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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
1987 | 1996 | Demographics | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION | ||||||
1987 | 1996 | Distribution of agencies by type | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||
STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
1987 | 1996 | Public school membership by grade | ||
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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 | |||
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| 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 | ||
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 | ||||
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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 | |||||
STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
1987 | 1996 | Educational staff | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
1987 | 1996 | |||||
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1.3 | 1.2 | Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||||
13.0 | 13.4 | Teacher to administrator ratio | ||||
Figure 8 Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience |
1987 | 1996 | |||||
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$19,625 | $25,600 | Average beginning teacher salary | ||||
$29,900 | $38,276 | Average teacher salary | ||||
Figure 9 Distribution of public school teachers by age |
1987 | 1993 | Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned | ||||
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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 | ||||
FISCAL INFORMATION | ||||
FY88 | FY97 | Federal aid to
education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars) | ||
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$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) | ||||
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$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 | ||||