Student, School/District Characteristics for Public Schools
Student Characteristics
Number enrolled: 1,382,348
Percent in Title I schools: 50.2%
With Individualized Education Programs (IEP): --
Percent in limited-English proficiency programs: --
Percent eligible for free/reduced lunch: 28.1%
School/District Characteristics
Number of school districts: 616*
Number of schools: 2,619
Number of charter schools: 57
Per-pupil expenditures: $16,0851
Pupil/teacher ratio: 12.4
Number of FTE teachers: 111,500
'--' : data unavailable
* Local school districts only (type 1, 2)
Source: Common Core of Data, 2007-2008 school year (non-adjudicated) 1 Common Core of Data, 2006-2007 school year
History of NAEP Participation and Performance
Scale Score
Achievement Level
State
[Nat.
Percent at or Above
Subject
Grade
Year
Avg.
Avg.]*
Basic
Proficient
Advanced
Mathematics (scale: 0-500)
4
1992n
227
[219]
68
25
2
1996n
227
[222]
68
25
3
2003
239
[234]
80
39
5
2005
244
[237]
86
45
8
2007
249
[239]
90
52
9
2009
247
[239]
88
49
9
8
1990n
270
[262]
58
21
3
1992n
272
[267]
62
24
3
2003
281
[276]
72
33
6
2005
284
[278]
74
36
9
2007
289
[280]
77
40
10
2009
293
[282]
80
44
14
Reading (scale: 0-500)
4
1992n
223
[215]
69
35
8
1994n
219
[212]
65
33
8
2003
225
[216]
70
39
11
2005
223
[217]
68
37
10
2007
231
[220]
77
43
12
8
2003
268
[261]
79
37
3
2005
269
[260]
80
38
4
2007
270
[261]
81
39
4
Science (scale: 0-300)
4
2005
154
[149]
72
32
3
8
2005
153
[147]
65
33
4
Writing (scale: 0-300)
8
2007
175
[154]
95
56
7
* Includes public schools only
n Accommodations were not
permitted for this assessment
Source: NCES; for the complete
reports, please go
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