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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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642,696 | ![]() |
656,089 | ![]() |
Students in public elementary and secondary schools |
1,399 | 1,407 | Public schools | ||
35,239 | 39,331 | Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools | ||
40,409 | 40,409 | Land area in square miles | ||
15.9 | 16.2 | Public school students per square mile | ||
3.5 | 3.5 | Public schools per 100 square miles | ||
Figure 1 School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Fiscal summary |
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3,683 | ![]() |
3,882 | ![]() |
State population (in thousands) |
$2,003 | $3,846 | State revenue per capita | ||
$1,866 | $3,313 | State expenditure per capita | ||
$394 | $628 | State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita | ||
$84,394 | $134,985 | Gross state product per school-age child | ||
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by type | ||
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100% | 258 | ![]() |
100% | 258 | ![]() |
Total public education agencies |
69.0% | 178 | 68.2% | 176 | Regular school districts | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Regional service agencies | ||
30.2% | 78 | 31.0% | 80 | State-operated agencies | ||
0.8% | 2 | 0.8% | 2 | Federally operated and other types | ||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by number of schools | ||
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0.4% | 1 | ![]() |
0.4% | 1 | ![]() |
100 or more schools |
1.2% | 3 | 1.2% | 3 | 25 to 99 schools | ||
14.3% | 37 | 14.0% | 36 | 10 to 24 schools | ||
25.6% | 66 | 27.5% | 71 | 5 to 9 schools | ||
27.5% | 71 | 25.2% | 65 | 1 to 4 schools | ||
31.0% | 80 | 31.8% | 82 | No schools reported | ||
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Figure 2 Regular school districts by student membership size |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of schools by type | ||
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100% | 1,399 | ![]() |
100% | 1,407 | ![]() |
Total public elementary and secondary schools reported |
94.6% | 1,323 | 94.8% | 1,334 | Regular schools | ||
1.4% | 19 | 0.6% | 8 | Special education schools | ||
1.4% | 19 | 0.8% | 11 | Vocational schools | ||
2.7% | 38 | 3.8% | 54 | Other and alternative schools | ||
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Figure 3 Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97 |
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Figure 4 Public schools by size of student membership |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Number of public schools by grade span category | ||
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40.3% | 564 | ![]() |
48.5% | 682 | ![]() |
PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6 |
19.4% | 272 | 6.5% | 92 | PK, K, 1 to 8 | ||
9.0% | 126 | 12.4% | 175 | 4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8 | ||
4.1% | 58 | 2.9% | 41 | 7 to 8, 9 | ||
4.0% | 56 | 4.8% | 68 | 7, 8 to 12 | ||
14.6% | 204 | 15.4% | 216 | 9, 10, 11 to 12 | ||
4.4% | 61 | 4.1% | 58 | Other grades | ||
2.4% | 34 | 0.6% | 9 | Ungraded | ||
1.7% | 24 | 4.7% | 66 | Not reported | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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19,428 | ![]() |
Prekindergarten |
49,206 | 46,450 | Kindergarten | ||
54,536 | 48,209 | First | ||
51,388 | 47,697 | Second | ||
49,491 | 54,703 | Third | ||
48,446 | 47,018 | Fourth | ||
48,325 | 46,850 | Fifth | ||
46,636 | 48,695 | Sixth | ||
47,250 | 49,675 | Seventh | ||
44,641 | 49,641 | Eighth | ||
51,188 | 55,989 | Ninth | ||
49,605 | 48,867 | Tenth | ||
47,244 | 43,346 | Eleventh | ||
41,586 | 38,460 | Twelfth | ||
13,154 | 11,061 | Ungraded | ||
Figure 5 Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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Students in special education with IEPs |
— | 40.3% | School membership eligible for free lunch | ||
— | 24.7% | School-age children below poverty | ||
1987 | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() |
High school completers and dropouts | ||
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99.6% | 36,948 | ![]() |
100.0% | 36,641 | ![]() |
Regular diploma |
0.3% | 104 | — | Other diploma | |||
— | — | High school equivalency | ||||
0.2% | 60 | — | Other completers | |||
— | — | Dropouts | ||||
Dropouts who were male | ||||||
Dropouts who were minority | ||||||
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Figure 6 Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state ( ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Grade 4 | ![]() |
Grade 8 | ![]() |
1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels | ||
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220 | ![]() |
266.6 | ![]() |
Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500] | ||
39.8% | 43.5% | Students below basic level | ||||
60.2% | 56.5% | Students at or above basic level | ||||
15.6% | 15.7% | Students at or above proficient level | ||||
1.2% | 1.4% | Students at advanced level | ||||
— | 147.3 | Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300] | ||||
42.4% | Students below basic level | |||||
57.6% | Students at or above basic level | |||||
23.1% | Students at or above proficient level | |||||
1.5% | Students at advanced level | |||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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100% | 69,192 | ![]() |
100% | 74,880 | ![]() |
Total education staff |
Instructional staff | ||||||
50.9% | 35,239 | 52.5% | 39,331 | Teachers | ||
7.5% | 5,182 | 10.6% | 7,947 | Instructional aides | ||
Support staff | ||||||
1.3% | 915 | 1.7% | 1,272 | Guidance counselors/directors | ||
2.1% | 1,443 | 2.4% | 1,766 | Librarians/library support | ||
8.7% | 6,054 | 6.6% | 4,930 | Administrative support | ||
25.0% | 17,325 | 21.8% | 16,304 | Other support services | ||
Administrators | ||||||
2.4% | 1,640 | 2.5% | 1,903 | School-based | ||
2.0% | 1,394 | 1.9% | 1,427 | School district officials/administrators | ||
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Figure 7 Average number of students per teacher, by grade level |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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1.0 | ![]() |
1.1 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
11.6 | 11.8 | Teacher to administrator ratio | ||||
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Figure 8 Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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$16,150 | ![]() |
$23,018 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$24,253 | $33,802 | Average teacher salary | ||||
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Figure 9 Distribution of public school teachers by age |
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1987 | ![]() |
1993 | ![]() |
Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned | ||
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0.3% | ![]() |
0.1% | ![]() |
Public school teachers with no degree | ||
24.4% | 23.6% | Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree | ||||
50.4% | 56.8% | Public school teachers with a Master's degree | ||||
25.0% | 19.5% | Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's | ||||
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FISCAL INFORMATION | ||||
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FY88 | ![]() |
FY97 | ![]() |
Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars) |
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$58,350 | ![]() |
$96,377 | ![]() |
National school lunch |
$14,250 | $27,526 | National school breakfast | ||
$72,631 | $135,792 | Title I | ||
$25,339 | $59,480 | Education for the handicapped | ||
$17,894 | $24,676 | Vocational and adult education | ||
$12,353 | $28,078 | School improvement | ||
$1,317 | $498 | School assistance (federally affected areas) | ||
$195 | $154 | Bilingual education | ||
— | — | Indian education | ||
Figure 10 Revenues by source |
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Figure 11 Current expenditures by function |
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FY88 | ![]() |
FY97 | ![]() |
Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars) | ||
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$1,819,222 | ![]() |
$3,794,129 | ![]() |
Revenues (in thousands of dollars) | ||
$2,831 | $5,783 | Revenue per pupil in membership | ||||
$1,741,799 | $3,382,062 | Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
$2,710 | $5,155 | Current expenditure per pupil in membership | ||||
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