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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 024 151 EA 001 804 Selected Statistics of Local School Systems, 1964-65. National Education Association, Washington, D.C. Report No- RR- 1966-R13 Pub Date Sep 66 Note-104p. Available from-National Education Association, 1201 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (Stock No. 435-13288, $2.50). EDRS Price MF-S0.50 HC Not Available from EDRS. Descriptors- Assessed Valuation. Bond Issues, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Credentials, *Educational Finance, Expenditure Per Student, Fiscal Capacity, National Surveys, *Public School Systems, School Budget Elections, School Calendars, School Taxes, Statistical Surveys, *Student Enrollment, 'tables (Data), Teacher Persistei ,Teachers This ,ort on local school system statistics in the United States presents data for 140 school systems with enrollments of 25,000 or more and for 157 high salary sc1.. l systems with fewer than 25.000 students. Included are selected statistics 3n (1) pupils in school. (2) classroom teachers (degrees and turnover), (3) percents of revenue raised locally.(4) property tax rates,(5) maior items of expenditure.(6)fiscaldependence or independence, and(7)theresultsof referendums on school bonds and increases in tax rates. The data are presented in summary form and by school district. (TT) PROCESS WITH MICROFICHEAND PUBLISHER'S PRICES. MICRO- FICHE REPRODUCTION ONLY. RESEARCH REPORT 1966-R13 Selected Statistics of Local SchoolSystems, 1964-65 gRESEARCH DIVISION - NATIONALEDUCATION ASSOCIATION September 1966 PROCESS WITH MICROFICHE AND PUBLISHER'S PRiCES. MICRO- FICHE REPRODUCTION ONLY. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT.POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. 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CONTENTS Foreword 5 Introduction 6 Pupils in School 8 Length of the School Year 9 Enrollment in Other School Programs 9 Classroom Teachers 10 Degrees 10 Teacher Turnover 11 Revenue 12 Local Revenue Share 12 Assessed Values 13 Tax Rates 14 Percent of Market Values 14 Estimated Effective Tax Rates 15 Current Expenditures 16 Per-Pupil Expenditure 16 Comparability with Other Series of Per-Pupil Costs 17 Capital Outlay 19 Interest on Long-Term Debt 20 Debt Retirement 21 Other School Programs 22 Summary of Expenditures 23 School Tax Rate and Bond Referendums 24 Fiscal Independence or Dependence 25 Selected School Systems 26 Appenaix 29 Questionnaire 95 Index to School Systems 99 List of Text Tables 1. Returns of Survey of Large Public School Systems, October 1964 7 2. Pupils in the Elementary and Secondary Day Schools of Large Public School Systems, 1964-65 8 3. Length of the School Year in Large School Systems, 1964-65 9 4. Enrollment in Summer Schools, Adult Education, and Junior Colleges of Large School Systems, 1964-65 9 5. Number of Classroom Teachers in Large School Systems, 1964-65 10 6. Distribution of Classroom Teachers in Large School Systems by Highest Level of Preparation, 1964-65 11 7. Classroom TeacherSeparations in Large School Systems, July 1, 1964, to June 30, 1965, as Percent of Total Number of Classr_4m Teachers 11 8. Average Percents of Revenue from Local Sources in Large School Systems, 1964-65 12 9. Assessed Values of Taxable Real Property and Average per Pupil in ADM in Large School Systems, 1964-65 13 10. Averages of Tax Rates for Schools per $1,000 of Assessed Valuations in Large School Systems, 1964-65 14 11. Averages of Prevailing Rates of Assessed Values to Market Values of . Real Property in Large School Systems, 1964-65 14 12. Estimated Averages of Effective Tax Rates per $1,000, on 100 Percent of Market Value of Real Property of Large School Systems, 1964-65 15 13. Current Expenditures by Major Purpose for Elementary and Secondary Day Schools of Large School Systems, 1964-65 17 14. Current Expenditures per Pupil in Average Daily Membership in Large School Systems, 1964-65 18 15. Means and Medians of Current Expenditures per Pupil in Average Daily Membership in Large School Systems, 1964-65 18 16. Capital Outlay Expenditures in Large School Systems, 1964-65 19 17. Expenditures for Interest on Long-Term Debt of Large School Systems, 1964-6520 18. Expenditures for Debt Retirement in Large School Systems, 1964-65 21 19. Expenditures for Programs Other Than Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, Large School Systems, 1964-65 22 20. Summary of Expenditures in 140 Large School Systems, 1964-65 23 21. Summary of Referendums on School Bonds and on Increasesin School Tax Rates, by Number of Large School Systems, 1964-65 24 22. Summary of Large School Systems by Fiscal Independence or Dependence, 1964-65 25 FOREWORD devoted The fifth annual reportof local school statistics is primarily to the large unifiedschool systems in the school year pupils, classroom 1964-65. Included are selected statistics on teachers, percents of revenueraised locally, property tax rates, and major items of expenditure,fiscal dependence or independence, in tax the results of referendums onschool bonds and increases rates. Data are given for 140of the 148 unified school systems witi, enrollments of 25,000 or morein October 1964, and for157 schedules small school systems whichprovide relatively high-salary for classroom teachers. Pressures for expanded schoolservices in urban areas are grow- funds are ing more acute each year.In many places the new federal One only supplementing imaginative newprograms alreadystarted. for basic result of the new activity hasbeen an increasing demand information on costs and relateditems for the school systems con- been undertaken to meet, in cerned. This series of reports has part, the urgent demandsfor comparative statistics. This study was prepared by NettieS. Shapiro, Research Associ. ate, under the directionof Jean M. Flanigan, AssistantDirector. Compilation of the data wasunder the supervision ofSimeon P. Tay- lor III, Assistant Directorand Chief of the StatisticsSection. Louise V. Trumbo, StatisticalClerk, also assisted with the report. The NEA Research Division isgrateful to the superintendents, the fiscal officers, researchdirectors, and others associated with for local school systems whocooperated in supplying information this report. The names of the respondents tothe questionnaire are given in the Index toSchool Systems. GLEN ROBINSON Director, Research Division 6 INTRODUCTION This report presents the findings of a ques- kindergartens and pupil transportation, which tionnaire survey of selected statisticsof pu- are provided in some systems are not provided pils, teachers, revenues, and expenditures of in others by either school or nonschool public local public school systems for the1964-65 agencies. school year. Questionnaires were mailed by the NEA Research Division in November1965, re- Summary data for