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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Ohio Ohio Department of Education, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, OH 43215-4183	Download, view and print Ohio's report as a pdf file. 330KB
Superintendent of Education Interim Superintendent James Van Keuren, (614) 466-3175
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Matthew Cohen, (614) 752-8731
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Beth Juillerate, (614) 466-0057

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


1,793,431	1,844,698	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
3,743	3,876	Public schools
99,708	108,515	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
41,222	41,222	Land area in square miles
43.5	44.8	Public school students per square mile
9.1	9.4	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

10,760	11,163	State population (in thousands)
$2,374	$4,045	State revenue per capita
$1,981	$3,344	State expenditure per capita
$350	$534	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$100,279	$146,124	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	797	100%	776	Total public education agencies
88.2%	703	85.2%	661	Regular school districts
11.5%	92	11.5%	89	Regional service agencies
0.3%	2	0.4%	3	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	3.0%	23	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.3%	2	0.3%	2	100 or more schools
0.9%	7	0.9%	7	25 to 99 schools
5.9%	47	7.2%	56	10 to 24 schools
30.5%	243	30.5%	237	5 to 9 schools
45.8%	365	46.5%	361	1 to 4 schools
16.7%	133	14.6%	113	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	3,743	100%	3,876	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
96.2%	3,602	96.4%	3,737	Regular schools
0.6%	23	1.0%	37	Special education schools
2.2%	84	2.1%	83	Vocational schools
0.9%	34	0.5%	19	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

51.8%	1,940	49.4%	1,914	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
3.5%	130	2.1%	81	PK, K, 1 to 8
10.7%	399	12.5%	483	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
6.8%	253	4.7%	183	7 to 8, 9
4.1%	153	4.3%	166	7, 8 to 12
15.2%	568	13.6%	528	9, 10, 11 to 12
5.9%	219	9.5%	367	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.1%	3	Ungraded
2.2%	81	3.9%	151	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


—	21,389	Prekindergarten
141,049	140,234	Kindergarten
151,204	149,391	First
141,458	142,298	Second
136,024	139,260	Third
130,374	137,737	Fourth
129,788	139,087	Fifth
126,543	141,386	Sixth
133,476	140,015	Seventh
130,062	140,248	Eighth
148,565	160,489	Ninth
142,339	140,557	Tenth
145,422	127,743	Eleventh
137,127	117,161	Twelfth
—	7,703	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	3.7%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	24.7%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	14.3%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

97.7%	121,121	94.4%	102,098	Regular diploma
0.6%	723		—	Other diploma
1.7%	2,168	5.6%	6,004	High school equivalency
	—		—	Other completers
	—		5.4%	Dropouts
			60.2%	Dropouts who were male
			33.8%	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 participate in the NAEP 1996 State Assessment

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
—	—	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
		Students below basic level
		Students at or above basic level
		Students at or above proficient level
		Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	184,130	100%	196,994	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
54.2%	99,708	55.1%	108,515	Teachers
3.9%	7,178	5.4%	10,571	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.6%	2,918	1.6%	3,245	Guidance counselors/directors
2.1%	3,958	1.8%	3,639	Librarians/library support
9.8%	18,056	10.5%	20,643	Administrative support
23.0%	42,321	22.2%	43,714	Other support services
				Administrators
2.6%	4,738	0.5%	1,005	School-based
2.9%	5,253	2.9%	5,662	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

0.4%	1.0%	Public school teachers with no degree
55.8%	53.6%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
39.8%	41.8%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
4.0%	3.5%	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


$112,593	$167,524	National school lunch
$15,984	$30,412	National school breakfast
$145,829	$291,106	Title I
$69,529	$127,823	Education for the handicapped
$43,809	$43,059	Vocational and adult education
$34,436	$63,775	School improvement
$4,852	$3,300	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$1,088	$782	Bilingual education
$43	$15	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$6,611,187	$12,587,117	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,686	$6,825	Revenue per pupil in membership
$6,446,903	$10,948,074	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,595	$5,936	Current expenditure per pupil in membership