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Comparison of Fayette County Schools to
Neighboring School Systems
2005-2006 |
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Fayette |
Hardeman |
Haywood |
Tipton |
Shelby |
Memphis |
Statewide |
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Value |
Rank |
Value |
Rank |
Value |
Rank |
Value |
Rank |
Value |
Rank |
Value |
Rank |
Value |
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Rankings based on 136 systems |
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Director of Schools Salary |
$101,045 |
34 |
$103,071 |
31 |
$87,461 |
71 |
$106,128 |
26 |
$167,548 |
4 |
$204,516 |
2 |
$93,177 |
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Average Principal Salary |
$50,043 |
132 |
$59,391 |
88 |
$61,087 |
70 |
$68,835 |
34 |
$88,865 |
1 |
$81,428 |
5 |
$69,868 |
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Average Classroom Teacher |
$36,407 |
135 |
$39,113 |
64 |
$38,408 |
78 |
$41,116 |
35 |
$49,381 |
4 |
$49,373 |
5 |
$42,537 |
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Average Instructional Staff |
$37,880 |
136 |
$40,779 |
58 |
$40,285 |
71 |
$42,927 |
32 |
$51,274 |
4 |
$50,886 |
5 |
$44,173 |
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Average Daily Membership |
3,549 |
66 |
4,330 |
52 |
3,480 |
68 |
11,498 |
14 |
46,052 |
4 |
116,528 |
1 |
933,688 |
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Expenditures per Pupil |
$ 8,179 |
16 |
$ 7,671 |
27 |
$ 7,579 |
35 |
$ 6,443 |
114 |
$ 6,903 |
73 |
$ 8,708 |
6 |
$ 7,469 |
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Funding |
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Local % |
23.9% |
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23.0% |
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23.5% |
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21.6% |
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48.5% |
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48.8% |
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43.4% |
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Federal % |
24.8% |
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14.0% |
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18.2% |
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12.7% |
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7.0% |
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14.0% |
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11.6% |
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State % |
51.3% |
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63.0% |
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58.3% |
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65.7% |
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44.5% |
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37.2% |
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45.0% |
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School System Statistics |
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# of Schools in System |
10 |
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9 |
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7 |
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13 |
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48 |
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192 |
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1,699 |
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# of Schools in Good Standing |
7 |
70% |
9 |
100% |
7 |
100% |
13 |
100% |
46 |
96% |
114 |
59% |
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# of Teachers |
263 |
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309 |
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240 |
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678 |
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2,667 |
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7,191 |
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60,691 |
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# of Administrators |
17 |
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22 |
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20 |
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49 |
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164 |
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358 |
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3,730 |
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Average # Students per Teacher |
13.5 |
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14.0 |
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14.5 |
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17.0 |
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17.3 |
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16.2 |
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15.4 |
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# Core courses by HQ teachers |
834 |
79.0% |
817 |
93.6% |
680 |
83.8% |
1,800 |
92.9% |
7,135 |
92.5% |
16,401 |
90.5% |
94.9% |
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# Core courses not HQ teachers |
222 |
21.0% |
56 |
6.4% |
131 |
16.2% |
138 |
7.1% |
581 |
7.5% |
1,721 |
9.5% |
5.1% |
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Graduation Rate |
64.2% |
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80.1% |
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71.7% |
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88.1% |
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92.3% |
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67.2% |
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80.7% |
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Student Demographics |
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White |
1,395 |
36.1% |
2,019 |
44.2% |
1,071 |
30.0% |
8,744 |
72.3% |
30,547 |
62.2% |
11.169 |
8.9% |
69.2% |
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African American |
2,359 |
61.0% |
2,458 |
53.8% |
2,334 |
65.5% |
3,097 |
25.6% |
14,811 |
30.1% |
106,870 |
85.1% |
25.0% |
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Hispanic |
89 |
2.3% |
56 |
1.2% |
158 |
4.4% |
168 |
1.4% |
1,639 |
3.3% |
5,836 |
4.6% |
4.1% |
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Limited English Proficient |
87 |
2.6% |
55 |
1.3% |
105 |
3.2% |
29 |
0.3% |
781 |
1.8% |
5,333 |
4.9% |
3.1% |
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Students with Disabilities |
553 |
15.6% |
760 |
17.6% |
557 |
16.0% |
1,752 |
15.2% |
7,520 |
16.3% |
16,333 |
14.0% |
14.9% |
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Economically Disadvantaged |
2,864 |
74.5% |
3,217 |
78.7% |
2,803 |
84.6% |
5,664 |
52.0% |
11,255 |
25.8% |
87,757 |
79.8% |
52.9% |
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Title I |
2,944 |
87.9% |
3,034 |
73.8% |
2,052 |
62.3% |
5,478 |
50.5% |
3,606 |
8.2% |
106,852 |
99.1% |
42.2% |
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Sources: Tennessee Department of Education Report
Cards
http://www.tennessee.gov/education/reportcard/
Tennessee Education Association http://www.teateachers.org/informationcenter/Rankings/systemsperpupil.htm
(webpage no longer available) |
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Terminology for 2005-2006 Chart
Administrators:
Directors of schools, principals, supervisors, assistant principals, etc.
Average Daily Membership (ADM):
Average daily count of students enrolled. Used to determine the amount of
state funding each system receives.
Average Number of Students
per Teacher: A comparison ratio used only in this chart and calculated
by dividing the ADM by the number of teachers.
Classroom Teacher:
Includes vocational teachers, home/hospital instruction, special
education, and grades K-12 teachers.
Core Course: Core
academic class required under NCLB to be taught by a highly qualified
teacher.
Economically
Disadvantaged: Student who qualifies for the free or reduced lunch
program.
Expenditures per Pupil:
Total current operating expenditures (local, state and federal) on a per
pupil basis. Examples include instructional materials, maintenance and
transportation.
Graduation Rate: The
percent of “on-time” graduates with a regular high school diploma. GED and
Special Education diplomas are not counted. Graduation rate is a federally
required benchmark,
Highly Qualified Teacher:
A teacher who holds at least a Bachelor’s Degree, is fully licensed in
Tennessee, and submits the required documents to demonstrate competency in
the content area(s) being taught.
Instructional Staff:
Includes principals, assistant principals, attendance teachers,
supervisors, school psychologists, school social workers, librarians,
vocational teachers, home/hospital instruction, special education, and
grades K-12 teachers.
School in Good Standing:
School which met the federal benchmarks based on student testing at the
end of the previous school year.
Title I: Federally
funded programs in high poverty schools that target children with low
achievement.
Sources for Chart Data
Most data may be found in the
Report Cards produced by the Tennessee Department of Education. Report
Cards for the previous school year are made available each fall. The most
current Report Card available at the time this chart was created was for
2005-2006.
The salary information and
statewide rankings may be found on the website of the Tennessee Education
Association. The TEA attributed the salary data to unpublished reports for
August 2006 and February 2007 from the TN Dept of Education. The salaries
and rankings available at the time this chart was created were for
2005-2006. |
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