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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Georgia Georgia Department of Education, 2066 Twin Towers East, Atlanta, GA 30334-5001	Download, view and print Georgia's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Linda C. Schrenko, (404) 656-2800
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Sue Gandy, (404) 657-5971
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Sue Gandy, (404) 657-5971

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


1,110,947	1,346,761	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,724	1,798	Public schools
62,280	81,795	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
58,876	58,876	Land area in square miles
18.9	22.9	Public school students per square mile
2.9	3.1	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

6,208	7,334	State population (in thousands)
$1,725	$3,210	State revenue per capita
$1,546	$2,935	State expenditure per capita
$405	$731	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$102,896	$154,443	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	186	100%	183	Total public education agencies
100.0%	186	100.0%	180	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

1.1%	2	0.6%	1	100 or more schools
4.8%	9	7.2%	13	25 to 99 schools
15.6%	29	18.3%	33	10 to 24 schools
29.0%	54	23.9%	43	5 to 9 schools
49.5%	92	50.0%	90	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%	1,724	100%	1,798	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
99.2%	1,711	100.0%	1,798	Regular schools
0.3%	5	0.0%	0	Special education schools
0.1%	2	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.3%	6	0.0%	0	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

44.7%	770	50.9%	916	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
2.4%	41	1.2%	22	PK, K, 1 to 8
12.5%	216	16.5%	297	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
4.0%	69	1.3%	24	7 to 8, 9
5.7%	98	1.9%	34	7, 8 to 12
11.7%	202	13.7%	247	9, 10, 11 to 12
18.8%	324	14.3%	258	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Ungraded
0.2%	4	0.0%	0	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


—	25,522	Prekindergarten
92,592	112,385	Kindergarten
97,353	114,978	First
92,812	110,641	Second
89,630	107,050	Third
83,226	105,333	Fourth
82,210	104,059	Fifth
80,579	104,926	Sixth
83,067	103,601	Seventh
80,797	102,355	Eighth
93,881	119,617	Ninth
75,196	92,630	Tenth
73,904	78,137	Eleventh
65,703	65,527	Twelfth
19,997	—	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	10.3%	Students in special education with IEPs
27.2%	42.8%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	24.7%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

100.0%	60,018	94.7%	56,271	Regular diploma
	—	2.6%	1,556	Other diploma
	—		—	High school equivalency
	—	2.7%	1,617	Other completers
	—		8.5%	Dropouts
			59.0%	Dropouts who were male
			46.8%	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

215.5	262.5	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
47.4%	48.9%	Students below basic level
52.6%	51.1%	Students at or above basic level
13.0%	15.9%	Students at or above proficient level
1.0%	2.1%	Students at advanced level
—	141.6	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	50.5%	Students below basic level
	49.5%	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%	119,320	100%	151,369	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
52.2%	62,280	54.0%	81,795	Teachers
10.0%	11,898	10.8%	16,313	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.1%	1,319	1.7%	2,558	Guidance counselors/directors
1.6%	1,859	2.2%	3,284	Librarians/library support
6.5%	7,789	6.7%	10,119	Administrative support
24.7%	29,433	20.5%	30,969	Other support services
				Administrators
3.4%	4,105	2.7%	4,083	School-based
0.5%	637	1.5%	2248	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

0.1%	0.4%	Public school teachers with no degree
45.5%	49.2%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
47.6%	42.5%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
6.8%	7.9%	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


$94,402	$206,871	National school lunch
$16,030	$58,236	National school breakfast
$107,568	$175,414	Title I
$37,313	$72,673	Education for the handicapped
$26,353	$39,022	Vocational and adult education
$20,150	$31,454	School improvement
$7,067	$6,489	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$193	$505	Bilingual education
—	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$3,715,388	$8,129,250	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,344	$6,036	Revenue per pupil in membership
$3,549,038	$7,230,405	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,195	$5,369	Current expenditure per pupil in membership