Per Pupil Expenditures
(CCD, 1998-1999) |
$5,587 |
Number of districts
(CCD, 1999-2000) |
17 |
Number of public schools
(CCD, 1999-2000)
| Elementary |
Middle |
High |
Combined |
Total |
| 298 |
72 |
93 |
10 |
484 |
Number of charter schools
(CCD, 1999-2000) |
5 |
Number of FTE teachers
(CCD, 1999-2000)
| Elementary |
Middle |
High |
Combined |
Other |
| 9,604 |
3,234 |
3,612 |
61 |
17,010 |
Public school enrollment
| |
1993-94 |
1999-2000 |
K-8
(CCD) |
173,091 |
236,841 |
9-12
(CCD) |
60,727 |
85,966 |
Total
(CCD) |
235,800 |
325,610 |
Pre-K
(by state definition) |
1,237 |
2,043 |
Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1998-99)
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Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
| |
1993-94 |
1999-2000 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Natives |
4,652 |
5,866 |
| |
2% |
2% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
9,490 |
17,433 |
| |
4% |
5% |
| Black |
21,702 |
32,762 |
| |
9% |
10% |
| Hispanic |
33,755 |
77,844 |
| |
14% |
24% |
| White |
166,201 |
191,700 |
| |
70% |
59% |
| Other |
n/a |
n/a |
| |
— |
— |
Students with disabilities
(OSEP)
| 1993-94 |
1999-2000 |
| 21,243 |
30,905 |
| 10% |
10% |
Students with Limited English Proficiency
(ED/NCBE, K-12)
| 1993-94 |
1999-2000 |
| 14,296 |
40,469 |
| 6% |
12% |
Migratory students
(OME, K-12)
| 1993-94 |
1999-2000 |
| 1,404 |
n/a |
| 1% |
— |
All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1999-2000)
*96 schools did not report.
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Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
More than 60 percent students above bottom quartile on NRT (Adequate Level)
Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Annual improvement in rating
Indicators for School Accountability
NRT (Terra Nova) scores, attendance, percent taking tests
Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Improvement on weighted percentages at 4 levels
|
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Title I
(ED Consolidated Report, 1999-2000)
| |
School Wide Programs |
Targeted Assistance |
Totals |
| Number of Schools |
71 |
29 |
100 |
| |
71% |
29% |
100% |
| Schools Meeting AYP Goal |
55 |
22 |
77 |
| |
77% |
76% |
77% |
| School in Need of Improvement |
6 |
2 |
8 |
| |
8% |
7% |
8% |
Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, ED, 1999-00) |
$24,400,434 |
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NAEP State Results
| |
Grade 4 |
Grade 8 |
| Reading, 1998: |
|
| Proficient level and above |
21% |
24% |
| Basic level and above |
53% |
69% |
| Math, 2000: |
|
| Proficient level and above |
16% |
19% |
| Basic level and above |
60% |
58% |
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Assessment Information
| Assessment Reported |
TerraNova Form A/B |
| State Definition of "Proficient" |
> 60 percent above bottom quartile on NRT. |
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Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels
All Grades
Reading/Language Arts
| |
|
|
|
|
Proficient |
 |
| |
Novice |
Basic |
| |
Proficient |
Advanced |
| All Students |
28% |
26% |
| |
27% |
20% |
| Title I Schools |
44 |
29 |
| |
19 |
9 |
| High Poverty Schools |
|
|
| |
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| |
|
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| Students with Limited English Proficiency |
73 |
21 |
| |
4 |
2 |
| Migratory students |
53 |
39 |
| |
4 |
4 |
| Students with Disabilities |
77 |
17 |
| |
5 |
1 |
Mathematics
| |
|
|
|
|
Proficient |
|
| |
Novice |
Basic |
| |
Proficient |
Advanced |
| All Students |
25% |
24% |
| |
27% |
25% |
| Title I Schools |
38 |
26 |
| |
22 |
13 |
| High Poverty Schools |
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| Students with Limited English Proficiency |
51 |
31 |
| |
12 |
5 |
| Migratory students |
28 |
29 |
| |
37 |
6 |
| Students with Disabilities |
74 |
15 |
| |
8 |
3 |
Reading/Language Arts
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Mathematics
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| All Students |
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High School Indicators
| |
1993-94 |
1998-99 |
High school dropout rate
(CCD, event) |
10% |
8% |
| |
1994-95 |
1998-99 |
Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college) |
3,806 |
13,052 |
| 40% |
38% |
Sources
 [Nebraska] | [New Hampshire] 
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