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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Arizona Arizona Department of Education, 1535 West Jefferson, Phoenix, AZ 85007	Download, view and print Arizona's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Lisa Graham Keegan, (602) 542-3813
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Kelly Powell, (602) 542-5031
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Richard Wiggall, (602) 542-8227

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


572,421	799,250	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
965	1,340	Public schools
30,707	40,521	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
113,909	113,909	Land area in square miles
5.0	7.0	Public school students per square mile
0.8	1.2	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

3,437	4,434	State population (in thousands)
$1,943	$3,006	State revenue per capita
$1,788	$2,726	State expenditure per capita
$300	$488	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$95,682	$129,040	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	242	100%	317	Total public education agencies
99.2%	240	95.3%	302	Regular school districts
0.8%	2	1.6%	5	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.3%	1	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	2.8%	9	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.3%	1	100 or more schools
1.7%	4	1.6%	5	25 to 99 schools
8.3%	20	8.2%	26	10 to 24 schools
9.5%	23	9.8%	31	5 to 9 schools
75.2%	182	76.7%	243	1 to 4 schools
5.4%	13	3.5%	11	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	965	100%	1,340	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
96.7%	933	93.6%	1,254	Regular schools
2.3%	22	1.2%	16	Special education schools
0.4%	4	0.5%	7	Vocational schools
0.6%	6	4.7%	63	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

45.2%	436	40.9%	548	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
16.1%	155	12.8%	172	PK, K, 1 to 8
6.6%	64	9.6%	128	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
9.2%	89	5.8%	78	7 to 8, 9
0.8%	8	1.7%	23	7, 8 to 12
13.5%	130	13.4%	179	9, 10, 11 to 12
4.9%	47	9.9%	133	Other grades
1.1%	11	2.7%	36	Ungraded
2.6%	25	3.2%	43	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


—	4,495	Prekindergarten
49,182	64,613	Kindergarten
53,285	70,180	First
48,711	65,505	Second
45,990	64,627	Third
44,032	62,793	Fourth
43,353	63,375	Fifth
41,104	62,791	Sixth
41,305	62,140	Seventh
40,269	60,514	Eighth
43,183	64,566	Ninth
40,840	56,109	Tenth
38,951	47,573	Eleventh
36,513	42,041	Twelfth
5,703	7,928	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	9.7%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	—	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	24.5%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

76.5%	29,549	99.8%	30,008	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
23.5%	9,074		—	High school equivalency
	—	0.2%	55	Other completers
	—		—	Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				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

217.6	267.9	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
43.5%	42.6%	Students below basic level
56.5%	57.4%	Students at or above basic level
15.3%	17.7%	Students at or above proficient level
1.4%	1.8%	Students at advanced level
—	144.9	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	45.4%	Students below basic level
	54.6%	Students at or above basic level
	22.6%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.7%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	59,095	100%	79,429	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
52.0%	30,707	51.0%	40,521	Teachers
7.7%	4,564	12.8%	10,157	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.3%	739	1.3%	1,046	Guidance counselors/directors
1.9%	1,144	1.7%	1,343	Librarians/library support
7.8%	4,628	7.9%	6,267	Administrative support
25.0%	14,771	22.3%	17,734	Other support services
				Administrators
2.3%	1,335	2.2%	1,770	School-based
2.0%	1,207	0.7%	591	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

0.3%	0.4%	Public school teachers with no degree
56.3%	51.7%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
38.4%	43.3%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
5.0%	4.7%	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


$37,752	$98,706	National school lunch
$6,705	$23,145	National school breakfast
$45,388	$113,107	Title I
$20,757	$43,073	Education for the handicapped
$12,960	$21,689	Vocational and adult education
$9,959	$31,407	School improvement
$52,710	$85,284	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$5,605	$6,323	Bilingual education
$5,101	$133	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$2,361,006	$4,400,591	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,125	$5,506	Revenue per pupil in membership
$2,002,395	$3,527,473	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,498	$4,413	Current expenditure per pupil in membership