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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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584,212 | ![]() |
620,695 | ![]() |
Students in public elementary and secondary schools |
1,889 | 1,828 | Public schools | ||
34,515 | 39,568 | Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools | ||
69,919 | 69,919 | Land area in square miles | ||
8.4 | 8.9 | Public school students per square mile | ||
2.7 | 2.6 | 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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3,210 | ![]() |
3,295 | ![]() |
State population (in thousands) |
$2,029 | $3,415 | State revenue per capita | ||
$1,825 | $2,892 | State expenditure per capita | ||
$365 | $646 | State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita | ||
$83,493 | $112,376 | 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% | 655 | ![]() |
100% | 549 | ![]() |
Total public education agencies |
93.3% | 611 | 100.0% | 549 | Regular school districts | ||
3.1% | 20 | 0.0% | 0 | Regional service agencies | ||
0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | State-operated agencies | ||
3.7% | 24 | 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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0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
0.0% | 0 | ![]() |
100 or more schools |
0.6% | 4 | 1.3% | 7 | 25 to 99 schools | ||
2.4% | 16 | 2.6% | 14 | 10 to 24 schools | ||
5.6% | 37 | 7.5% | 41 | 5 to 9 schools | ||
88.2% | 578 | 88.7% | 487 | 1 to 4 schools | ||
3.1% | 20 | 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% | 1,889 | ![]() |
100% | 1,828 | ![]() |
Total public elementary and secondary schools reported |
96.7% | 1,826 | 99.2% | 1,813 | Regular schools | ||
0.3% | 5 | 0.8% | 15 | Special education schools | ||
2.6% | 50 | 0.0% | 0 | Vocational schools | ||
0.4% | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 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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34.3% | 647 | ![]() |
33.3% | 608 | ![]() |
PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6 |
16.3% | 307 | 16.1% | 295 | PK, K, 1 to 8 | ||
8.3% | 157 | 11.6% | 212 | 4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8 | ||
7.4% | 139 | 6.3% | 116 | 7 to 8, 9 | ||
3.2% | 60 | 0.0% | 0 | 7, 8 to 12 | ||
22.0% | 416 | 25.3% | 463 | 9, 10, 11 to 12 | ||
5.3% | 101 | 6.8% | 124 | Other grades | ||
0.5% | 9 | 0.1% | 1 | Ungraded | ||
2.8% | 53 | 0.5% | 9 | Not reported | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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2,382 | ![]() |
4,600 | ![]() |
Prekindergarten |
48,529 | 50,387 | Kindergarten | ||
54,941 | 54,554 | First | ||
46,889 | 47,182 | Second | ||
44,181 | 46,451 | Third | ||
43,254 | 46,526 | Fourth | ||
42,910 | 47,647 | Fifth | ||
41,240 | 48,635 | Sixth | ||
39,999 | 48,856 | Seventh | ||
41,652 | 49,065 | Eighth | ||
43,738 | 51,709 | Ninth | ||
43,659 | 45,970 | Tenth | ||
43,056 | 40,757 | Eleventh | ||
40,552 | 36,113 | Twelfth | ||
7,230 | 2,243 | Ungraded | ||
Figure 5 Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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11.4% | ![]() |
Students in special education with IEPs |
— | 36.7% | School membership eligible for free lunch | ||
— | 17.0% | School-age children below poverty | ||
1987 | ![]() |
1995 | ![]() |
High school completers and dropouts | ||
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79.1% | 35,514 | ![]() |
80.7% | 33,060 | ![]() |
Regular diploma |
— | — | Other diploma | ||||
20.9% | 9,404 | 19.3% | 7,896 | High school equivalency | ||
— | — | 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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did not participate in the NAEP 1996 State Assessment |
Grade 4 | ![]() |
Grade 8 | ![]() |
1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels | ||
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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 | ||||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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100% | 63,822 | ![]() |
100% | 68,190 | ![]() |
Total education staff |
Instructional staff | ||||||
54.1% | 34,515 | 58.0% | 39,568 | Teachers | ||
5.9% | 3,750 | 7.6% | 5,159 | Instructional aides | ||
Support staff | ||||||
1.6% | 1,026 | 2.1% | 1,398 | Guidance counselors/directors | ||
1.0% | 662 | 2.1% | 1,465 | Librarians/library support | ||
7.0% | 4,463 | 6.5% | 4,400 | Administrative support | ||
26.7% | 17,065 | 19.7% | 13,406 | Other support services | ||
Administrators | ||||||
2.8% | 1,761 | 2.8% | 1,913 | School-based | ||
0.9% | 580 | 1.3% | 881 | 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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1.2 | ![]() |
1.2 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
14.7 | 14.2 | 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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$16,432 | ![]() |
$23,847 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$22,773 | $30,187 | 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% | ![]() |
0.0% | ![]() |
Public school teachers with no degree | ||
55.0% | 56.9% | Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree | ||||
39.1% | 39.5% | Public school teachers with a Master's degree | ||||
5.5% | 3.6% | 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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$41,330 | ![]() |
$75,630 | ![]() |
National school lunch |
$7,009 | $19,694 | National school breakfast | ||
$42,431 | $86,576 | Title I | ||
$25,540 | $38,500 | Education for the handicapped | ||
$13,919 | $21,632 | Vocational and adult education | ||
$10,335 | $29,265 | School improvement | ||
$22,828 | $18,763 | School assistance (federally affected areas) | ||
$3,788 | $6,848 | Bilingual education | ||
$10,213 | $160 | 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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$1,750,530 | ![]() |
$3,251,302 | ![]() |
Revenues (in thousands of dollars) | ||
$2,996 | $5,238 | Revenue per pupil in membership | ||||
$1,692,283 | $2,990,044 | Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars) | ||||
$2,897 | $4,817 | Current expenditure per pupil in membership | ||||
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