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

Sources

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 1998-99

Notes: All local school districts are included in these counts. Separate supervisory unions, regional education services agencies, and state-operated institutions are excluded.

Number of public schools in state

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 1998-99

Notes: School counts based on NCES definitions in Digest of Education Statistics. Schools are broken into five categories: Elementary, Middle, High, Combined, and Other. A school is classified as combined if it provides instruction at both the elementary (grade 6 or below) and the secondary (grade 9 or above) levels.

Student/teacher ratio

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 1998-99

Note: Number of public school students divided by number of teachers in full-time equivalents.

Number of FTE Teachers in state

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 1998-99

Notes: Teacher counts based on NCES definitions in Digest of Education Statistics. Schools are broken into five categories: Elementary, Middle, High, Combined, and Other. A school is classified as combined if it provides instruction at both the elementary (grade 6 or below) and the secondary (grade 9 or above) levels.

Sources of funding

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data,
National Public Education Financial Survey, 1997-98 school year.

Notes: Information is shown for three major revenue sources: Federal, State, and Local. A fourth category, Intermediate, is shown only for those states which have funds in this category.

Student Demographics

Public school enrollment

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 1989-90 and 1998-99

Notes: These numbers do not include ungraded students. Public Preschool Enrollment is recorded according to state definition of public preschools and state decision on data collection.

Race/ethnicity of K-12 students

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, State Summaries of Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Survey and the National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 1989-90, 1998-99

Students with disabilities (K-12)

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, 1990-91 and 1998-99

Notes: The figures shown represent the percentage of children ages 6 to 17 served under IDEA, Part B.

Limited English Proficient (K-12)

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education. 1989-90, 1996-97

Notes: The number of LEP students enrolled in public schools

Migrant (K-12)

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education,1993-94, 1998-99

Notes: The criterion for migrant status was reduced from six to three years in 1994. Data will only be tracked from that point forward. The figures shown represent the "12-month" count of students identified for the Migrant program. The 12-month count is the unduplicated number of eligible children ages 3-21 who, within three years of making a qualifying move, resided in the state for one or more days during the reporting period.

High school drop-out rate (annual)

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data,
1993-94, 1997-98

Notes: Only states whose definitions complied with NCES's definition were included. Annual or "event" rate is the percentage of 9-12 students dropping out during one school year. (1996-97 most recent year available.)

Postsecondary enrollment

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Residence and Migration of First-Time Freshmen Enrolled in Higher Education Institutions, Fall 1994 and Fall 1996; Common Core of Data; and Private School Universe Survey.

Notes: Accounts for first-time students attending college in any state and does not account for graduates who attended college outside of the United States. The Residence and Migration portion of the Fall Enrollment Survey is administered every two years. The Common Core of Data provides the number of public high school graduates for the prior school year; the Private School Universe Survey provides the number of Private high school graduates.

All schools by percent of students eligible for the Free Lunch Program

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 1998-99

Notes: The figures shown represent the percentage of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program under the National School Lunch Act. This does not include those eligible only for reduced-price lunch.

Statewide Accountability Information

Source: Consortium for Policy Research in Education, State Assessment and Accountability Systems: 50 State Profiles, Goertz, M., Duffy, M., and Carlson-LeFloch, K., Spring 2000.

Title I Schools

Title I enrollment

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Compensatory Education Programs, 1999 Title I Performance Report for 1998-99 school year.

Notes: Data collected and reported by state departments of education.

Title I race/ethnicity

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Compensatory Education Programs, 1999 Title I Performance Report for 1998-99 school year.

Notes: Data collected and reported by state departments of education. Schoolwide and Targeted Assistance schools are averaged together.

Title I allocation

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Compensatory Education Programs, FY 1999 Title I Allocation for School Year 1998-99

Notes: Sum of Basic Grants, Concentration Grants, LEA Grants, Capital Expenses, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected and Delinquent Grants.

Number of schools with Title I programs

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Compensatory Education Programs, 1994-95, 1997-98, and 1998-99.

Notes: Data collected and reported by the state departments of education regarding the number of schools with schoolwide and targeted assistance programs.

Student Achievement

Student Achievement

Source: State Departments of Education, assessment results for 1998-99 school year, reported in Consolidated Performance Report, Table 2, U.S. Department of Education

Notes: Trend results for 1995-96 through 1998-99 reported in bar graphs for states with consistent tests over two or more years. See Appendix D for a summary of disaggregated categories by states.

NAEP state results

Source: Reese, C.M., Miller, K.E., Mazzeo, J. Dossey, J.A.; NAEP 1996 Mathematics Report Card for the Nation and the States. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1997.

Donohue, P.L., Voelkl, K.E., Campbell, J.R., and Mazzeo, J.; NAEP 1998 Reading Report Card for the Nation and the States. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1999.

Notes: Data reported for public schools only. Some states did not satisfy one of the guidelines for school sample participation rates. See Appendix E for further information and definitions of proficient and basic.

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