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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Florida Florida Department of Education, Capitol Building, Room PL 08, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400	Download, view and print Florida's report as a pdf file. 324KB
Superintendent of Education Commissioner Tom Gallagher, (850) 487-1785
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison G. Lavan Dukes, (904) 487-2280
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator G. Lavan Dukes, (904) 487-2280

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


1,664,774	2,242,212	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
2,379	2,801	Public schools
95,857	120,471	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
58,560	58,560	Land area in square miles
28.4	38.3	Public school students per square mile
4.1	4.8	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

11,997	14,419	State population (in thousands)
$1,573	$2,827	State revenue per capita
$1,449	$2,557	State expenditure per capita
$329	$519	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$116,355	$146,837	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	67	100%	74	Total public education agencies
100.0%	67	90.5%	67	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	1.4%	1	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	8.1%	6	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

11.9%	8	10.8%	8	100 or more schools
22.4%	15	27.0%	20	25 to 99 schools
32.8%	22	23.0%	17	10 to 24 schools
20.9%	14	23.0%	17	5 to 9 schools
11.9%	8	16.2%	12	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%	2,379	100%	2,801	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
86.0%	2,046	84.8%	2,374	Regular schools
3.4%	81	3.6%	102	Special education schools
4.2%	101	1.7%	47	Vocational schools
6.3%	151	9.9%	278	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

51.7%	1,230	51.8%	1,450	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
0.8%	20	1.2%	33	PK, K, 1 to 8
9.5%	226	13.7%	384	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
4.2%	99	0.9%	25	7 to 8, 9
2.4%	58	2.4%	68	7, 8 to 12
10.8%	257	10.7%	300	9, 10, 11 to 12
11.6%	275	18.9%	530	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Ungraded
9.0%	214	0.4%	11	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


5,939	53,979	Prekindergarten
145,384	176,512	Kindergarten
143,854	185,614	First
130,833	181,795	Second
127,904	178,378	Third
121,543	175,240	Fourth
120,423	175,623	Fifth
119,972	179,951	Sixth
127,935	176,413	Seventh
128,022	169,657	Eighth
142,768	193,153	Ninth
135,151	161,606	Tenth
117,937	128,822	Eleventh
97,109	105,469	Twelfth
—	—	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	13.4%	Students in special education with IEPs
31.6%	37.1%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	18.9%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

84.8%	82,184	76.5%	89,242	Regular diploma
1.6%	1,508	2.0%	2,321	Other diploma
12.6%	12,241	20.0%	23,277	High school equivalency
1.0%	954	1.5%	1,747	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

215.8	263.6	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
45.4%	46.3%	Students below basic level
54.6%	53.7%	Students at or above basic level
14.6%	16.9%	Students at or above proficient level
0.9%	1.7%	Students at advanced level
—	142.1	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	49.0%	Students below basic level
	51.0%	Students at or above basic level
	20.9%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.5%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	184,608	100%	248,773	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
51.9%	95,857	48.4%	120,471	Teachers
9.5%	17,564	10.8%	26,814	Instructional aides
				Support staff
2.2%	4,020	2.0%	4,855	Guidance counselors/directors
1.3%	2,421	1.4%	3,424	Librarians/library support
	—	9.8%	24,398	Administrative support
30.6%	56,461	24.3%	60,526	Other support services
				Administrators
3.0%	5,567	2.4%	5,993	School-based
1.5%	2,718	0.9%	2,292	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

0.2%	0.9%	Public school teachers with no degree
59.4%	57.4%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
36.2%	37.0%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
4.3%	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


$131,289	$305,877	National school lunch
$26,498	$70,951	National school breakfast
$193,405	$294,290	Title I
$64,686	$164,777	Education for the handicapped
$39,388	$55,912	Vocational and adult education
$29,677	$74,488	School improvement
$11,111	$7,020	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$3,453	$8,770	Bilingual education
$94	$24	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$7,466,975	$13,861,434	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,485	$6,182	Revenue per pupil in membership
$6,288,977	$12,018,676	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,778	$5,360	Current expenditure per pupil in membership