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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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1,085,976 | ![]() |
1,210,108 | ![]() |
Students in public elementary and secondary schools |
1,952 | 2,005 | Public schools | ||
59,771 | 75,239 | Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools | ||
52,586 | 52,586 | Land area in square miles | ||
20.7 | 23.0 | Public school students per square mile | ||
3.7 | 3.8 | 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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6,404 | ![]() |
7,309 | ![]() |
State population (in thousands) |
$1,976 | $3,438 | State revenue per capita | ||
$1,695 | $3,079 | State expenditure per capita | ||
$430 | $634 | State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita | ||
$109,334 | $155,095 | 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% | 142 | ![]() |
100% | 123 | ![]() |
Total public education agencies |
98.6% | 140 | 96.7% | 119 | Regular school districts | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | Regional service agencies | ||
1.4% | 2 | 1.6% | 2 | State-operated agencies | ||
0.0% | 0 | 1.6% | 2 | Federally operated and other types | ||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by number of schools | ||
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0.7% | 1 | ![]() |
1.6% | 2 | ![]() |
100 or more schools |
7.7% | 11 | 15.4% | 19 | 25 to 99 schools | ||
42.3% | 60 | 39.0% | 48 | 10 to 24 schools | ||
34.5% | 49 | 26.8% | 33 | 5 to 9 schools | ||
13.4% | 19 | 14.6% | 18 | 1 to 4 schools | ||
1.4% | 2 | 2.4% | 3 | 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% | 1,952 | ![]() |
100% | 2,005 | ![]() |
Total public elementary and secondary schools reported |
97.5% | 1,903 | 95.8% | 1,920 | Regular schools | ||
1.3% | 26 | 1.2% | 25 | Special education schools | ||
0.1 % | 1 | 0.4% | 9 | Vocational schools | ||
1.1 % | 22 | 2.5% | 51 | 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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46.2% | 902 | ![]() |
49.6% | 994 | ![]() |
PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6 |
7.8% | 153 | 5.6% | 112 | PK, K, 1 to 8 | ||
12.6% | 245 | 16.5% | 331 | 4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8 | ||
7.0% | 137 | 2.7% | 54 | 7 to 8, 9 | ||
1.8% | 36 | 1.5% | 30 | 7, 8 to 12 | ||
14.4% | 282 | 15.1% | 302 | 9, 10, 11 to 12 | ||
8.5% | 165 | 8.7% | 174 | Other grades | ||
1.3% | 25 | 0.0% | 0 | Ungraded | ||
0.4% | 7 | 0.4% | 8 | Not reported | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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833 | ![]() |
8,535 | ![]() |
Prekindergarten |
84,705 | 102,435 | Kindergarten | ||
85,622 | 105,756 | First | ||
82,943 | 102,288 | Second | ||
81,002 | 98,400 | Third | ||
79,536 | 94,840 | Fourth | ||
80,164 | 93,888 | Fifth | ||
77,844 | 94,929 | Sixth | ||
83,391 | 93,141 | Seventh | ||
83,024 | 91,793 | Eighth | ||
91,845 | 105,771 | Ninth | ||
87,173 | 85,120 | Tenth | ||
81,024 | 71,471 | Eleventh | ||
72,339 | 61,593 | Twelfth | ||
14,531 | 148 | Ungraded | ||
Figure 5 Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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12.6% | ![]() |
Students in special education with IEPs |
24.5% | 30.4% | School membership eligible for free lunch | ||
— | 14.2% | School-age children below poverty | ||
1987 | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() |
High school completers and dropouts | ||
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91.1% |
65,421 | ![]() |
88.1% | 57,014 | ![]() |
Regular diploma |
0.9% | 624 | 0.1% | 41 | Other diploma | ||
6.5% | 4,676 | 9.7% | 6,270 | High school equivalency | ||
1.5% | 1,100 | 2.1% | 1,357 | Other completers | ||
— | — | Dropouts | ||||
Dropouts who were male | ||||||
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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224.3 | ![]() |
267.8 | ![]() |
Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500] | ||
35.6% | 43.9% | Students below basic level | ||||
64.4% | 56.1% | Students at or above basic level | ||||
21.2% | 20.0% | Students at or above proficient level | ||||
2.4% | 3.0% | Students at advanced level | ||||
. | 146.6 | Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300] | ||||
43.6% | Students below basic level | |||||
56.4% | Students at or above basic level | |||||
23.9% | Students at or above proficient level | |||||
1.6% | Students at advanced level | |||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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100% | 114,243 | ![]() |
100% | 145,098 | ![]() |
Total education staff |
Instructional staff | ||||||
52.3% | 59,771 | 51.8% | 75,239 | Teachers | ||
14.9% | 17,002 | 16.2% | 23,537 | Instructional aides | ||
Support staff | ||||||
1.7% | 1,982 | 2.1% | 3,025 | Guidance counselors/directors | ||
1.8% | 2,043 | 2.3% | 3,377 | Librarians/library support | ||
— | 5.6% | 27,762 | Administrative support | |||
24.3% | 27,762 | 17.7% | 25,711 | Other support services | ||
Administrators | ||||||
3.2 | 3,643 | 1.8% | 4,132 | School-based | ||
1.8 | 2,040 | 1.4% | 1,984 | 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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1.1 | ![]() |
1.1 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
10.5 | 12.3 | 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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$17,540 | ![]() |
$21,136 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$24,900 | $31,167 | 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% | ![]() |
1.0% | ![]() |
Public school teachers with no degree | ||
67.8% | 62.2% | Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree | ||||
29.6% | 35.0% | Public school teachers with a Master's degree | ||||
2.3% | 1.7% | 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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$84,409 | ![]() |
$158,778 | ![]() |
National school lunch |
$19,779 | $41,376 | National school breakfast | ||
$96,705 | $148,214 | Title I | ||
$71,341 | $94,649 | Education for the handicapped | ||
$29,005 | $41,207 | Vocational and adult education | ||
$19,614 | $35,960 | School improvement | ||
$9,006 | $6,223 | School assistance (federally affected areas) | ||
$124 | $1,367 | Bilingual education | ||
$1,843 | $17 | 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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$3,789,548 | ![]() |
$6,515,608 | ![]() |
Revenues (in thousands of dollars) | ||
$3,490 | $5,384 | Revenue per pupil in membership | ||||
$3,424,194 | $5,964,939 | Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
$3,153 | $4,929 | Current expenditure per pupil in membership | ||||
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