Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Arizona
http://www.ade.state.az.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

368

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
887	238	258	59	69

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
20:1	19:1	21:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
23,383	7,851	10,326	186	164

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	451,311	608,982
9-12 (CCD)	156,304	224,867
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	5,209

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 44.3%, Local 41.8%, Federal 10.2%, Intermediate 3.7%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	6.6%	6.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.5	1.9
Black	4.1	4.5
Hispanic	23.7	31.7
White	64.1	55.0

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
8.0%	11.1%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
60,270	93,528

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
18,658	18,141

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	9.4

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
50%	47%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program
(CCD, 1998-99)

Data not available

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Statewide by 2001
Grade level meets 1 year academic growth (50th percentile)

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Grade level score > 40% of state schools in growth (3 yr.avg.)

Indicators for School Accountability
NRT scores, Standards-based (by 2001)

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Target for Schools
Transition: Gap-reduction toward 90 percent proficient and No students (reading, math)

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
254 (30.2%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	185,561
9-12	41,715
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	25,898	4,996
Asian/Pacific Islander	2,836	468
Black	15,327	2,404
Hispanic	121,999	16,032
White	45,322	17,192

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$122,657,700

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 209 schools with schoolwide programs and 496 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 351 schoolwide, 386 targeted assistance; in 1999, 422 schoolwide, 419 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Stanford Achievement Test, Version 9
Used since 1996-97

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards did not meet review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Percentile; no levels

Exclusion from Assessment
No information provided

Other Assessments
No information provided

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/LanguageArts
		National Percentile
All Students		54%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		National Percentile
All Students		54%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/LanguageArts
		National Percentile
All Students		54%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		National Percentile
All Students		54%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 10

Reading
	National Percentile
All Students	42%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	National Percentile
All Students	49%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	22%	28%
Basic level and above	53%	73%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	17%	21%
Basic level and above	59%	62%