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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Minnesota Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113	Download, view and print Minnesota's report as a pdf file. 324KB
Superintendent of Education Commissioner Christine Jax, (651) 582-8204
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison JCarol Hokenson, (612) 296-4432
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Rod Riese, (612) 297-3474

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


721,481	847,204	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,570	2,116	Public schools
42,132	48,245	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
84,068	84,068	Land area in square miles
8.6	10.1	Public school students per square mile
1.9	2.5	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

4,235	4,649	State population (in thousands)
$2,666	$4,883	State revenue per capita
$2,246	$3,936	State expenditure per capita
$448	$802	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$110,522	$152,994	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	505	100%	453	Total public education agencies
86.3%	436	84.3%	382	Regular school districts
13.7%	69	15.0%	68	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.7%	3	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	0.4%	2	100 or more schools
0.8%	4	1.8%	8	25 to 99 schools
3.8%	19	6.8%	31	10 to 24 schools
8.7%	44	13.2%	60	5 to 9 schools
82.4%	416	76.2%	345	1 to 4 schools
4.4%	22	1.5%	7	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,570	100%	2,116	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
95.8%	1,504	70.2%	1,485	Regular schools
1.8%	29	5.2%	111	Special education schools
2.2 %	34	0.6%	12	Vocational schools
0.2 %	3	24.0%	508	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

51.6%	810	37.5%	793	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
0.9%	14	1.6%	33	PK, K, 1 to 8
5.0%	79	6.7%	142	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
5.4%	85	3.4%	72	7 to 8, 9
19.0%	299	12.4%	262	7, 8 to 12
8.8%	138	11.3%	239	9, 10, 11 to 12
5.3%	83	11.6%	245	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Ungraded
3.9%	62	15.6%	330	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


5,693	8,902	Prekindergarten
62,391	62,383	Kindergarten
61,291	64,508	First
57,906	63,465	Second
55,082	63,203	Third
52,761	63,024	Fourth
51,167	65,090	Fifth
49,044	66,003	Sixth
51,353	66,293	Seventh
49,865	65,881	Eighth
51,900	68,569	Ninth
54,804	66,904	Tenth
58,659	62,566	Eleventh
59,565	60,413	Twelfth
—	0	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	12.4%	Students in special education with IEPs
15.6%	19.4%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	15.7%	School-age children below poverty

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1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

100.0%	53,533	100.0%	50,481	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
	—		—	High school equivalency
	—		—	Other completers
	—		5.3%	Dropouts
			58.0%	Dropouts who were male
			30.7%	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

232.2	284.0	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
24.5%	25.0%	Students below basic level
75.5%	75.0%	Students at or above basic level
29.4%	34.5%	Students at or above proficient level
3.2%	6.0%	Students at advanced level
—	158.6	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	28.1%	Students below basic level
	71.9%	Students at or above basic level
	36.7%	Students at or above proficient level
	3.1%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	74,027	100%	86,856	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
56.9%	42,132	55.5%	48,245	Teachers
8.6%	6,389	13.0%	11,255	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.2%	855	1.1%	915	Guidance counselors/directors
2.1%	1,575	2.1%	1,863	Librarians/library support
7.5%	5,553	6.9%	5,971	Administrative support
19.3%	14,280	17.3%	15,014	Other support services
				Administrators
2.2%	1,634	1.8%	1,597	School-based
2.2%	1,609	2.3%	1,996	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%	0.1%	Public school teachers with no degree
64.8%	63.4%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
31.3%	33.6%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
3.9%	2.9%	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


$37,200	$74,504	National school lunch
$1,900	$11,570	National school breakfast
$48,909	$86,401	Title I
$28,519	$62,832	Education for the handicapped
$16,115	$21,761	Vocational and adult education
$12,956	$23,331	School improvement
$5,270	$6,211	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$1,731	$2,293	Bilingual education
$3,901	$61	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$3,298,933	$6,109,916	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,572	$7,212	Revenue per pupil in membership
$2,981,209	$5,087,353	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,132	$6,005	Current expenditure per pupil in membership