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Table 86. | Public elementary and secondary students, schools, pupil/teacher ratios, and finances, by type of locale: 2004-05 and 2005-06 |
Selected characteristic | Total | City, large1 | City, midsize2 | City, small3 | Suburban, large4 | Suburban, midsize5 | Suburban, small6 | Town, fringe7 | Town, distant8 | Town, remote9 | Rural, fringe10 | Rural, distant11 | Rural, remote12 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Enrollment, schools, and pupil/ teacher ratios, fall 2005 |
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Enrollment (in thousands) | 48,912 | 7,836 | 3,547 | 3,886 | 15,814 | 1,645 | 1,056 | 1,756 | 2,373 | 1,910 | 4,303 | 3,333 | 1,454 |
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
White | 57.1 | 23.2 | 41.1 | 55.2 | 57.9 | 72.1 | 70.2 | 76.0 | 71.1 | 68.2 | 76.2 | 80.9 | 77.8 |
Black | 17.2 | 31.0 | 28.7 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 7.3 |
Hispanic | 19.8 | 38.0 | 24.0 | 21.2 | 19.3 | 14.2 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 5.9 | 6.4 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.6 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 8.0 |
Schools13 | 97,382 | 12,805 | 6,246 | 7,175 | 24,112 | 2,873 | 1,980 | 3,681 | 5,671 | 5,501 | 8,913 | 10,299 | 8,126 |
Average school size14 | 521 | 627 | 599 | 560 | 676 | 587 | 551 | 493 | 439 | 368 | 511 | 337 | 184 |
Pupil/teacher ratio15 | 16.0 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 12.8 |
Enrollment (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 16.0 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 32.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 3.0 |
Schools (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 13.1 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 24.8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 8.3 |
Revenues, 2004-05 | |||||||||||||
Total revenue (in millions of dollars) | $499,703 | $86,879 | $35,340 | $39,191 | $168,663 | $15,720 | $10,055 | $16,570 | $22,283 | $17,366 | $41,005 | $31,172 | $15,458 |
Federal | 44,655 | 11,139 | 3,973 | 3,789 | 10,209 | 1,101 | 743 | 1,274 | 2,264 | 2,168 | 3,132 | 2,817 | 2,047 |
Title I | 11,067 | 3,577 | 1,014 | 953 | 2,142 | 239 | 168 | 296 | 556 | 527 | 537 | 596 | 462 |
Child Nutrition Act | 8,496 | 1,958 | 759 | 711 | 1,975 | 227 | 143 | 265 | 458 | 395 | 667 | 611 | 326 |
Children with disabilities (IDEA) | 9,056 | 1,889 | 745 | 828 | 2,808 | 281 | 200 | 257 | 402 | 348 | 640 | 440 | 217 |
Impact aid | 1,183 | 79 | 77 | 60 | 201 | 23 | 9 | 45 | 44 | 146 | 73 | 99 | 325 |
Bilingual education | 298 | 84 | 29 | 34 | 65 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 17 |
Indian education | 99 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 35 |
Math, science, and professional development |
1,557 | 383 | 153 | 144 | 353 | 39 | 32 | 50 | 81 | 84 | 87 | 82 | 69 |
Safe and drug-free schools | 324 | 89 | 30 | 28 | 66 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 13 |
Title V, Part A | 276 | 83 | 18 | 20 | 61 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 13 |
Vocational and technical education |
626 | 136 | 55 | 57 | 144 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 36 | 60 | 34 | 24 |
Other and unclassified | 11,673 | 2,851 | 1,090 | 948 | 2,387 | 257 | 160 | 319 | 640 | 572 | 1,014 | 890 | 545 |
State (in millions of dollars) | 228,195 | 39,632 | 16,588 | 18,672 | 68,131 | 7,401 | 4,638 | 8,170 | 11,621 | 8,822 | 19,597 | 16,962 | 7,962 |
Special education programs | 14,726 | 2,862 | 1,174 | 1,085 | 5,627 | 438 | 286 | 403 | 572 | 400 | 903 | 647 | 328 |
Compensatory and basic skills | 5,710 | 1,542 | 427 | 627 | 2,022 | 149 | 77 | 115 | 151 | 82 | 253 | 166 | 99 |
Bilingual education | 637 | 24 | 24 | 31 | 477 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 2 |
Gifted and talented | 521 | 37 | 53 | 21 | 312 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 4 |
Vocational education | 828 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 308 | 32 | 19 | 26 | 52 | 50 | 96 | 64 | 33 |
Other | 205,773 | 35,126 | 14,862 | 16,850 | 59,385 | 6,732 | 4,244 | 7,615 | 10,823 | 8,281 | 18,292 | 16,068 | 7,496 |
Local (in millions of dollars)16 | 226,853 | 36,109 | 14,779 | 16,731 | 90,323 | 7,219 | 4,675 | 7,126 | 8,397 | 6,376 | 18,276 | 11,393 | 5,449 |
Property tax17 | 138,561 | 18,415 | 8,517 | 10,146 | 58,681 | 3,917 | 3,055 | 4,739 | 5,617 | 4,366 | 10,557 | 6,948 | 3,604 |
Parent government contribution17 | 37,070 | 10,542 | 2,634 | 2,307 | 13,827 | 1,701 | 474 | 451 | 521 | 167 | 2,786 | 1,339 | 320 |
Private (fees from individuals) | 12,574 | 1,082 | 710 | 928 | 4,723 | 442 | 302 | 488 | 629 | 490 | 1,393 | 964 | 423 |
Other16 | 38,647 | 6,070 | 2,917 | 3,349 | 13,092 | 1,159 | 845 | 1,448 | 1,630 | 1,352 | 3,539 | 2,142 | 1,103 |
Total revenue (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Federal | 8.9 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 12.5 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 13.2 |
State | 45.7 | 45.6 | 46.9 | 47.6 | 40.4 | 47.1 | 46.1 | 49.3 | 52.2 | 50.8 | 47.8 | 54.4 | 51.5 |
Local | 45.4 | 41.6 | 41.8 | 42.7 | 53.6 | 45.9 | 46.5 | 43.0 | 37.7 | 36.7 | 44.6 | 36.5 | 35.3 |
Expenditures, 2004-05 | |||||||||||||
Total expenditures (in millions of dollars) |
$509,392 | $91,016 | $35,640 | $39,912 | $171,952 | $15,957 | $10,539 | $16,676 | $22,385 | $17,204 | $41,656 | $31,189 | $15,267 |
Current expenditures for schools | 423,255 | 75,563 | 29,869 | 33,181 | 140,875 | 13,261 | 8,412 | 14,060 | 19,004 | 14,941 | 34,259 | 26,658 | 13,171 |
Instruction | 259,696 | 46,954 | 18,081 | 20,386 | 86,595 | 8,178 | 5,106 | 8,663 | 11,595 | 9,119 | 20,834 | 16,275 | 7,912 |
Support services, students | 22,107 | 3,382 | 1,634 | 1,880 | 8,145 | 686 | 453 | 716 | 954 | 779 | 1,806 | 1,158 | 513 |
Support services, instructional staff | 20,150 | 3,979 | 1,680 | 1,655 | 6,615 | 599 | 400 | 589 | 877 | 661 | 1,547 | 1,058 | 490 |
Administration | 32,032 | 5,208 | 2,168 | 2,389 | 10,416 | 1,009 | 636 | 1,099 | 1,539 | 1,232 | 2,744 | 2,326 | 1,267 |
Operation and maintenance | 40,567 | 7,255 | 2,827 | 3,170 | 13,637 | 1,299 | 804 | 1,331 | 1,812 | 1,459 | 3,190 | 2,480 | 1,304 |
Transportation | 17,852 | 2,855 | 1,081 | 1,155 | 6,054 | 528 | 357 | 632 | 778 | 582 | 1,691 | 1,438 | 701 |
Food service | 16,080 | 2,634 | 1,193 | 1,297 | 4,666 | 498 | 317 | 582 | 866 | 694 | 1,445 | 1,267 | 622 |
Other | 14,771 | 3,297 | 1,207 | 1,248 | 4,747 | 462 | 338 | 449 | 583 | 417 | 1,003 | 657 | 363 |
Other current expenditures | 17,107 | 2,780 | 1,239 | 1,361 | 5,046 | 559 | 346 | 605 | 894 | 747 | 1,548 | 1,314 | 669 |
Interest on school debt | 12,781 | 2,386 | 794 | 831 | 4,651 | 394 | 267 | 456 | 493 | 309 | 1,248 | 706 | 247 |
Capital outlay | 54,399 | 9,761 | 3,630 | 4,279 | 19,788 | 1,781 | 1,467 | 1,638 | 2,070 | 1,396 | 4,571 | 2,759 | 1,259 |
Current expenditures (percentage distribution) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Instruction | 61.4 | 62.1 | 60.5 | 61.4 | 61.5 | 61.7 | 60.7 | 61.6 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 60.8 | 61.1 | 60.1 |
Support services | 10.0 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 7.6 |
Administration | 7.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 9.6 |
Operation and maintenance | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.9 |
Transportation | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
Food service and other | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
Current expenditure per student (in dollars) |
$8,742 | $9,590 | $8,472 | $8,647 | $9,045 | $8,199 | $8,115 | $8,119 | $8,059 | $7,858 | $8,196 | $8,064 | $8,982 |
Instruction expenditure per student (in dollars) |
5,364 | 5,959 | 5,129 | 5,313 | 5,560 | 5,057 | 4,925 | 5,003 | 4,917 | 4,796 | 4,984 | 4,923 | 5,396 |
1 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of at least 250,000. 2 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. 3 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population less than 100,000. 4 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. 5 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. 6 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population less than 100,000. 7 Located inside an urban cluster that is 10 miles or less from an urbanized area. 8 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 but less than or equal to 35 miles from an urbanized area. 9 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles from an urbanized area. 10 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, but 5 miles or less from an urbanized area or 2.5 miles or less from an urban cluster. 11 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster and more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster. 12 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, more than 25 miles from an urbanized area, and more than 10 miles from an urban cluster. 13 Total includes 218 schools not reported by locale type. 14 Average for schools reporting enrollment. Enrollment data were available for 93,845 out of 97,382 institutions in 2005-06. 15 Ratio for schools reporting both full-time-equivalent teachers and fall enrollment data. 16 Includes tuition and fee revenues from other in-state school systems, which are excluded from state data reported through the "National Public Education Financial Survey." 17 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: Locale codes for districts with missing values were imputed, where possible. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and missing locale codes for some school districts. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005-06, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2004-05 and 2005-06; and "School District Finance Survey (Form F-33)," 2004-05. (This table was prepared August 2007.) |