ERIC ED380486: State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1991-1992. Statistical Analysis Report.

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AUTHOR
Bandeira de Mello, Victor; Sietsema, John P.
TITLE
State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary
Education, 1991-1992. Statistical Analysis Report.
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American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral
Sciences, Washington, D.C.
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National Center for Education Statistics (ED),
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DESCRIPTORS
*Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education;
Expenditures; Financial Support; Income;
*Institutional Characteristics; *Profiles; *Public
Schools; School Personnel; School Size; *State Norms;
State Surveys; *Student Characteristics
IDENTIFIERS
*United States Territories
ABSTRACT
Summary data on the general characteristics, fiscal
revenues and expenditures, educational agency and school numbers and
sizes, and students and staff for each state, the District of
Columbia, and the five outlying areas (American Samoa, Gtam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) are
presented. Factors for which data are reported are those usually
needed'for a thumbnail sketch of the resources, needs, organization.
and special characteristics of education within a state. The report
is divided into the U.S. profile, rankings of the states, and
profiles of states and outlying areas presented alphabetically. Each
profile presents:
(1) general characteristics; (2) fiscal
information;
(3) institutional information;
(4) student information:
and (5) staff information. Data are presented in 499 figures. An
appendix contains a glossary. (Contains 10 references.)
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NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
Statistical Analysis Report
January 1995
State Profiles of Public
Elementary and Secondary
Education, 19914992
Victor Bandeira de Mello
American Institutes for Research
John P. Sietsema, Project Officer
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
NCES 95-668
U.S Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Sharon P. Robinson
Assistant Secretary
National Center for Education Statistics
Emerson J. Elliott
Commissioner
Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics Division
Paul D. Planchon
Associate Commissioner
National Center for Education Statistics
"The purpose of the Center shall be to collect, and analyze, and
disseminate statistics and other data related to education in the
United States and in other nations."Section 406(b) of the
General Education Provisions Act, as amended (20 U.S.0 1221e-1).
January 1995
For more regarding data contained in this report, please contact
John P. Sietsema
General Surveys and Analysis Branch
Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics Division
National Center for Education Statistics
555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20208-5651
[phone]
JSietsem ©inet.ed.gov
For .ttle 1,, the t .S. Go% ernment Prtnung Office
Stop- SS( IP. Wathington. DC 20402-9125
Superimendent
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ISBN 0-16-04469-7
The State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1991.92
was prepared
by the American Institutes for Research for the General Surveys and Analyses
Branch of the Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics Division
in the
National Center for Education Statistics, Office of Educational Research and
Improvement. Primary guidance and direction was provided by Lee Hoffman, Chief,
General Surveys and Analyses Branch, and Marilyn McMillen, Statistical Advisor,
Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics Division.
The authors are grateful for the assistance of the following
persons who reviewed the
work and made valuable comments and suggestions: Art Parson, National Education
Association, Mark Root, Council of the Great City Schools, Bob Burton, NCES Sta-
tistical Standards and Methodology Division, Frank Morgan, NCES Postsecondary
Education Statistics Division, Tom Smith, NCES Data Development Division, and
Steve Broughman, NCES Special Surveys and Analyses Branch. Special thanks also
go to AIR staff members who contributed to this publication, particularly Parisa
Ashrafi and Debra Naeve for the graphics design and
art direction.
STATE PROFILES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1991-92
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Acknowledgments
iii
Introduction
Sources of Information
2
Reports and Other Products
2
Terminology
3
United States Profile
11
Rankings of the States
21
State Profiles
27
Alabama
29
Alaska
37
Arizona
45
Arkansas
53
California
61
Colorado
69
Connectic it
77
85
Delaware
District of Columbia
93
Florida
101
Georgia
109
Hawaii
117
Idaho
125
Illinois
133
Indiana
141
Iowa
149
Kansas
157
Keltucky
165
Louisiana
173
Maine
181
Maryland
189
Massachusetts
197
205
Michigan
Minnesota
213
Mississippi
221
229
Missouri
Montana
237
Nebraska
245
Nevada
253
New Hampshire
261
STATE. PROFILES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1991-92
New Jersey
269
New Mexico
277
New York
285
North Carolina
293
North Dakota
301
Ohio
309
Oklahoma
317
Oregon
325
Pennsylvania
333
Rhode Island
341
South Carolina
349
South Dakota
357
Tennessee
365
Texas
373
Utah
381
Vermont
389
Virginia
397
Washington
405
West Virginia
413
Wisconsin
421
Wyoming
429
Outlying Areas Profiles
437
American Samoa
439
Guam
447
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
455
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
463
The Virgin Islands
471
Data Sources
479
Source of data elements
481
References
462
Appendix
483
Terminology
485
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STATE PROFILES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1991-92
Introduction
Examinations of the status and quality of education in the United States are often
based on comparisons among states. Comparisons of this type are most useful, valid,
and constructive when states are examined alongside other states with similar char-
acteristics. It is also helpful to have a variety of factors that are important to public
education conveniently arrayed for individual states. Toward this end, State Profiles of
Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1991-92 reports summary data on the gen-
eral characteristics, fiscal revenues and expenditures, educational agency and school
numbers and sizes, and students and staff for each state, the District of Columbia, and
the five outlying areasAmerican Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
The factors for which these data are reported are those most commonly used to
present a thumbnail sketch of the resources, needs, organization, and special charac
teristics of education within a state. This information is displayed in numeric and
graphic form to make it useful for a wide range of audiences and purposes.
This report is divided into three major sections:
summarizing the statistics across the 50 states and the District of
U.S. Profile
Columbia on all variables;
Rankings of the States,
consisting of a collection of tables depicting the rela-
tive position of the various states and the District of Columbia on selected vari-
ables; and
State and Outlying Areas Profiles,
providing numeric and graphic informa-
tion, are listed alphabetically with the outlying areas appearing after the states.
Each Profile presents five categories of relevant information:
demographic and fiscal characteristics of the state, as
General characteristics:
well as number of students, teachers and public schools.
Fiscal information:
revenues and expenditures data for elementary and sec-
ondary education, as well as federal aid to education under selected programs.
Institutional information:
membership characteristics and sizes of schools
and education agencies, grade levels included in schools, and proportion of stu-
dents and schools in different community types.
Student information:
the numbers and ethnic backgrounds of students, the
numbers of high school completers, and achievement levels for students in
selected grades.
Staff information:
the numbers and proportions of instructional, support ser-
vices, and administrative staff, average students to teacher ratios, and salary
information.
Data items that were not reported by the state or otherwise not available are indi-
cated by the special character . Since the U.S. Profile displays aggregate informa-
tion for the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, some of the data items include
estimates for the nonrespondmg state(s). Where it was not advisable or feasible to
estimate, the character
is used. For percentages, details may not add to 100 per-
cent because of rounding.
STATE PROFILES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1991-92
Sources of Information
The major source of information used in this report was the Common Core of Data
(CCD) survey for the 1991.92 school year and 1992 fiscal year. The CCD is the
National Center for Education Statistics' primary database on elementary and sec-
ondary public education in the United States. Data are compiled annually using four
sets of surveys sent to state education departments:
Public School Universe collects information on all public elementary and sec-
ondary schools in operation during the school year including school location
and type, enrollment by grade, students' characteristics, and number of class-
room teachers.
Local Education Agency Universe collects information on the universe of
LEAs including name and address, organizational type, metropolitan status, cur-
rent number of students, and number of high school graduates and completers in
the previous year.
State Aggregate Nonfiscal Report compiles statewide totals of the 111.1M.
bens of students by grade, number of teachers, administrators, and other educa-
tion staff, and numbers of high school graduates.
National Public Education Financial Survey compiles stare revenues and
expendirures data.
Other sources used in this report included the NCES 1993
Digest of Education Statis-
for the Nation and the
tics,
the NAEP 1992 Mathematics and Reading Report Card
States,
and several reports from the Bureau of Census and Bureau of Economic Analysis. A
detailed bibliographical reference list identifying the source of each data item is pre-
sented in the last section of this report.
Reports and Other Products
Data from the 1991.92 CCD surveys are available in publications and in machine-
readable products so research or reporting needs are more easily satisfied.
Publications
Public
and Secondary Schools and Agencies in the United States and
Elementary
Out-
lying Areas:
Year 1991-92 (NCES 93.328, September 1993)
School
Directory of Public Elementary
and Secondary Education agencies,
199/-92 (NCES
93.329, July 1993)
Public Elementary and Secondary State Aggregate
Data, by
State for School Year
1991-92
and 1990-91 (NCES 93.327, July 1993)
Data files
Common Core of Data Public School Universe, 1991/92 (NCES 92-034)
Common Core of Data Public Education Agency Universe, 1991/92 (NCES 92-
035)
CD-ROM: CCD, Common Core of Data, 1986/87. 1991/92
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Terminology
Several of the items presented in this report have specialized definitions that
may dif-
fer from common usage. The definitions are those used in the source documents from
which the data were drawn. Some of these definitions are listed below in the order
they appear in this report. A list in alphabetical order is presented in the Appendix.
United States:
Refers to data representing the 50 states and the District of Colum-
bia.
Outlying Areas:
These are additional areas from which elementary and secondary
education data are collected: American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands.
Cooperative System Liaison:
An individual appointed by each chief state school
officer to be the official representative of that state education agency to the National
Cooperative Education Statistics System, which analyzes issues and discusses alterna-
tives for solving issues in and recommending policies for elementary and secondary
education statistics.
CCD coordinator:
An individual appointed by each chief state school officer to he
the official representative of that state education agency to NCES
concernin the
Common Core of Data (CCD) system.
Public school membership:
The unduplicated count of students on the roll of the
school or district (excluding any formally enrolled students who withdrew from
school) taken on the school day closest to October I
, 1991.
Elementary/Secondary Public school:
An institution that provides elementary/
secondary educational services; has one or more grade groupings (prekindergarten
through
2) or is ungraded; has one or more teachers to give instruction; is located in
one or more buildings; has an assigned administrator; receives public funds as its pri-
mary support; and is operated by an education agency.
Area:
The total land area within the geographic boundaries of the state
or other
area, expressed in square miles.
Total population:
Estimate of the resident population of state (including Armed
Forces residing in the state) as of July 1, 1992.
School-age population:
The resident population of state ages 5 to 17 as of July 1,
1992.
State revenue:
Includes all amounts of money received by state government from
external sources (net of refunds and correcting transactions) other than from issue of
debt, liquidation of investments, and agency and private trust transactions.
State expenditures:
Include all amounts of money paid out by state government.
State expenditure for elementary/secondary education:
Includes all
amounts of money for elementary and secondary education paid out by state govern-
ment, excluding Federal funds and amounts of money paid out by local jurisdictions.
Gross State Product per school-age child:
The total market value of goods nd
services produced by the labor and property locate
in a state in 1990 divided by the
1991 Census Data for resident persons ages 5 to 1 i years.
STATE PROFILES OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1991-92