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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Virginia Virginia Department of Education, P.O. Box 2120, Richmond, VA 23216-2120	Download, view and print Virginia's report as a pdf file. 331KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Paul D. Stapleton, (804) 225-2023
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Bethann H. Canada, (804) 225-2099
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Mona Mallory, (804) 225-2949

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


979,417	1,096,093	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,761	1,895	Public schools
59,928	74,526	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
40,817	40,817	Land area in square miles
24.0	26.9	Public school students per square mile
4.3	4.6	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

5,932	6,666	State population (in thousands)
$1,960	$3,612	State revenue per capita
$1,770	$2,864	State expenditure per capita
$341	$574	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$123,773	$168,682	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	157	100%	169	Total public education agencies
86.6%	136	83.4%	141	Regular school districts
12.1%	19	15.4%	26	Regional service agencies
1.3%	2	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	1.2%	2	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.6%	1	0.6%	1	100 or more schools
8.9%	14	8.3%	14	25 to 99 schools
25.5%	40	23.7%	40	10 to 24 schools
26.8%	42	25.4%	43	5 to 9 schools
36.3%	57	37.9%	64	1 to 4 schools
1.9%	3	4.1%	7	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,761	100%	1,895	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
93.4%	1,644	91.1%	1,726	Regular schools
3.5%	62	3.0%	57	Special education schools
3.1%	54	2.6%	49	Vocational schools
0.1%	1	3.3%	63	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

48.0%	846	50.4%	956	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
0.5%	8	0.4%	7	PK, K, 1 to 8
11.0%	193	14.9%	282	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
5.2%	92	2.0%	38	7 to 8, 9
4.9%	87	2.7%	51	7, 8 to 12
10.7%	189	12.9%	244	9, 10, 11 to 12
13.7%	241	9.7%	183	Other grades
2.0%	35	1.6%	31	Ungraded
4.0%	70	5.4%	103	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


1,798	3,917	Prekindergarten
78,874	86,542	Kindergarten
79,758	91,234	First
75,983	87,710	Second
73,733	83,443	Third
70,388	82,571	Fourth
69,674	82,768	Fifth
67,629	85,407	Sixth
70,161	82,668	Seventh
71,870	80,842	Eighth
79,449	88,721	Ninth
73,855	77,806	Tenth
71,400	68,649	Eleventh
69,422	64,497	Twelfth
25,423	29,318	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	13.1%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	25.6%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	18.4%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

86.1%	65,008	97.5%	58,166	Regular diploma
0.9%	675		—	Other diploma
12.1%	9,164		—	High school equivalency
0.9%	698	2.5%	1,497	Other completers
	—		—	Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				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

222.6	269.8	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
38.1%	41.5%	Students below basic level
61.9%	58.5%	Students at or above basic level
19.3%	21.1%	Students at or above proficient level
1.9%	3.0%	Students at advanced level
—	149.3	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	40.9%	Students below basic level
	59.1%	Students at or above basic level
	27.3%	Students at or above proficient level
	2.4%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	114,439	100%	139,177	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
52.4%	59,928	53.5%	74,526	Teachers
7.3%	8,405	8.7%	12,056	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.8%	2,080	2.3%	3,202	Guidance counselors/directors
1.5%	1,754	2.3%	3,142	Librarians/library support
5.4%	6,136	5.8%	8,015	Administrative support
27.3%	31,266	22.4%	31,236	Other support services
				Administrators
2.7%	3,085	2.5%	3,492	School-based
1.6%	1,785	2.5%	3,508	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

0.3%	1.3%	Public school teachers with no degree
62.0%	64.5%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
34.2%	31.3%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
3.5%	2.9%	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


$55,775	$110,209	National school lunch
$7,408	$23,653	National school breakfast
$78,250	$96,269	Title I
$38,627	$82,256	Education for the handicapped
$22,367	$31,800	Vocational and adult education
$16,928	$17,558	School improvement
$34,221	$26,099	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$481	$827	Bilingual education
$15	$22	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

—	$7,204,510	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
—	$6,573	Revenue per pupil in membership
$3,793,475	$6,343,766	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,873	$5,788	Current expenditure per pupil in membership