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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

District of Columbia District of Columbia Public Schools, 415 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004	Download, view and print District of Columbia's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, (202) 724-4222
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Brenda Dumson, (202) 541-5931
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Brenda Dumson, (202) 541-5931

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


86,435	78,648	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
188	184	Public schools
6,232	5,288	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
67	67	Land area in square miles
1,290.1	1,173.9	Public school students per square mile
280.6	274.6	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

637	539	State population (in thousands)
—	—	State revenue per capita
—	—	State expenditure per capita
—	—	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$403,598	$688,178	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	1	100%	1	Total public education agencies
100.0%	1	100.0%	1	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

100.0%	1	100.0%	1	100 or more schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	25 to 99 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	10 to 24 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	5 to 9 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	1 to 4 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	188	100%	184	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
88.3%	166	90.2%	166	Regular schools
8.0%	15	5.4%	10	Special education schools
3.7%	7	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.0%	0	4.3%	8	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

58.5%	110	58.7%	108	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
3.2%	6	2.2%	4	PK, K, 1 to 8
2.1%	4	6.5%	12	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
13.8%	26	7.6%	14	7 to 8, 9
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	7, 8 to 12
7.4%	14	12.0%	22	9, 10, 11 to 12
3.2%	6	6.0%	11	Other grades
10.6%	20	7.1%	13	Ungraded
1.1%	2	0.0%	0	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


3,436	5,044	Prekindergarten
6,579	7,469	Kindergarten
7,587	7,912	First
7,033	7,114	Second
6,448	6,271	Third
6,055	5,442	Fourth
5,803	5,332	Fifth
5,303	4,742	Sixth
5,987	4,875	Seventh
5,710	4,625	Eighth
5,665	4,951	Ninth
5,650	4,554	Tenth
5,391	3,694	Eleventh
4,806	3,042	Twelfth
4,982	3,581	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	8.5%	Students in special education with IEPs
42.0%	69.3%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	37.9%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

80.0%	3,842	73.8%	2,696	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
20.0%	958	23.3%	851	High school equivalency
	—	2.9%	107	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

187.1	232.8	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
79.9%	80.2%	Students below basic level
20.1%	19.8%	Students at or above basic level
5.1%	5.4%	Students at or above proficient level
0.9%	1.2%	Students at advanced level
—	113.0	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	81.5%	Students below basic level
	18.5%	Students at or above basic level
	4.8%	Students at or above proficient level
	0.3%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	11,130	100%	9,318	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
56.0%	6,232	56.8%	5,288	Teachers
5.7%	636	5.4%	499	Instructional aides
				Support staff
2.5%	273	2.4%	225	Guidance counselors/directors
1.6%	182	1.5%	140	Librarians/library support
3.6%	404	6.8%	633	Administrative support
23.9%	2,662	18.9%	1,761	Other support services
				Administrators
2.7%	296	3.2%	300	School-based
4.0%	445	5.1%	472	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

0.7%	0.0%	Public school teachers with no degree
43.1%	41.2%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
44.5%	54.4%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
11.7%	4.4%	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


$10,020	$14,708	National school lunch
$1,781	$3,183	National school breakfast
$20,498	$19,977	Title I
$1,785	$102,612	Education for the handicapped
$5,011	$4,145	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$9,824	School improvement
$1,263	$786	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$880	$1,357	Bilingual education
$110	$29	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$484,717	$711,504	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$5,608	$9,047	Revenue per pupil in membership
$489,357	$632,952	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$5,662	$8,048	Current expenditure per pupil in membership