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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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505,550 | ![]() |
503,967 | ![]() |
Students in public elementary and secondary schools |
955 | 1,007 | Public schools | ||
26,930 | 29,293 | Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools | ||
47,716 | 47,716 | Land area in square miles | ||
10.6 | 10.6 | Public school students per square mile | ||
2.0 | 2.1 | 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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2,589 | ![]() |
2,711 | ![]() |
State population (in thousands) |
$1,787 | $3,443 | State revenue per capita | ||
$1,607 | $3,298 | State expenditure per capita | ||
$375 | $548 | State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita | ||
$63,190 | $102,293 | 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% | 167 | ![]() |
100% | 164 | ![]() |
Total public education agencies |
91.0% | 152 | 93.3% | 153 | Regular school districts | ||
9.0% | 15 | 0.0% | 0 | Regional service agencies | ||
0.0% | 0 | 6.1% | 10 | State-operated agencies | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.6% | 1 | Federally operated and other types | ||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by number of schools | ||
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0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
100 or more schools |
0.6% | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 25 to 99 schools | ||
12.0% | 20 | 14.0% | 23 | 10 to 24 schools | ||
41.3% | 69 | 41.5% | 68 | 5 to 9 schools | ||
39.5% | 66 | 43.9% | 72 | 1 to 4 schools | ||
6.6% | 11 | 0.0% | 0 | 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% | 955 | ![]() |
100% | 1,007 | ![]() |
Total public elementary and secondary schools reported |
89.7% | 857 | 87.4% | 880 | Regular schools | ||
1.5% | 14 | 0.0% | 0 | Special education schools | ||
8.4% | 80 | 8.6% | 87 | Vocational schools | ||
0.4% | 4 | 4.0% | 40 | 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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33.0% | 315 | ![]() |
30.8% | 310 | ![]() |
PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6 |
5.1% | 49 | 5.1% | 51 | PK, K, 1 to 8 | ||
9.3% | 89 | 11.2% | 113 | 4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8 | ||
5.1% | 49 | 3.7% | 37 | 7 to 8, 9 | ||
5.8% | 55 | 5.3% | 53 | 7, 8 to 12 | ||
11.2% | 107 | 12.3% | 124 | 9, 10, 11 to 12 | ||
20.4% | 195 | 17.4% | 175 | Other grades | ||
1.4% | 13 | 1.3% | 13 | Ungraded | ||
8.7% | 83 | 13.0% | 131 | Not reported | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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154 | ![]() |
1,052 | ![]() |
Prekindergarten |
37,766 | 39,459 | Kindergarten | ||
46,425 | 43,401 | First | ||
42,079 | 39,406 | Second | ||
39,859 | 38,145 | Third | ||
39,223 | 37,315 | Fourth | ||
39,598 | 37,795 | Fifth | ||
36,424 | 38,102 | Sixth | ||
38,710 | 40,558 | Seventh | ||
35,503 | 38,879 | Eighth | ||
38,370 | 43,295 | Ninth | ||
35,224 | 35,243 | Tenth | ||
31,841 | 29,357 | Eleventh | ||
30,281 | 25,711 | Twelfth | ||
14,093 | 16,249 | Ungraded | ||
Figure 5 Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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— | ![]() |
13.2% | ![]() |
Students in special education with IEPs |
— | 55.5% | School membership eligible for free lunch | ||
— | 21.8% | School-age children below poverty | ||
1987 | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() |
High school completers and dropouts | ||
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100.0% | 26,201 | ![]() |
91.6% | 23,032 | ![]() |
Regular diploma |
— | 0.0% | 4 | Other diploma | |||
— | 0.0% | 4 | High school equivalency | |||
— | 2.3% | 547 | Other completers | |||
— | 6.2% | Dropouts | ||||
59.3% | Dropouts who were male | |||||
56.5% | 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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208.4 | ![]() |
250.2 | ![]() |
Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500] | ||
58.0% | 64.4% | Students below basic level | ||||
42.0% | 35.6% | Students at or above basic level | ||||
8.0% | 7.2% | Students at or above proficient level | ||||
0.4% | 0.4% | Students at advanced level | ||||
— | 133.0 | Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300] | ||||
60.7% | Students below basic level | |||||
39.3% | Students at or above basic level | |||||
12.3% | Students at or above proficient level | |||||
0.7% | Students at advanced level | |||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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100% | 42,541 | ![]() |
100% | 61,125 | ![]() |
Total education staff |
Instructional staff | ||||||
63.3% | 26,930 | 47.9% | 29,293 | Teachers | ||
18.2% | 7,754 | 14.1% | 8,615 | Instructional aides | ||
Support staff | ||||||
1.8% | 747 | 1.4% | 869 | Guidance counselors/directors | ||
2.3% | 986 | 1.9% | 1,141 | Librarians/library support | ||
5.5% | 2,333 | 5.3% | 3,263 | Administrative support | ||
3.8% | 1,629 | 24.7% | 15,105 | Other support services | ||
Administrators | ||||||
2.8% | 1,212 | 2.5% | 1,499 | School-based | ||
2.2% | 949 | 2.2% | 1,340 | 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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1.7 | ![]() |
0.9 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
12.5 | 10.3 | 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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$16,400 | ![]() |
$20,264 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$20,562 | $27,662 | 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% | ![]() |
0.9% | ![]() |
Public school teachers with no degree | ||
56.9% | 56.8% | Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree | ||||
36.9% | 37.5% | Public school teachers with a Master's degree | ||||
5.9% | 4.8% | 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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$69,595 | ![]() |
$102,266 | ![]() |
National school lunch |
$15,843 | $29,633 | National school breakfast | ||
$75,073 | $125,430 | Title I | ||
$28,306 | $35,576 | Education for the handicapped | ||
$12,910 | $18,380 | Vocational and adult education | ||
$9,604 | $22,010 | School improvement | ||
$3,653 | $2,732 | School assistance (federally affected areas) | ||
$872 | $126 | Bilingual education | ||
$835 | $96 | 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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$1,135,053 | ![]() |
$2,259,053 | ![]() |
Revenues (in thousands of dollars) | ||
$2,245 | $4,483 | Revenue per pupil in membership | ||||
$1,221,560 | $2,035,675 | Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
$2,416 | $4,039 | Current expenditure per pupil in membership | ||||
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