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

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

Washington Washington Department of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200	Download, view and print Washington's report as a pdf file. 331KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Teresa Bergeson, (360) 586-6904
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Edward C. Strozyk, (360) 753-1701
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Edward C. Strozyk, (360) 753-1701

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


775,755	974,504	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,852	2,180	Public schools
38,344	48,307	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
68,192	68,192	Land area in square miles
11.4	14.3	Public school students per square mile
2.7	3.2	Public schools per 100 square miles

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

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

4,532	5,520	State population (in thousands)
$2,686	$4,784	State revenue per capita
$2,385	$3,958	State expenditure per capita
$569	$825	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$111,563	$152,418	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	296	100%	305	Total public education agencies
100.0%	296	97.0%	296	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	3.0%	9	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

0.3%	1	0.3%	1	100 or more schools
4.4%	13	5.6%	17	25 to 99 schools
11.1%	33	12.1%	37	10 to 24 schools
18.9%	56	22.0%	67	5 to 9 schools
65.2%	193	59.3%	181	1 to 4 schools
0.0%	0	0.7%	2	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,852	100%	2,180	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
87.5%	1,620	90.3%	1,969	Regular schools
3.3%	62	3.3%	71	Special education schools
0.3%	5	0.4%	8	Vocational schools
8.9%	165	6.1%	132	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

46.3%	858	44.8%	976	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
3.1%	58	2.6%	56	PK, K, 1 to 8
7.7%	142	9.0%	196	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
7.2%	133	5.6%	122	7 to 8, 9
4.5%	84	3.0%	66	7, 8 to 12
14.6%	270	14.5%	316	9, 10, 11 to 12
9.3%	172	11.0%	239	Other grades
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Ungraded
7.3%	135	9.6%	209	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


2,071	5,353	Prekindergarten
64,898	73,577	Kindergarten
68,313	78,077	First
63,718	76,008	Second
61,217	74,718	Third
58,413	74,697	Fourth
58,016	75,883	Fifth
54,536	76,591	Sixth
55,396	76,508	Seventh
54,358	76,033	Eighth
58,149	81,336	Ninth
58,120	75,648	Tenth
60,073	67,840	Eleventh
58,477	62,235	Twelfth
—	0	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	11.1%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	—	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	13.0%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

94.9%	49,873	91.5%	49,862	Regular diploma
	—	0.2%	86	Other diploma
5.1%	2,681	8.3%	4,543	High school equivalency
	—		—	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

225.1	276.1	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
33.3%	33.1%	Students below basic level
66.7%	66.9%	Students at or above basic level
20.9%	26.2%	Students at or above proficient level
1.4%	4.0%	Students at advanced level
—	149.6	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	39.2%	Students below basic level
	60.8%	Students at or above basic level
	26.6%	Students at or above proficient level
	2.2%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	68,405	100%	90,345	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
56.1%	38,344	53.5%	48,307	Teachers
7.5%	5,120	10.3%	9,333	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.8%	1,240	2.0%	1,804	Guidance counselors/directors
2.7%	1,820	2.3%	2,068	Librarians/library support
7.3%	5,004	7.6%	6,865	Administrative support
19.9%	13,624	19.6%	17,737	Other support services
				Administrators
3.3%	2,247	2.8%	2,556	School-based
1.5%	1,006	1.9%	1,675	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

0.2%	1.6%	Public school teachers with no degree
69.2%	56.3%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
25.9%	37.5%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
4.7%	4.6%	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


$38,266	$87,109	National school lunch
$3,610	$18,244	National school breakfast
$60,700	$123,924	Title I
$28,990	$66,646	Education for the handicapped
$15,682	$27,716	Vocational and adult education
$13,365	$30,838	School improvement
$26,849	$23,603	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$2,094	$2,323	Bilingual education
$4,144	$173	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$3,218,732	$6,642,158	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$4,149	$6,816	Revenue per pupil in membership
$3,005,980	$5,587,808	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,875	$5,734	Current expenditure per pupil in membership