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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

New York New York Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234	Download, view and print New York's report as a pdf file. 331KB
Superintendent of Education Commissioner Richard P. Mills, (518) 474-5844
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Ronald W. Danforth, (518) 474-7965
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Ronald W. Danforth, (518) 474-7965

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


2,594,070	2,843,131	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
3,971	4,172	Public schools
170,236	185,104	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
49,576	49,576	Land area in square miles
52.3	57.3	Public school students per square mile
8.0	8.4	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

17,869	18,134	State population (in thousands)
$3,193	$5,262	State revenue per capita
$2,811	$4,590	State expenditure per capita
$425	$562	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$148,720	$190,946	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	763	100%	744	Total public education agencies
94.6%	722	94.9%	706	Regular school districts
5.4%	41	5.1%	38	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.1%	1	0.1%	1	100 or more schools
0.5%	4	0.5%	4	25 to 99 schools
5.4%	41	5.4%	40	10 to 24 schools
23.2%	177	25.4%	189	5 to 9 schools
70.4%	537	68.5%	510	1 to 4 schools
0.4%	3	0.0%	0	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	3,971	100%	4,172	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
97.1%	3,856	95.6%	3,988	Regular schools
2.1%	85	2.1%	88	Special education schools
0.7 %	28	0.6%	25	Vocational schools
0.1 %	2	1.7%	71	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

52.0%	2,064	47.9%	2,000	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
1.5%	61	1.9%	81	PK, K, 1 to 8
8.5%	336	12.9%	540	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
6.3%	251	3.0%	124	7 to 8, 9
5.9%	234	4.7%	194	7, 8 to 12
12.1%	481	13.3%	555	9, 10, 11 to 12
11.5%	455	13.8%	577	Other grades
2.2%	89	2.3%	95	Ungraded
0.0%	0	0.1%	6	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


20,821	31,566	Prekindergarten
183,910	210,795	Kindergarten
207,689	235,237	First
192,401	223,231	Second
183,326	214,604	Third
181,309	205,572	Fourth
174,289	200,936	Fifth
172,021	200,565	Sixth
180,815	200,259	Seventh
171,808	196,724	Eighth
207,361	241,927	Ninth
203,499	206,802	Tenth
201,482	173,915	Eleventh
172,904	146,738	Twelfth
140,435	154,260	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	12.9%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	38.4%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	24.4%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

100%	163,765	91.2%	134,401	Regular diploma
	—	2.5%	3,687	Other diploma
	—	6.1%	9,030	High school equivalency
	—	0.1%	175	Other completers
	—		3.7%	Dropouts
			55.9%	Dropouts who were male
			64.7%	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

222.6	270.2	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
35.6%	38.8%	Students below basic level
64.4%	61.2%	Students at or above basic level
19.7%	22.0%	Students at or above proficient level
1.7%	3.1%	Students at advanced level
—	145.7	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	43.4%	Students below basic level
	56.6%	Students at or above basic level
	26.9%	Students at or above proficient level
	2.5%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	327,428	100%	363,586	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
52.0%	170,236	50.9%	185,104	Teachers
7.3%	23,825	8.1%	29,467	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.5%	5,028	1.5%	5,467	Guidance counselors/directors
1.5%	4,810	1.3%	4,734	Librarians/library support
9.0%	29,306	8.2%	29,867	Administrative support
25.4%	83,252	27.0%	98,049	Other support services
				Administrators
2.1%	6,885	1.9%	6,851	School-based
1.2%	4,086	1.1%	4,047	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

0.1%	0.1%	Public school teachers with no degree
32.3%	25.0%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
57.5%	68.1%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
10.1%	6.8%	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


$207,405	$405,963	National school lunch
$37,773	$85,022	National school breakfast
$440,869	$597,255	Title I
$1,486	$216,880	Education for the handicapped
$63,120	$60,835	Vocational and adult education
$55,817	$151,039	School improvement
$14,546	$13,321	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$22,069	$28,782	Bilingual education
$1,166	$24	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$17,094,990	$26,564,743	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$6,590	$9,343	Revenue per pupil in membership
$16,073,392	$24,237,291	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$6,196	$8,525	Current expenditure per pupil in membership