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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

New Hampshire New Hampshire Department of Education, 101 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301	Download, view and print New Hampshire's report as a pdf file. 330KB
Superintendent of Education Commissioner Elizabeth M. Twomey, (603) 271-3144
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Judith D. Fillion, (603) 271-3855
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Ron Leclerc, (603) 271-2831

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


166,045	198,308	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
435	512	Public schools
10,363	12,692	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
9,304	9,304	Land area in square miles
17.8	21.3	Public school students per square mile
4.7	5.5	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

1,054	1,160	State population (in thousands)
$1,635	$3,036	State revenue per capita
$1,486	$2,834	State expenditure per capita
$92	$159	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$120,743	$155,740	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	229	100%	248	Total public education agencies
75.5%	173	71.8%	178	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	28.2%	70	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
24.5%	56	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.0%	0	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	25 to 99 schools
2.6%	6	2.8%	7	10 to 24 schools
9.6%	22	11.3%	28	5 to 9 schools
56.3%	129	52.0%	129	1 to 4 schools
31.4%	72	33.9%	84	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	435	100%	512	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
100.0%	435	100.0%	512	Regular schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Special education schools
0.0 %	0	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.0 %	0	0.0%	0	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

45.5%	198	41.0%	210	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
9.4%	41	9.4%	48	PK, K, 1 to 8
9.2%	40	12.7%	65	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
3.9%	17	4.5%	23	7 to 8, 9
4.4%	19	0.0%	0	7, 8 to 12
10.3%	45	15.0%	77	9, 10, 11 to 12
14.9%	65	17.4%	89	Other grades
2.3%	10	0.0%	0	Ungraded
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


—	1,535	Prekindergarten
5,991	8,569	Kindergarten
18,085	18,322	First
13,457	16,744	Second
12,626	16,620	Third
12,215	16,643	Fourth
11,946	16,367	Fifth
11,540	16,626	Sixth
12,169	15,955	Seventh
12,584	15,738	Eighth
13,206	15,999	Ninth
13,120	14,321	Tenth
12,955	12,875	Eleventh
12,226	11,158	Twelfth
3,925	836	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	13.5%	Students in special education with IEPs
7.4%	12.4%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	13.1%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

100.0%	10,796	85.5%%	10,094	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
5.9%	—	14.5%	1,717	High school equivalency
0.3%	—		—	Other completers
	—		—	Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				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
	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

—	—	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level
—	160.3	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	25.3%	Students below basic level
	74.7%	Students at or above basic level
	37.3%	Students at or above proficient level
	3.0%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	18,635	100%	23,963	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
55.6%	10,363	53.0%	12,692	Teachers
8.1%	1,501	16.1%	3,852	Instructional aides
				Support staff
2.6%	481	2.7%	656	Guidance counselors/directors
2.5%	475	2.4%	566	Librarians/library support
7.8%	1,462	4.2%	1018	Administrative support
19.5%	3,639	17.6%	4,214	Other support services
				Administrators
3.0%	567	2.0%	490	School-based
0.8%	147	2.0%	475	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

1.1%	0.1%	Public school teachers with no degree
66.3%	60.6%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
27.9%	35.9%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
4.7%	3.3%	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


$5,679	$12,681	National school lunch
$509	$1,976	National school breakfast
$10,020	$16,587	Title I
$6,014	$14,667	Education for the handicapped
$5,045	$6,252	Vocational and adult education
$3,903	$5,292	School improvement
$2,575	($11)	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$113	$282	Bilingual education
—	$32	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$748,214	$1,282,509	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,506	$6,467	Revenue per pupil in membership
$677,507	$1,173,958	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,080	$5,920	Current expenditure per pupil in membership