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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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268,100 | ![]() |
291,967 | ![]() |
Students in public elementary and secondary schools |
1,537 | 1,396 | Public schools | ||
17,713 | 20,174 | Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools | ||
77,227 | 77,227 | Land area in square miles | ||
3.5 | 3.8 | Public school students per square mile | ||
2.0 | 1.8 | 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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1,567 | ![]() |
1,649 | ![]() |
State population (in thousands) |
$1,670 | $3,342 | State revenue per capita | ||
$1,494 | $2,898 | State expenditure per capita | ||
$168 | $432 | State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita | ||
$94,343 | $143,871 | 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% | 1,010 | ![]() |
100% | 774 | ![]() |
Total public education agencies |
88.2% | 891 | 84.8% | 656 | Regular school districts | ||
11.1% | 112 | 14.5% | 112 | Regional service agencies | ||
0.7% | 7 | 0.8% | 6 | State-operated agencies | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 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 |
0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 25 to 99 schools | ||
0.9% | 9 | 1.3% | 10 | 10 to 24 schools | ||
2.3% | 23 | 3.2% | 25 | 5 to 9 schools | ||
82.5% | 833 | 82.0% | 635 | 1 to 4 schools | ||
14.2% | 143 | 13.0% | 101 | 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% | 1,537 | ![]() |
100% | 1,396 | ![]() |
Total public elementary and secondary schools reported |
98.8% | 1,518 | 95.5% | 1,333 | Regular schools | ||
1.2% | 19 | 4.5% | 63 | Special education schools | ||
0.0 % | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Vocational schools | ||
0.0 % | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 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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45.4% | 698 | ![]() |
46.1% | 644 | ![]() |
PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6 |
17.4% | 268 | 11.2% | 156 | PK, K, 1 to 8 | ||
2.5% | 38 | 4.5% | 63 | 4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8 | ||
3.3% | 50 | 3.0% | 42 | 7 to 8, 9 | ||
15.3% | 235 | 15.7% | 219 | 7, 8 to 12 | ||
5.8% | 89 | 6.9% | 96 | 9, 10, 11 to 12 | ||
10.2% | 157 | 11.4% | 159 | Other grades | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Ungraded | ||
0.1% | 2 | 1.2% | 17 | Not reported | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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1,478 | ![]() |
4,104 | ![]() |
Prekindergarten |
23,255 | 21,874 | Kindergarten | ||
23,188 | 22,224 | First | ||
22,052 | 21,443 | Second | ||
20,714 | 21,158 | Third | ||
20,057 | 21,440 | Fourth | ||
19,544 | 22,120 | Fifth | ||
18,879 | 22,548 | Sixth | ||
19,861 | 23,023 | Seventh | ||
19,138 | 22,912 | Eighth | ||
19,123 | 24,047 | Ninth | ||
20,374 | 23,790 | Tenth | ||
20,690 | 21,498 | Eleventh | ||
19,747 | 19,786 | Twelfth | ||
— | — | Ungraded | ||
Figure 5 Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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— | ![]() |
13.9% | ![]() |
Students in special education with IEPs |
18.0% | 21.0% | School membership eligible for free lunch | ||
— | 9.8% | School-age children below poverty | ||
1987 | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() |
High school completers and dropouts | ||
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94.1% | 18,129 | ![]() |
96.9% | 18,014 | ![]() |
Regular diploma |
—- | 0.2% | 44 | Other diploma | |||
5.9% | 1,127 | 2.1% | 394 | High school equivalency | ||
0.3% | — | 0.7% | 139 | Other completers | ||
— | 4.5% | Dropouts | ||||
57.5% | Dropouts who were male | |||||
29.8% | 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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227.5 | ![]() |
282.8 | ![]() |
Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500] | ||
29.8% | 24.1% | Students below basic level | ||||
70.2% | 75.9% | Students at or above basic level | ||||
24.4% | 30.8% | Students at or above proficient level | ||||
2.3% | 5.2% | Students at advanced level | ||||
— | 157.3 | Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300] | ||||
28.9% | Students below basic level | |||||
71.1% | Students at or above basic level | |||||
34.7% | Students at or above proficient level | |||||
2.7% | Students at advanced level | |||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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100% | 31,809 | ![]() |
100% | 38,038 | ![]() |
Total education staff |
Instructional staff | ||||||
55.7% | 17,713 | 53.0% | 20,174 | Teachers | ||
7.8% | 2,472 | 9.5% | 3,629 | Instructional aides | ||
Support staff | ||||||
1.6% | 513 | 2.0% | 757 | Guidance counselors/directors | ||
1.6% | 498 | 2.5% | 967 | Librarians/library support | ||
4.8% | 1,526 | 5.1% | 1,958 | Administrative support | ||
23.7% | 7,535 | 23.0% | 8,743 | Other support services | ||
Administrators | ||||||
3.3% | 1,038 | 2.5% | 969 | School-based | ||
1.6% | 514 | 2.2% | 841 | 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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1.3 | ![]() |
1.1 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
11.4 | 11.1 | 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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$15,587 | ![]() |
$21,189 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$22,683 | $31,768 | 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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0.0% | ![]() |
0.2% | ![]() |
Public school teachers with no degree | ||
61.5% | 61.5% | Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree | ||||
34.7% | 36.0% | Public school teachers with a Master's degree | ||||
3.8% | 2.3% | 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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$16,453 | ![]() |
$31,413 | ![]() |
National school lunch |
$900 | $3,973 | National school breakfast | ||
$19,717 | $32,579 | Title I | ||
$11,320 | $19,863 | Education for the handicapped | ||
$6,444 | $7,935 | Vocational and adult education | ||
$5,042 | $7,380 | School improvement | ||
$8,990 | $12,679 | School assistance (federally affected areas) | ||
$364 | $546 | Bilingual education | ||
$374 | $34 | 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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$1,034,017 | ![]() |
$1,954,789 | ![]() |
Revenues (in thousands of dollars) | ||
$3,857 | $6,695 | Revenue per pupil in membership | ||||
$995,235 | $1,707,455 | Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
$3,712 | $5,848 | Current expenditure per pupil in membership | ||||
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