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Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts FAST Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts FAST Connecting the Dots: School Spending and Student Progress School District 2 Listings From Abbott to Zephyr, every school district in Texas receives a Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) rating ranging from one to five stars. See how well your school district fares in its relative academic progress and spending. FAST FinanCiaL alloCation StuDy For texaS SChool District listingS This is Part 2 of 4 in the Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) report. The complete version is available online at www.FASTexas.org. View the FAST report’s other sections online, including: PArT 1: ExEcuTivE SummAry PArT 3: SmArT PrAcTices For minimizing costs PArT 4: cost EfficiEncies in Higher Education Appendix: BAckground, Methodology And ExpandEd Data For RecommEndationS 2 SChool District listingS FAST he Comptroller’s Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) examines both academic progress and spending Tat Texas’ school districts and campuses. The following table profiles each Texas school district, with an assigned FAST District Criteria > District Profiles District Profiles Selections: District profiles provide a snapshot of district details, including unique progress and spending District Type: indicators developed by the Comptroller’s office to assess the FAST rating. Major Urban Overview Students Academic Financial Teachers and Staff The overview shows three unique indicators developed for the FAST project: FAST rating – reflects a district’s overall Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) rating based on its relative performance scores and spending index. = the best combination of strong progress and low spending. rating of one to five stars indicating its success in combining Progress Score and Progress Percentile – the progress score and progress percentile reflect value-added measures that compare annual math/ reading progress (based on the three most recent years of testing results) against all other districts. 99% = strongest relative performance. Spending Index – reflects each district’s cost-adjusted operating expenses per student as compared with those of its fiscal peer group. Ranges from very low to very high. Very low = lowest relative spending per student; Very high = highest relative spending per student. = Smart Practices District TAKS Progress Composite Cost Adjusted District FAST Rating Spending Index Passing Score Progress Percentile Spending by Pupil ARLINGTON ISD 71% 41 Average $6,884 AUSTIN ISD 70% 61 High $8,102 cost-effective spending with the achievement of measurable DALLAS ISD 64% 25 High $7,683 EL PASO ISD 70% 82 Very High $8,673 FORT WORTH ISD 61% 15 High $7,713 HOUSTON ISD 69% 67 High $7,314 NORTH EAST ISD 82% 91 High $7,865 NORTHSIDE ISD 80% 91 Average $7,310 SAN ANTONIO ISD 58% 31 Very High $8,236 student academic progress. Five stars reflects the strongest YSLETA ISD 71% 88 High $8,374 = Strongest Relative Progress = Strong Relative Progress = Average Relative Progress = Little Relative Progress = Least Relative Progress relative progress combined with the lowest relative spending. FAST Web ReporTing Tool District Profiles: Major Urban To provide the public and policymakers with an easy and Reading Key Results Tables effective way to compare school district and campus academic The FAST overview tables provide the following information about select school achievement, expenditures districts and charter school operators: and resource allocation, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 the Comptroller’s office has developed a FAST website at www.FASTexas.org that allows FAST SCHOOL DISTRICT LISTINGS 2 2008-2009 COMPOSITE MATH READING ADJUSTED ENROLL- ACCOUNTABILITY FAST PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRESS SPENDING SPENDING visitors to run custom reports on DISTRICT NAME COUNTY MENT RATING RATING PERCENTILE PERCENTILE PERCENTILE INDEX PER PUPIL A+ ACADEMY (C) DALLAS 985 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯°®® ◒ 26 8 63 AVERAGE $7,482 school academic and spending AW BROWN-FELLOWSHIP LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (C) DALLAS 1,223 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯¯° ◓ 73 30 92 VERY LOW 5,661 information. Users can run reports, ABBOTT ISD HILL 306 EXEMPLARY ¯¯¯¯° ● 82 81 75 LOW 9,512 ABERNATHY ISD HALE 763 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯®® ◓ 74 87 50 HIGH 11,392 view extensive data sets and ABILENE ISD TAYLOR 16,372 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯®®® ○ 48 47 48 VERY HIGH 9,170 ACADEMY ISD BELL 1,093 EXEMPLARY ¯¯¯®® ◓ 74 86 50 HIGH 8,133 download the results. ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED LEARNING INC (C) HARRIS 515 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯®® ◒ 25 32 26 LOW 6,722 ACADEMY OF BEAUMONT (C) JEFFERSON 230 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯®®® ● 1 1 7 AVERAGE 7,437 ACADEMY OF CAREERS AND TECHNOLOGIES CHARTER SCHOOL (C) BEXAR 156 AEA: ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ** ** ** ** VERY HIGH 9,951 The FAST web reporting tool allows ACADEMY OF DALLAS (C) DALLAS 520 ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯®® ◒ 22 57 8 LOW 6,599 ACCELERATED INTERMEDIATE ACADEMY (C) HARRIS 491 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯°® ◒ 36 37 39 VERY LOW 4,038 users to review TEA ratings and ADRIAN ISD OLDHAM 132 EXEMPLARY ¯¯¯®® ○ 45 45 45 AVERAGE 15,769 ¯°®®® 1 c AGUAoun DULCET ISDy — county in which the district’sNUECES 367 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE6 Math Progr◒ess 32 PE24rcEn46TilEVERY — HIGH percentile10,170 statistics as well as the new FAST ¯¯¯°® administrativeALAMO HEIGHTS ISD offices are located; BEXAR 4,618 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLEranking of math● progress; 90 69 95 HIGH 8,572 indicators. It will be updated ALBA-GOLDEN ISD WOOD 859 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯°® ◓ 69 70 58 AVERAGE 9,626 ALBANY ISD SHACKELFORD 489 RECOGNIZED ¯¯°®® ○ 55 64 44 HIGH 12,444 2 Enrollm EnT — number of students enrolled 7 Rea ding Progress PErcEnTilE — annually, with all FAST data and ALDINE ISD HARRIS 61,299 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯¯° ● 86 89 74 LOW 6,817 inALEDO the ISD school district; PARKER 4,554 RECOGNIZED percentile¯¯¯¯ ranking® ● 87 of reading85 84 progress;AVERAGE 7,036 results available free of charge. The ALICE ISD JIM WELLS 5,383 ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE ¯®®®® ● 3 4 9 VERY HIGH 10,076 ALIEF ISD HARRIS 45,130 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯¯° 95 68 99 LOW 6,780 3 Accoun tabiliTy Rating — TEA rating of 8 S pending ind●Ex — ranking of cost-adjusted website also includes a detailed ALIEF MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL (C) HARRIS 224 EXEMPLARY ** ** ** ** VERY LOW 4,206 academicALLEN ISD performance; COLLIN 17,455 RECOGNIZED operating¯¯¯¯° expenditures● 97 91 relative97 to LOWthe fiscal6,177 description of the methodologies ALPHA CHARTER SCHOOL (C) DALLAS 219 AEA: ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLEpeer group;** and** ** ** VERY LOW 6,036 4 FAST ALPHONSO CRUTCH’S-LIFErating SUPPORT — CENTER star (C) rating combiningHARRIS 179 AEA: ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE ** ** ** ** ** ** used in the FAST project. ¯¯¯¯® academicALPINE ISD progress and relative spending;BREWSTER 1,025 RECOGNIZED9 Adju sted Spe●nding 91 51 PEr98 PuPAVERAGEil —12,260 sum of ALTO ISD CHEROKEE 671 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯¯® ● 91 88 85 AVERAGE 9,853 ALVARADO ISD JOHNSON 3,259 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLEall expenditures¯¯®®® ● for 17 district5 operations,51 AVERAGE adjusted6,861 5 c omPoSite AcAdEmic Progress ALVIN ISD BRAZORIA 15,983 RECOGNIZED for regional¯¯¯°® differences○ 41 58 in the28 costLOW of labor.6,409 PALVORDErc ISDEnTilE — percentile rankingWISE of combined715 EXEMPLARY ¯¯¯°® ◓ 60 74 39 AVERAGE 7,976 mathAMARILLO ISDand reading progress; POTTER 30,647 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯°®® ○ 55 64 43 HIGH 8,139 AMBASSADORS PREPARATORY ACADEMY (C) GALVESTON 129 RECOGNIZED ** ** ** ** ** ** AMERICAN YOUTHWORKS CHARTER SCHOOL (C) TRAVIS 309 AEA: ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ** ** ** ** VERY LOW 6,398 AMHERST ISD LAMB 159 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯®®® ● 19 19 24 AVERAGE 12,535 AMIGOS POR VIDA-FRIENDS FOR LIFE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL (C) HARRIS 471 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯¯® ● 90 97 67 AVERAGE 7,033 Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts 1 ANAHUAC ISD CHAMBERS 1,338 RECOGNIZED ¯¯°®® ◒ 35 65 16 AVERAGE 7,482 ANDERSON-SHIRO CISD GRIMES 639 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯®® ○ 57 76 32 AVERAGE 10,558 ANDREWS ISD ANDREWS 3,116 ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE ¯°®®® ● 11 65 1 HIGH 11,449 ANGLETON ISD BRAZORIA 6,249 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯¯¯ ● 87 95 65 VERY LOW 6,300 ANNA ISD COLLIN 2,144 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯¯¯ ● 96 94 91 VERY LOW 6,362 ANSON ISD JONES 742 RECOGNIZED ¯¯¯°® ● 83 67 89 HIGH 9,815 ANTHONY ISD EL PASO 778 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯°® ● 85 19 99 HIGH 9,689 ANTON ISD HOCKLEY 294 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯¯°® ○ 49 47 51 LOW 12,082 APPLE SPRINGS ISD TRINITY 217 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯¯®®® ● 12 11 18 AVERAGE 11,755 AQUILLA ISD HILL 231 EXEMPLARY ¯¯¯°® ○ 55 63 45 LOW 8,766 ARANSAS COUNTY ISD ARANSAS 3,024 RECOGNIZED ¯¯®®® ◒ 39 39 45 HIGH 9,269 ARANSAS PASS ISD SAN PATRICIO 2,002 ACADEMICALLY ACCEPTABLE ¯°®®® ● 10 27 6 HIGH 8,676 ** Insufficient data Composite Progress Percentile: ● 80-99 ◓ 60-79 ○ 40-59 ◒ 20-39 ● LESS THAN 20 2 Susan Combs Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts FAST SChool District listingS 2 2008-2009 composite math reaDiNg AdjusteD Enroll- accouNtability FAST progress progress progress spendiNg spendiNg District Name couNty meNt ratiNg ratiNg perceNtile perceNtile perceNtile Index per pupil a+ acaDemy (c) Dallas 985 acaDemically acceptable ¯¯°®® ◒ 26 8 63 average $7,482 aW brown-FelloWship leaDership acaDemy (c) Dallas 1,223 recogNizeD ¯¯¯¯° ◓ 73 30 92 very low 5,661 abbott ISD Hill 306 exemplary ¯¯¯¯° ● 82 81 75 low 9,512 aberNathy ISD Hale 763 recogNizeD ¯¯¯®® ◓ 74 87 50 HigH 11,392 abileNe ISD Taylor 16,372 acaDemically acceptable ¯¯®®® ○ 48 47 48 very HigH 9,170 acaDemy ISD Bell 1,093 exemplary ¯¯¯®® ◓ 74 86 50 HigH 8,133 acaDemy Of accelerateD learNiNg Inc (c) Harris 515 recogNizeD ¯¯¯®® ◒ 25 32 26 low
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