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Public School Summary Statistics 1995-96

Public school summary statistics report for 1995-96. Report includes data on enrollment, number of schools and districts, graduates, dropouts, staffing, and limited-English-proficient students.

Enrollment and Number of
School Districts by Type for 1995-96
Type Number Enrollment
County Office 58 57,337
Elementary 586 1,173,931
Unified 309 3,731,542
High 104 504,414
Total 1,057 5,467,224


Enrollment and Number of
Year-Round Schools by Type for 1995-96
Type Number Enrollment
Elementary 1,036 858,906
Middle/Junior High 126 146,829
High 33 85,971
Other 96 35,802
Total 1,291 1,127,508


Enrollment and Number of
Schools by Type for 1995-96
Type Number Enrollment
Elementary 5,048 2,977,931
Middle 1,043 896,794
Junior High 56 65,241
High 842 1,343,651
Continuation 519 72,197
Alternative 183 55,257
Kindergarten - Grade Twelve 4 1,631
Special Education 124 28,783
Juvenile Hall/Community 54 25,739
Total 7,871 5,467,224


Enrollment by Grade Level for 1995-96
Grade Level Enrollment
Kindergarten 472,334
Grade One 466,167
Grade Two 453,020
Grade Three 435,380
Grade Four 428,553
Grade Five 424,838
Grade Six 413,776
Grade Seven 409,978
Grade Eight 399,039
Ungraded Elementary 65,917
Subtotal (Elementary) 3,969,002
Grade Nine 437,974
Grade Ten 396,020
Grade Eleven 343,419
Grade Twelve 287,428
Ungraded Secondary 33,381
Subtotal (Secondary) 1,498,222
Total 5,467,224


Enrollment and Percent of Enrollment
by Ethnic Group for 1995-96
Ethnic Group Enrollment Percent
American Indian or Alaskan Native 47,697 0.9
Asian 449,725 8.2
Pacific Islander 31,325 0.6
Filipino 131,820 2.4
Hispanic 2,118,028 38.7
Black 478,912 8.8
White 2,209,717 40.4
Total 5,467,224 100.0


Enrollment and Percent of Enrollment
by Gender for 1995-96
Gender Enrollment Percent
Male 2,805,249 51.3 
Female 2,661,975 48.7 
Total 5,467,224 100.0


Graduates, Attrition, and Dropouts by Ethnic Group for 1994-95
Ethnic Group
Graduates
Percent of Graduates
Attrition
Rate
(grade 9-12)
Graduation
Rate
(grade 9-12)
Number
of Dropouts
(grade 9-12)
Annual
Dropout
Rate

American Indian or Alaskan Native


2,262


0.9


43.1


56.9


668


4.7

Asian

27,168

10.6

11.2

88.8

2,872

2.2

Pacific Islander

1,365

0.5

39.1

60.9

396

5.0

Filipino

8,496

3.3

13.3

86.7

1,068

2.6

Hispanic

76,557

30.0

47.6

52.4

32,583

6.3

Black

18,864

7.4

46.7

53.3

9,580

7.6

White

120,488

47.2

29.4

70.6

16,796

2.7

Total

255,200

100.0

36.0

64.0

63,963

4.4




Number of Certificated Staff
by Type of School for 1995-96
Type of School Number of Teachers
Elementary 137,697
Secondary 47,553
Vocational 6,370
Special Education 26,152
Other 14,716

 

Number of Certificated Non Teaching Staff
by Type for 1995-96
Type of Staff Number of Non Teaching Staff
Administrators
18,547
Pupil Services
15,508

 

Number of Classified Staff
by Work Time Base for 1995-96
Work Time Base Number of Classified Staff
Full-time
118,839
Part-time
122,300


Number and Percent of Teachers
by Ethnic Group for 1995-96
Ethnic Group Number Percent
American Indian or Alaskan Native 1,782 0.8
Asian 8,706 3.7
Pacific Islander 373 0.2
Filipino 1,747 0.8
Hispanic 22,525 9.7
Black 11,783 5.1
White 184,196 79.2
Not Reported 1,376 0.6
Total 232,488 100.0


Number and Percent of Teachers
by Gender for 1995-96
Gender Number Percent
Male 66,873 28.8
Female 164,719 70.8
Not Reported 896 0.4
Total 232,488 100.0


Number and Percent of Limited-English-Proficient (LEP)
Students by Grade for 1995-96
Grade Level Number
of LEP Student
Percent
of Total
Enrollment
Kindergarten 161,569 34.2
Grade One 151,274 32.4
Grade Two 143,206 31.6
Grade Three 132,012 30.3
Grade Four 121,074 28.3
Grade Five 109,035 25.6
Grade Six 94,792 22.9
Grade Seven 84,822 20.7
Grade Eight 75,934 19.0
Grade Nine 82,418 18.8
Grade Ten 66,674 16.8
Grade Eleven 48,901 14.2
Grade Twelve 35,843 12.5
Ungraded 16,213 16.3
Total 1,323,767 24.2


Number and Percent of Limited-English-Proficient (LEP)
Students by Language for 1995-96
Language
Number
of LEP Students
Percent
of Total
Enrollment
Spanish 1,051,125 19.2
Vietnamese 47,663 0.9
Hmong 31,156 0.6
Cantonese 24,674 0.5
Filipino 20,950 0.4
Khmer 20,645 0.4
Korean 15,792 0.3
Armenian 14,572 0.3
Lao 10,052 0.2
Mandarin 9,655 0.2
Russian 7,028 0.1
Punjabi 5,522 0.1
All Other Languages 64,933 1.2
Total 1,323,767 24.2

Source:
CBEDS data collection, October 1995
Language Census, March 1996
Educational Demographics Unit
California Department of Education
Questions:   Educational Demographics Office | Write Ed Demo | 916-327-0219
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