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Fayette County Schools

The Numbers

 

 

 

 

Posted July 15, 2008

 

 

Comparison of Fayette County Schools

to

Neighboring School Systems

2006-2007

 

Fayette

Hardeman

Haywood

Tipton

Shelby

Memphis

Statewide

 

Value

Rank

Value

Rank

Value

Rank

Value

Rank

Value

Rank

Value

Rank

Value

Rankings based on 136 systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director of Schools Salary

$103,717

38

$104,353

35

$89,286

73

$108,934

26

$171,184

3

$219,098

1

$94,361

Average Principal Salary

$52,753

127

$61,125

87

$62,725

76

$71,780

31

$90,154

2

$80,953

8

$70,835

Average Classroom Teacher

$37,564

132

$40,168

68

$39,616

80

$42,777

31

$50,690

5

$50,824

4

$43,815

Average Instructional Staff

$39,166

134

$41,875

64

$41,485

73

$44,556

31

$52,567

4

$52,367

5

$45,503

Funding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local %

26.0%

 

21.7%

 

24.4%

 

21.2%

 

48.2%

 

47.5%

 

43.1%

Federal %

22.0%

 

15.2%

 

14.9%

 

11.3%

 

5.9%

 

13.7%

 

11.1%

State %

52.0%

 

63.2%

 

60.8%

 

67.6%

 

46.0%

 

38.8%

 

45.9%

School System Statistics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Daily Membership

3,578

 

4,195

 

3,282

 

11,535

 

45,897

 

110,753

 

925,898

Expenditures per Pupil

$8,490

 

$8,010

 

$7,892

 

$6,705

 

$7,357

 

$9,254

 

$7,794

# of Schools in System

10

 

9

 

7

 

13

 

49

 

194

 

1,714

#  of Teachers

235

 

293

 

213

 

721

 

2,588

 

6,438

 

60,889

# of Administrators

17

 

26

 

19

 

48

 

153

 

359

 

3,866

Average # Students per Teacher

15.2

 

14.3

 

15.4

 

16.0

 

17.7

 

17.2

 

15.2

# Core courses by HQ teachers

1,071

97.2%

951

94.9%

775

98.9%

1,981

90.1%

8,140

97.0%

16,817

92.5%

97.4%

# Core courses not HQ teachers

31

2.8%

51

5.1%

9

1.1%

217

9.9%

248

3.0%

1,362

7.5%

2.6%

Graduation Rate

71.5%

 

79.8%

 

71.8%

 

90.2%

 

94.0%

 

69.6%

 

81.8%

Dropout Rate

20.8%

 

10.1%

 

15.4%

 

3.8%

 

1.7%

 

14.7%

 

9.6%

Student Demographics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

African American

2,295

59.2%

2,420

53.8%

2,358

65.1%

3,036

24.9%

15,209

32.0%

105,490

85.1%

24.8%

White

1,447

37.3%

1,990

44.2%

1,071

29.6%

8,849

72.7%

28,290

59.6%

10,345

8.3%

68.8%

Hispanic

109

2.8%

52

1.2%

188

5.2%

178

1.5%

1,718

3.6%

6,467

5.2%

4.65%

Limited English Proficient

94

2.4%

36

0.8%

76

2.1%

29

0.2%

994

2.1%

5,657

4.6%

2.9%

Students with Disabilities

588

16.4%

839

20.0%

576

17.6%

1,853

16.1%

7,773

16.9%

15,530

14.0%

15.4%

Economically Disadvantaged

2,962

78.4%

3,289

78.7%

2,727

80.5%

5,685

51.5%

12,396

27.9%

84,320

82.7%

54,7%

Title I

3,908

100.9%

3,034

67.4%

2,052

56.7%

5,478

45.0%

5,102

10.8%

109,378

88.2%

38.6%

Sources:  Tennessee Department of Education Report Cards     http://www.tennessee.gov/education/reportcard/ 

Tennessee Education Association    http://www.teateachers.org

 

 

Terminology for 2006-2007 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.

Dropout Rate: Based on students who enter the ninth grade and drop out by the end of the 12th grade.

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.

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 is for 2006-2007.

The salary information and statewide rankings may be found on the website of the Tennessee Education Association. The TEA attributed the salary data to an unpublished report for August 2007 from the TN Dept of Education. The salaries and rankings currently available are for 2006-2007.

 

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