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Table 89 | Public elementary and secondary students, schools, pupil/teacher ratios, and finances, bytype of locale: 1996 and 1997 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Large |Mid-size| Urban | Urban | Large | Small |Rural\7\ Characteristic | Total |central |central |fringe of|fringe of|town\5\|town\6\ | | |city\1\ |city\2\ | large |mid-size | | | | | | | city\3\ | city\4\ | | | ________________________________________|___________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ________________________________________|___________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________ | Schools, enrollment, and teachers, 1997-98 |___________________________________________________________________________ Enrollment, in thousands................| 46,241 | 8,485 | 7,717 | 13,788 | 4,310 | 794 | 5,293 | 5,854 Schools.................................| 89,505 | 12,368 | 13,358 | 21,812 | 7,902 | 1,625 | 12,688 | 19,752 Average school size\8\..................| 525 | 718 | 585 | 637 | 554 | 499 | 424 | 299 Pupil/teacher ratio\9\..................| 17.3 | 18.6 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 15.4 | | | | | | | | Enrollment (percentage distribution)....| 100.0 | 18.4 | 16.7 | 29.8 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 11.4 | 12.7 Schools (percent distribution)..........| 100.0 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 24.4 | 8.8 | 1.8 | 14.2 | 22.1 |___________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________ | Revenues and expenditures, 1995-96 (in millions) |___________________________________________________________________________ Total revenue...........................| 279,836 |$53,740 |$46,071 | $87,522 | $24,563 |$4,245 |$28,711 |$34,982 Federal...............................| 18,100 | 5,085 | 3,365 | 3,432 | 1,328 | 325 | 2,287 | 2,278 Impact aid .........................| 746 | 100 | 91 | 151 | 55 | 14 | 138 | 196 Bilingual education ................| 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 Indian education ...................| 45 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 18 Children with disabilites ..........| 2,077 | 479 | 387 | 563 | 170 | 39 | 230 | 209 Eisenhower science awards ..........| 157 | 41 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 17 Drug Free schools ..................| 276 | 72 | 52 | 70 | 20 | 5 | 30 | 27 Chapter 2 (block grants) ...........| 298 | 87 | 53 | 63 | 22 | 6 | 34 | 35 Vocational education ...............| 501 | 148 | 97 | 89 | 37 | 11 | 68 | 51 Chapter 1 ..........................| 6,270 | 1,886 | 1,233 | 973 | 427 | 115 | 834 | 803 Other and unclassified .............| 7,711 | 2,263 | 1,416 | 1,481 | 583 | 130 | 918 | 919 | | | | | | | | State.................................| 135,917 | 25,555 | 23,939 | 36,475 | 12,362 | 2,362 | 16,067 | 19,158 State school lunch programs .........| 572 | 112 | 110 | 146 | 56 | 6 | 57 | 85 | | | | | | | | Local.................................| 125,819 | 23,101 | 18,767 | 47,615 | 10,874 | 1,558 | 10,358 | 13,546 Property tax\10\ ...................| 85,426 | 14,193 | 12,223 | 34,398 | 6,860 | 1,061 | 7,359 | 9,332 Parent government contribution\10\..| 22,198 | 6,031 | 3,602 | 7,666 | 2,183 | 171 | 887 | 1,658 Lunch sales ........................| 4,310 | 520 | 682 | 1,439 | 442 | 75 | 521 | 630 Transportation .....................| 40 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 Other ..............................| 13,845 | 2,353 | 2,254 | 4,094 | 1,386 | 250 | 1,586 | 1,923 | | | | | | | | Total revenue (percentage distribution).| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Federal...............................| 6.5 | 9.5 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 6.5 State.................................| 48.6 | 47.6 | 52.0 | 41.7 | 50.3 | 55.6 | 56.0 | 54.8 Local.................................| 45.0 | 43.0 | 40.7 | 54.4 | 44.3 | 36.7 | 36.1 | 38.7 | | | | | | | | Total expenditures......................| $279,107 |$54,023 |$45,669 | $87,470 | $24,442 |$4,207 |$28,671 |$34,625 Current expenditures..................| 250,933 | 48,850 | 41,418 | 78,215 | 21,740 | 3,847 | 25,979 | 30,883 Instruction ........................| 155,475 | 30,256 | 25,493 | 48,415 | 13,697 | 2,398 | 16,164 | 19,052 Operation and maintenance ..........| 25,048 | 5,265 | 4,158 | 7,928 | 2,025 | 385 | 2,425 | 2,862 Food service .......................| 10,349 | 2,018 | 1,762 | 2,609 | 947 | 178 | 1,343 | 1,491 Other ..............................| 60,061 | 11,311 | 10,005 | 19,264 | 5,070 | 886 | 6,047 | 7,478 Capital outlay .......................| 22,395 | 4,146 | 3,379 | 7,242 | 2,144 | 283 | 2,187 | 3,013 Interest on school debt ..............| 5,779 | 1,027 | 872 | 2,012 | 557 | 78 | 506 | 728 | | | | | | | | Current expenditures (percentage | | | | | | | | distribution)........................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Instruction ........................| 62.0 | 61.9 | 61.6 | 61.9 | 63.0 | 62.3 | 62.2 | 61.7 Operation and maintenance ..........| 10.0 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 9.3 Food service .......................| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.8 Other ..............................| 23.9 | 23.2 | 24.2 | 24.6 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 23.3 | 24.2 | | | | | | | | Current expenditure per student ........| $5,638 | $5,949 | $5,549 | $6,017 | $5,236 |$4,928 | $5,004 | $5,407 Instruction expenditure per student.....| 3,493 | 3,685 | 3,416 | 3,724 | 3,299 | 3,071 | 3,114 | 3,336 ________________________________________|___________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|________ |
\1\Central city of metropolitan statistical area (MSA) with population of 400,000 or more or a population
density of 6,000 or more persons per square mile.
\2\Central city of an MSA but not designated as a large central city. \3\Place within the MSA of a large central city. \4\Place within the MSA of a mid-size central city. \5\Place not within an MSA but with population of 25,000 or more and defined as urban. \6\Place not within an MSA with a population of at least 2,500 but less than 25,000. \7\Place with a population of less than 2,500. \8\Average for schools reporting enrollment. \9\Ratio for schools reporting both FTE teachers and fall enrollment data. \10\Property tax and parent government contributions are determined on the basis of independence or dependence of the local school system and are mutually exclusive. NOTE. --Enrollments by locale were used to distribute school district revenue and expenditure amounts by locale classification. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Survey of Local Government Finances, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 1999.)
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