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Fingertip Facts on Education in California - CalEdFacts

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Report of various statistics about California's public schools and districts for the 2009-10 school year.

Number of school districts: 2009-10
District Type Number of Districts
Unified 330
Elementary 544
High 83
Other 75
Total 1,032
Number of public schools: 2009-10
School Type Number of Schools
Elementary 5,699
K-12 164
Middle 1,256
Junior high 37
High 1,255
Continuation 509
Alternative 256
Community day 325
Special education 135
Other 1,808
Total 10,152

Note: The K-8 school type is no longer used. Schools that have students from Kindergarten to grade 8 are categorized as Elementary, K-12, Alternative, or Special education.

Number of students in public schools: 2009-10
Grade Level Number of Students
Kindergarten through grade five 2,786,577
Grades six through eight 1,401,122
Grades nine through twelve 1,995,959
Ungraded programs 6,250
Total 6,189,908
Number of students in private schools: 2009-10

Total: 512,826

Number of twelfth-grade graduates: 2008-09

Total: 382,950

Ethnic distribution of public school students: 2009-10
Ethnicity Number of students Percentage
African American not Hispanic 424,327 6.85%
American Indian or Alaska Native 44,915 0.73%
Asian 526,866 8.51%
Filipino 156,433 2.53%
Hispanic or Latino 3,118,404 50.37%
Pacific Islander 37,012 0.60%
White not Hispanic 1,673,278 27.03%
Two or More Races Not Hispanic 96,785 1.56%
None Reported 112,405 1.82%
Total 6,190,425 100.0%
Number of teachers in public schools: 2009-10
School Type Number of Teachers
Elementary schools 147,370
Middle and junior high schools 48,242
High schools 77,938
Other (includes continuation schools) 26,116
Total 299,666
Ethnic distribution of public school teachers: 2009-10

Ethnicity

Number of Male Teachers Number of Female Teachers Number of Teachers - No Gender Reported Total
American Indian or Alaska Native 516 1,037 0 1,553
Asian 3,560 12,007 0 15,567
Pacific Islander 238 537 0 775

Filipino

1,116 3,232 0 4,348
Hispanic or Latino 14,705 37,346 1 52,052
African American 3,732 8,860 1 12,593
White (not Hispanic) 56,455 151,000 2 207,457
Two or More Races Not Hispanic 0 0 0 0
No Response 817 2,179 1 2,997
Total 81,789 217,872 5 299,666
Average Salaries: 2009-10
Full-time teachers
District Type Salary of Teachers
Common administrative districts

71,000

Elementary districts

67,531

High school districts

71,766

Unified districts

67,530

Statewide average

67,932

School site principals
District Type Salary of Principals
Elementary school level

100,422

Middle school level

106,271

High school level

114,423

Unified districts

106,477

Statewide average

105,964

Superintendents
District Type Salary of Superintendents
Common administrative districts

173,449

Elementary districts

136,373

High school districts

171,982

Unified districts

170,799

Statewide average

153,610

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