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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Idaho Idaho Department of Education, 650 West State Street, Boise, ID 83720	Download, view and print Idaho's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Marilyn Howard, (208) 332-6811
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Tim Hill, (208) 334-3337
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Tim Hill, (208) 334-3337

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


212,444	245,252	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
565	629	Public schools
10,258	13,078	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
83,557	83,557	Land area in square miles
2.5	2.9	Public school students per square mile
0.7	0.8	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

985	1,188	State population (in thousands)
$1,940	$3,544	State revenue per capita
$1,716	$3,036	State expenditure per capita
$367	$668	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$66,438	$108,575	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	115	100%	113	Total public education agencies
100.0%	115	99.1%	112	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.9%	1	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
0.9%	1	2.7%	3	25 to 99 schools
11.3%	13	12.4%	14	10 to 24 schools
20.9%	24	21.2%	24	5 to 9 schools
67.0%	77	63.7%	72	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%	565	100%	629	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
97.2%	549	89.3%	562	Regular schools
2.3%	13	2.7%	17	Special education schools
0.2%	1	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.4%	2	7.9%	50	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

48.3%	273	45.2%	284	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
4.1%	23	2.4%	15	PK, K, 1 to 8
7.1%	40	8.9%	56	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
9.9%	56	7.0%	44	7 to 8, 9
6.9%	39	6.7%	42	7, 8 to 12
13.5%	76	18.1%	114	9, 10, 11 to 12
7.8%	44	11.0%	69	Other grades
2.5%	14	0.0%	0	Ungraded
0.0%	0	0.8%	5	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


—	1,689	Prekindergarten
17,354	17,562	Kindergarten
18,287	18,805	First
17,947	18,262	Second
17,563	18,366	Third
16,968	18,085	Fourth
16,633	17,950	Fifth
15,948	18,806	Sixth
15,806	19,896	Seventh
15,503	19,998	Eighth
15,000	21,023	Ninth
14,772	19,458	Tenth
14,647	18,277	Eleventh
13,886	17,075	Twelfth
2,130	0	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	10.2%	Students in special education with IEPs
19.2%	23.6%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	19.5%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

92.9%	12,243	97.4%	14,667	Regular diploma
	—	0.4%	62	Other diploma
7.0%	927	1.8%	276	High school equivalency
0.0%	5	0.3%	47	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
	did not participate in the NAEP 1996 State Assessment

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

—	—	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level
—	—	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	16,205	100%	22,611	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
63.3%	10,258	57.8%	13,078	Teachers
5.7%	923	9.5%	2,153	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.5%	244	2.5%	558	Guidance counselors/directors
1.9%	307	1.8%	413	Librarians/library support
4.7%	754	5.0%	1,137	Administrative support
17.8%	2,888	18.9%	4,265	Other support services
				Administrators
3.3%	532	3.0%	676	School-based
1.8%	299	1.5%	331	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%	0.7%	Public school teachers with no degree
72.7%	74.5%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
22.0%	21.7%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
5.0%	3.1%	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


$11,228	$23,652	National school lunch
$532	$3,294	National school breakfast
$14,710	$25,615	Title I
$7,219	$13,614	Education for the handicapped
$5,030	$6,308	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$7,704	School improvement
$4,613	$3,599	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$564	$1,062	Bilingual education
$179	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$580,432	$1,251,263	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$2,732	$5,102	Revenue per pupil in membership
$532,274	$1,090,597	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$2,505	$4,447	Current expenditure per pupil in membership