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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Oregon Oregon Department of Education, 255 Capitol Street, N.E., Salem, OR 97310-0203	Download, view and print Oregon's report as a pdf file. 330KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Stan Bunn, (503) 378-3573
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Ron Houser, (503) 378-5585
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Walter Koscher, (503) 378-5965

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


455,895	537,854	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,214	1,222	Public schools
24,911	26,757	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
96,981	96,981	Land area in square miles
4.7	5.5	Public school students per square mile
1.3	1.3	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

2,701	3,196	State population (in thousands)
$2,286	$4,626	State revenue per capita
$1,917	$3,819	State expenditure per capita
$251	$637	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$97,702	$147,018	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	340	100%	226	Total public education agencies
89.4%	304	96.9%	219	Regular school districts
8.5%	29	2.2%	5	Regional service agencies
1.8%	6	0.4%	1	State-operated agencies
0.3%	1	0.4%	1	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.3%	1	0.4%	1	100 or more schools
0.9%	3	2.2%	5	25 to 99 schools
5.6%	19	8.0%	18	10 to 24 schools
13.2%	45	22.1%	50	5 to 9 schools
69.4%	236	67.3%	152	1 to 4 schools
10.6%	36	0.0%	0	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,214	100%	1,222	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
99.6%	1,209	95.3%	1,165	Regular schools
0.3%	4	1.2%	15	Special education schools
0.1%	1	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.0%	0	3.4%	42	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

51.4%	624	51.4%	628	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
10.5%	128	6.4%	78	PK, K, 1 to 8
9.7%	118	13.3%	162	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
6.3%	76	3.5%	43	7 to 8, 9
3.0%	36	2.5%	30	7, 8 to 12
15.9%	193	14.8%	181	9, 10, 11 to 12
2.9%	35	7.9%	96	Other grades
0.2%	2	0.3%	4	Ungraded
0.2%	2	0.0%	0	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


1,514	878	Prekindergarten
30,699	39,829	Kindergarten
38,242	42,819	First
35,881	42,299	Second
36,629	41,405	Third
35,330	41,373	Fourth
35,419	42,301	Fifth
34,120	42,643	Sixth
34,310	42,215	Seventh
33,160	42,862	Eighth
34,338	44,713	Ninth
34,569	40,751	Tenth
34,530	36,762	Eleventh
33,495	34,794	Twelfth
3,659	2,210	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	11.0%	Students in special education with IEPs
20.0%	24.4%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	13.7%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

76.6%	27,165	78.3%	26,570	Regular diploma
	—	0.3%	106	Other diploma
24.4%	27,165	11.0%	3,749	High school equivalency
	1,087	10.3%	3,510	Other completers
	—		7.0%	Dropouts
			56.0%	Dropouts who were male
			22.5%	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

223.5	276.3	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
35.3%	33.1%	Students below basic level
64.7%	66.9%	Students at or above basic level
20.7%	26.3%	Students at or above proficient level
2.1%	4.4%	Students at advanced level
—	154.8	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	32.4%	Students below basic level
	67.6%	Students at or above basic level
	31.9%	Students at or above proficient level
	2.6%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	47,211	100%	52,259	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
52.8%	24,911	51.2%	26,757	Teachers
8.5%	3,995	12.5%	6,546	Instructional aides
				Support staff
2.3%	1,064	2.4%	1,268	Guidance counselors/directors
1.6%	759	2.7%	1,408	Librarians/library support
8.5%	4,023	8.4%	4,401	Administrative support
21.5%	10,167	17.6%	9,176	Other support services
				Administrators
3.0%	1,397	3.1%	1,609	School-based
1.9%	895	2.1%	1,094	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

0.0%	0.6%	Public school teachers with no degree
53.9%	51.5%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
39.1%	43.1%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
7.0%	4.8%	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


$23,243	$48,802	National school lunch
$2,344	$12,580	National school breakfast
$44,594	$75,513	Title I
$62	$47,553	Education for the handicapped
$10,520	$13,634	Vocational and adult education
$8,174	$22,776	School improvement
$3,021	$2,013	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$1,284	$2,189	Bilingual education
$847	$7	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$1,942,303	$3,472,609	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,260	$6,456	Revenue per pupil in membership
$1,944,657	$3,184,100	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$4,266	$5,920	Current expenditure per pupil in membership