008-09; and "School District Finance Survey (Form F-33)," 2007-08. (This table was prepared November 2010.) |