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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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729,234 | ![]() |
747,932 | ![]() |
Students in public elementary and secondary schools |
1,298 | 1,345 | Public schools | ||
37,716 | 45,035 | Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools | ||
51,609 | 51,609 | Land area in square miles | ||
14.1 | 14.5 | Public school students per square mile | ||
2.5 | 2.6 | Public schools per 100 square miles | ||
Figure 1 School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Fiscal summary |
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4,015 | ![]() |
4,287 | ![]() |
State population (in thousands) |
$1,994 | $3,243 | State revenue per capita | ||
$1,709 | $2,997 | State expenditure per capita | ||
$346 | $655 | State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita | ||
$82,527 | $127,004 | Gross state product per school-age child | ||
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by type | ||
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100% | 132 | ![]() |
100% | 131 | ![]() |
Total public education agencies |
97.7% | 129 | 96.9% | 127 | Regular school districts | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Regional service agencies | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.8% | 1 | State-operated agencies | ||
2.3% | 3 | 2.3% | 3 | Federally operated and other types | ||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by number of schools | ||
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0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
100 or more schools |
4.5% | 6 | 6.9% | 9 | 25 to 99 schools | ||
23.5% | 31 | 23.7% | 31 | 10 to 24 schools | ||
40.2% | 55 | 42.0% | 55 | 5 to 9 schools | ||
29.5% | 39 | 25.2% | 33 | 1 to 4 schools | ||
2.3% | 3 | 2.3% | 3 | No schools reported | ||
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Figure 2 Regular school districts by student membership size |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of schools by type | ||
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100% | 1,298 | ![]() |
100% | 1,345 | ![]() |
Total public elementary and secondary schools reported |
99.0% | 1,285 | 96.8% | 1,302 | Regular schools | ||
0.2% | 3 | 1.4% | 19 | Special education schools | ||
0.3% | 4 | 0.2% | 3 | Vocational schools | ||
0.5% | 6 | 1.6% | 21 | Other and alternative schools | ||
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Figure 3 Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97 |
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Figure 4 Public schools by size of student membership |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Number of public schools by grade span category | ||
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37.8% | 491 | ![]() |
39.6% | 532 | ![]() |
PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6 |
9.5% | 123 | 5.9% | 79 | PK, K, 1 to 8 | ||
11.3% | 147 | 13.2% | 177 | 4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8 | ||
2.2% | 29 | 2.8% | 37 | 7 to 8, 9 | ||
7.0% | 91 | 6.1% | 82 | 7, 8 to 12 | ||
11.5% | 149 | 13.0% | 175 | 9, 10, 11 to 12 | ||
20.6% | 268 | 19.2% | 258 | Other grades | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Ungraded | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.4% | 5 | Not reported | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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9,633 | ![]() |
Prekindergarten |
54,454 | 60,949 | Kindergarten | ||
62,293 | 63,665 | First | ||
59,613 | 58,683 | Second | ||
60,235 | 57,435 | Third | ||
56,671 | 57,098 | Fourth | ||
56,996 | 56,550 | Fifth | ||
55,025 | 57,332 | Sixth | ||
59,245 | 60,302 | Seventh | ||
56,472 | 58,305 | Eighth | ||
59,480 | 64,205 | Ninth | ||
53,174 | 52,848 | Tenth | ||
49,834 | 48,417 | Eleventh | ||
45,742 | 42,510 | Twelfth | ||
— | — | Ungraded | ||
Figure 5 Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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— | ![]() |
13.1% | ![]() |
Students in special education with IEPs |
— | 38.8% | School membership eligible for free lunch | ||
— | 25.7% | School-age children below poverty | ||
1987 | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() |
High school completers and dropouts | ||
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93.3% | 42,463 | ![]() |
83.8% | 35,043 | ![]() |
Regular diploma |
— | — | Other diploma | ||||
6.7% | 3,041 | 6.8% | 2,840 | High school equivalency | ||
— | 9.4% | 3,911 | Other completers | |||
— | 5.6% | Dropouts | ||||
57.3% | Dropouts who were male | |||||
40.3% | Dropouts who were minority | |||||
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Figure 6 Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state ( ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Grade 4 | ![]() |
Grade 8 | ![]() |
1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels | ||
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211.6 | ![]() |
256.6 | ![]() |
Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500] | ||
52.2% | 54.8% | Students below basic level | ||||
47.8% | 45.2% | Students at or above basic level | ||||
10.8% | 12.0% | Students at or above proficient level | ||||
0.9% | 1.2% | Students at advanced level | ||||
— | 138.7 | Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300] | ||||
52.8% | Students below basic level | |||||
47.2% | Students at or above basic level | |||||
17.8% | Students at or above proficient level | |||||
0.8% | Students at advanced level | |||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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100% | 70,655 | ![]() |
100% | 84,909 | ![]() |
Total education staff |
Instructional staff | ||||||
53.4% | 37,716 | 53.0% | 45,035 | Teachers | ||
5.2% | 3,677 | 8.4% | 7,146 | Instructional aides | ||
Support staff | ||||||
1.4% | 1,023 | 2.0% | 1,688 | Guidance counselors/directors | ||
1.7% | 1,207 | 1.9% | 1,620 | Librarians/library support | ||
3.0% | 2,147 | 4.2% | 3,551 | Administrative support | ||
30.4% | 21,495 | 26.2% | 22,217 | Other support services | ||
Administrators | ||||||
2.7% | 1,910 | 2.6% | 2,243 | School-based | ||
2.1% | 1,480 | 1.7% | 1,409 | School district officials/administrators | ||
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Figure 7 Average number of students per teacher, by grade level |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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1.1 | ![]() |
1.1 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
11.1 | 12.3 | Teacher to administrator ratio | ||||
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Figure 8 Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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$18,200 | ![]() |
$26,717 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$23,320 | $32,470 | Average teacher salary | ||||
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Figure 9 Distribution of public school teachers by age |
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1987 | ![]() |
1993 | ![]() |
Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned | ||
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0.1% | ![]() |
0.3% | ![]() |
Public school teachers with no degree | ||
41.4% | 38.6% | Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree | ||||
51.0% | 52.6% | Public school teachers with a Master's degree | ||||
7.5% | 8.5% | Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's | ||||
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FISCAL INFORMATION | ||||
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FY88 | ![]() |
FY97 | ![]() |
Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars) |
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$71,031 | ![]() |
$111,660 | ![]() |
National school lunch |
$12,278 | $22,336 | National school breakfast | ||
$80,577 | $130,002 | Title I | ||
$47,057 | $52,868 | Education for the handicapped | ||
$19,106 | $27,852 | Vocational and adult education | ||
$13,427 | $35,713 | School improvement | ||
$5,431 | $2,214 | School assistance (federally affected areas) | ||
$94 | $232 | Bilingual education | ||
$972 | $19 | Indian education | ||
Figure 10 Revenues by source |
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Figure 11 Current expenditures by function |
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FY88 | ![]() |
FY97 | ![]() |
Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars) | ||
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$2,171,704 | ![]() |
$3,955,039 | ![]() |
Revenues (in thousands of dollars) | ||
$2,978 | $5,286 | Revenue per pupil in membership | ||||
$1,873,390 | $3,436,406 | Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
$2,569 | $4,593 | Current expenditure per pupil in membership | ||||
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