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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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168,353 | ![]() |
282,131 | ![]() |
Students in public elementary and secondary schools |
305 | 442 | Public schools | ||
8,348 | 14,805 | Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools | ||
110,540 | 110,540 | Land area in square miles | ||
1.5 | 2.6 | Public school students per square mile | ||
0.3 | 0.4 | 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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1,023 | ![]() |
1,601 | ![]() |
State population (in thousands) |
$2,313 | $3,873 | State revenue per capita | ||
$2,133 | $3,059 | State expenditure per capita | ||
$394 | $652 | State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita | ||
$135,265 | $182,622 | 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% | 17 | ![]() |
100% | 18 | ![]() |
Total public education agencies |
100.0% | 17 | 94.4% | 17 | Regular school districts | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Regional service agencies | ||
0.0% | 0 | 5.6% | 1 | 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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5.9% | 1 | ![]() |
5.6% | 1 | ![]() |
100 or more schools |
5.9% | 1 | 11.1% | 2 | 25 to 99 schools | ||
29.4% | 5 | 27.8% | 5 | 10 to 24 schools | ||
29.4% | 5 | 22.2% | 4 | 5 to 9 schools | ||
29.4% | 5 | 33.3% | 6 | 1 to 4 schools | ||
0.0% | 0 | 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% | 305 | ![]() |
100% | 442 | ![]() |
Total public elementary and secondary schools reported |
97.0% | 296 | 91.0% | 402 | Regular schools | ||
1.0% | 3 | 2.9% | 13 | Special education schools | ||
0.7% | 2 | 0.9% | 4 | Vocational schools | ||
1.3% | 4 | 5.2% | 23 | 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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55.4% | 169 | ![]() |
54.8% | 242 | ![]() |
PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6 |
5.9% | 18 | 3.4% | 15 | PK, K, 1 to 8 | ||
6.6% | 20 | 9.7% | 43 | 4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8 | ||
6.9% | 21 | 3.6% | 16 | 7 to 8, 9 | ||
6.9% | 21 | 5.0% | 22 | 7, 8 to 12 | ||
10.2% | 31 | 12.9% | 57 | 9, 10, 11 to 12 | ||
6.9% | 21 | 8.6% | 38 | Other grades | ||
1.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 3 | Ungraded | ||
0.3% | 1 | 1.4% | 6 | Not reported | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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1,868 | ![]() |
Prekindergarten |
13,859 | 22,875 | Kindergarten | ||
15,550 | 25,398 | First | ||
14,246 | 24,090 | Second | ||
13,303 | 23,154 | Third | ||
12,771 | 22,597 | Fourth | ||
12,583 | 22,570 | Fifth | ||
11,929 | 22,064 | Sixth | ||
11,988 | 21,432 | Seventh | ||
11,906 | 21,041 | Eighth | ||
12,112 | 21,162 | Ninth | ||
12,508 | 19,999 | Tenth | ||
13,020 | 17,912 | Eleventh | ||
11,604 | 15,316 | Twelfth | ||
974 | 653 | Ungraded | ||
Figure 5 Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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— | ![]() |
10.6% | ![]() |
Students in special education with IEPs |
— | 25.4% | School membership eligible for free lunch | ||
— | 14.5% | School-age children below poverty | ||
1987 | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() |
High school completers and dropouts | ||
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100.0% | 9,506 | ![]() |
76.2% | 10,374 | ![]() |
Regular diploma |
— | 7.3% | 987 | Other diploma | |||
— | 14.8% | 2,009 | High school equivalency | |||
— | 1.8% | 243 | Other completers | |||
— | 9.6% | Dropouts | ||||
55.6% | Dropouts who were male | |||||
41.5% | 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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did not meet the initial participation rate standard for public schools and results cannot be reported |
Grade 4 | ![]() |
Grade 8 | ![]() |
1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels | ||
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217.6 | ![]() |
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Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500] | ||
43.1% | Students below basic level | |||||
56.9% | Students at or above basic level | |||||
14.0% | Students at or above proficient level | |||||
0.8% | Students at advanced level | |||||
— | 143.1 | Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300] | ||||
47.3% | Students below basic level | |||||
52.7% | Students at or above basic level | |||||
21.5% | Students at or above proficient level | |||||
1.0% | Students at advanced level | |||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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100% | 9,736 | ![]() |
100% | 25,463 | ![]() |
Total education staff |
Instructional staff | ||||||
85.7% | 8,348 | 58.1% | 14,805 | Teachers | ||
— | 6.3% | 1,615 | Instructional aides | |||
Support staff | ||||||
3.0% | 290 | 2.2% | 560 | Guidance counselors/directors | ||
1.7% | 166 | 1.8% | 455 | Librarians/library support | ||
0.0% | — | 6.8% | 1,744 | Administrative support | ||
3.5% | 345 | 20.5% | 5,218 | Other support services | ||
Administrators | ||||||
4.2% | 408 | 2.9% | 745 | School-based | ||
1.8% | 179 | 1.3% | 321 | 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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6.0 | ![]() |
1.4 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
14.2 | 13.9 | 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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$18,523 | ![]() |
$28,538 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$27,599 | $40,817 | 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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0.5% | ![]() |
0.3% | ![]() |
Public school teachers with no degree | ||
47.0% | 50.5% | Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree | ||||
41.8% | 42.8% | Public school teachers with a Master's degree | ||||
10.6% | 6.4% | 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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$6,133 | ![]() |
$22,486 | ![]() |
National school lunch |
$1,335 | $5,373 | National school breakfast | ||
$8,840 | $19,376 | Title I | ||
$5,968 | $14,277 | Education for the handicapped | ||
$4,971 | $6,795 | Vocational and adult education | ||
$3,903 | $8,894 | School improvement | ||
$3,047 | $2,525 | School assistance (federally affected areas) | ||
$688 | $393 | Bilingual education | ||
$487 | — | 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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$660,290 | ![]() |
$1,705,232 | ![]() |
Revenues (in thousands of dollars) | ||
$3,922 | $6,044 | Revenue per pupil in membership | ||||
$555,272 | $1,434,395 | Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
$3,298 | $5,084 | Current expenditure per pupil in membership | ||||
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