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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Illinois Illinois Board of Education, 100 North First Street, Springfield, IL 62777-0001	Download, view and print Illinois's report as a pdf file. 323KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Glenn W. McGee, (217) 782-2221
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Dennis Powell, (217) 782-4315
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Dennis Powell, (217) 782-4315

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


1,811,446	1,973,040	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
4,263	4,185	Public schools
105,217	116,274	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
56,400	56,400	Land area in square miles
32.1	35.0	Public school students per square mile
7.6	7.4	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

11,391	11,845	State population (in thousands)
$1,804	$3,282	State revenue per capita
$1,687	$2,968	State expenditure per capita
$294	$417	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$115,299	$165,511	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	1,069	100%	1,040	Total public education agencies
92.2%	986	88.8%	924	Regular school districts
4.3%	46	7.8%	81	Regional service agencies
0.5%	5	0.5%	5	State-operated agencies
3.0%	32	2.9%	30	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.1%	1	0.1%	1	100 or more schools
0.7%	8	0.8%	8	25 to 99 schools
3.9%	42	4.7%	49	10 to 24 schools
16.3%	174	15.9%	165	5 to 9 schools
74.1%	792	74.4%	774	1 to 4 schools
4.9%	52	4.1%	43	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	4,263	100%	4,185	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
93.0%	3,963	91.7%	3,838	Regular schools
4.9%	210	5.9%	247	Special education schools
1.1%	45	0.6%	26	Vocational schools
1.1%	45	1.8%	74	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

37.3%	1,591	36.4%	1,524	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
18.2%	774	17.3%	725	PK, K, 1 to 8
9.1%	386	11.1%	466	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
6.5%	279	5.0%	209	7 to 8, 9
0.5%	22	1.9%	79	7, 8 to 12
15.5%	661	14.9%	625	9, 10, 11 to 12
8.5%	362	12.4%	517	Other grades
3.4%	144	0.6%	26	Ungraded
1.0%	44	0.3%	14	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


24,541	50,857	Prekindergarten
131,000	152,268	Kindergarten
142,619	162,304	First
142,121	154,385	Second
135,186	151,499	Third
128,340	145,919	Fourth
127,887	146,745	Fifth
122,444	157,949	Sixth
124,138	146,397	Seventh
121,278	141,348	Eighth
133,306	157,259	Ninth
135,447	145,471	Tenth
131,210	132,762	Eleventh
123,049	123,783	Twelfth
88,880	4,094	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	11.6%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	—	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	15.3%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

100.0%	116,075	100.0%	104,626	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
	—		—	High school equivalency
	—		—	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 proficient level
		Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	186,595	100%	221,325	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
56.4%	105,217	52.5%	116,274	Teachers
6.2%	11,555	10.8%	23,898	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.4%	2,686	1.3%	2,838	Guidance counselors/directors
2.0%	3,823	1.7%	3,851	Librarians/library support
	—	6.7%	14,824	Administrative support
30.7%	57,372	22.3%	49,345	Other support services
				Administrators
2.3%	4,236	2.4%	5,234	School-based
0.9%	1,706	2.3%	5,061	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

0.0%	0.3%	Public school teachers with no degree
51.5%	49.8%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
42.0%	46.1%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
6.6%	3.9%	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


$126,071	$220,388	National school lunch
$12,923	$31,118	National school breakfast
$203,724	$339,093	Title I
$77,999	$139,839	Education for the handicapped
$41,903	$45,600	Vocational and adult education
$36,083	$69,460	School improvement
$11,862	$9,877	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$3,770	$5,650	Bilingual education
$115	$47	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$6,452,386	$13,161,954	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,562	$6,671	Revenue per pupil in membership
$6,923,298	$11,720,249	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,822	$5,940	Current expenditure per pupil in membership