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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Demographics |
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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 |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Fiscal summary |
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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 | ||
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by type | ||
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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 | ||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Distribution of agencies by number of schools | ||
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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 | ||
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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% | 1,214 | ![]() |
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 | ||
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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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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 | ||
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STUDENT INFORMATION | ||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Public school membership by grade |
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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 |
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
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— | ![]() |
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 | ||
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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 | |||||
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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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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 | |||||
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STAFF INFORMATION | ||||||
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1987 | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() |
Educational staff | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ![]() |
1.0 | ![]() |
Teacher to all other staff ratio | ||
10.9 | 9.9 | 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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$18,022 | ![]() |
$25,373 | ![]() |
Average beginning teacher salary | ||
$28,060 | $41,093 | 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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0.0% | ![]() |
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 | ||||
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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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$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 |
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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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$1,942,303 | ![]() |
$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 | ||||
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