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

District of Columbia
http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/home.html

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)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
108	21	21	0	11

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
14:1	15:1	14:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
3,241	717	891	0	127

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	60,662	51,284
9-12 (CCD)	20,639	15,779
Pre-K (by state definition)	3,749	4,831

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

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.0%	0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.9	1.6
Black	90.7	85.9
Hispanic	4.6	8.3
White	3.7	4.3

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
7.3%	12.9%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
3,417	4,911

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
326	734

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	12.8%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
71%	84%

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
None

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
School-based system of goal setting.

Indicators for School Accountability
Performance Index, NCE Scores, Attendance, Percent Tested

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Target for Schools
Decreasing the percentage of students scoring Below Basic in Math and Reading. Increasing the percentage of students scoring Proficient in Math and Reading. and maintaining a stable percentage of students scoring Advanced in Math and Reading.

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
25 (20%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	45,876
9-12	8,606
Pre-K	4,547

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	n/a
Asian/Pacific Islander	837	160
Black	41,377	11,257
Hispanic	4,048	962
White	154	211

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

$23,913,098

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

In 1996, 44 schools with schoolwide programs and no schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 89 schoolwide, 12 targeted assistance; in 1999, 100 schoolwide, 25 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Stanford Achievement Test, Version 9. The District of Columbia was unable to report results by grade this year.

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

State Definition of "Proficient" set in 1995
Represents solid academic performance that students are prepared for this grade level

Definition of Title I Targeted
All students in targeted assistance

Exclusion from Assessment
LEP and IEP

Other Assessments
ESL Portfolio Assessment

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Elementary Grades 1-6

Reading/LanguageArts
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		24.1%	46.1%	23.1%	6.7%
Title I Schoolwide		27.4	48.8	20.2	3.5
Title I Targeted		16.4	45.6	29.5	8.5
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	4.1	21.6	40.0	34.3
	75-100	27.2	48.9	20.4	3.5
LEP Students		43.6	43.7	7.4	0.3
Migrant students		21.1	55.5	19.5	3.9

Mathematics
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		31.9%	40.9%	21.3%	5.9%
Title I Schoolwide		35.2	42.8	18.8	3.2
Title I Targeted		34.0	42.5	19.7	3.8
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	7.2	25.0	40.3	27.5
	75-100	35.1	42.5	19.1	3.2
LEP Students		47.9	39.9	10.6	1.6
Migrant students		36.4	37.1	25.0	1.5

Middle and Junior High Grades 6-9

Reading/LanguageArts
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		24.4%	50.8%	21.7%	3.1%
Title I Schoolwide		28.8	53.3	16.8	1.0
Title I Targeted		23.6	52.0	22.3	2.2
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	6.4	38.3	41.5	13.9
	75-100	30.2	51.3	17.5	0.9
LEP Students		71.2	28.0	0.8	0.0
Migrant students		39.1	52.2	8.7	0.0

Mathematics
		Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students		57.3%	30.3%	10.2%	2.1%
Title I Schoolwide		66.1	26.6	6.5	0.9
Title I Targeted		54.9	33.2	10.6	1.2
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34	26.5	38.8	24.7	10.0
	75-100	66.0	26.4	7.0	0.6
LEP Students		79.6	15.4	4.2	0.8
Migrant students		75.0	25.0	0.0	0.0

High School Grades 10-12

Reading/LanguageArts
	Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students	50.6%	40.2%	8.4%	0.8%
Title I Schoolwide	67.0	30.1	2.7	0.1
Title I Targeted	52.5	41.9	5.3	0.3

Mathematics
	Below Basic	Basic	Proficient	Advanced
All Students	80.0%	16.1%	3.4%	0.4%
Title I Schoolwide	86.8	11.2	1.8	0.2
Title I Targeted	84.3	13.9	1.7	0.1

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	10%	12%
Basic level and above	38%	44%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	6%	6%
Basic level and above	25%	23%