School Facilities Fingertip Facts

See also School Facility

1. Public K-12 Projected Enrollment 2007-12 (5 years) See also:
   California Public K-12 Enrollment and High school Graduate Projection by County - 2007 Series
   (XLS; Outside Source)
   (Department of Finance Demographic Unit)
   Based on Department of Finance October 2007 estimates of graded enrollment

Grade Level	2007-08	2012-13	Five Year Change	Change Per Year
K-6	3,269,393	3,356,656	87,263	17,453
7-8	976,081	919,320	-56,761	-11,352
9-12	1,997,542	1,902,995	-94,547	-18,909
TOTAL	6,243,016	6,178,971	-64,045	-12,808

2. Statewide New Construction and Modernization Classroom Need
   Based on eligibility documents on file with the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) as of September 26, 2007 and projects for which only a design apportionment has been made, the five-year need for new classrooms and the modernization of existing classrooms is:
   
   New Construction Five-Year Need
   

   Grade Level	Projected unhoused students	Classrooms needed 2007-2012*	Classrooms needed per year	Classrooms needed per day
   K-6	308,024	12,321	2,464	7
   7-8	87,705	3,248	650	2
   9-12	268,402	13,645	2,729	7
   TOTAL	664,131	29,214	5,843	16

Modernization Five-Year Need

Grade Level	Students in classrooms over 25 years old	Classrooms to be modernized 2007-2012*	Classrooms to be modernized per year	Classrooms to be modernized per day
K-6	507,070	20,283	4,057	11
7-8	190,248	7,046	1,409	4
9-12	305,948	11,331	2,266	6
TOTAL	1,003,266	38,660	7,732	21

*Based on 25 students per K-6 classroom and 27 students per 7-12 classroom.

3. Statewide New Construction and Modernization Funding Need
   The state share of funding, including district financial hardship costs, for approved but unfunded projects and for projects for which eligibility documents have been filed with the Office of Public School Construction as of September 26, 2007 is:

State Share	5 Year Need	Per Year
New Construction (50% state share)	$ 8.7 billion	$1.74 billion
Modernization (60% state share)	$ 3.5 billion	$0.7 billion
TOTAL (Rounded)	$12.2 billion	$2.44 billion

4. State K-12 General Obligation Bond History

Year	Dollars
1982	$500 M
1984	$450 M
1986	$800 M
1988 (June)	$800 M
1988 (Nov.)	$800 M
1990 (June)	$800 M
1990 (Nov.)	$800 M
1992 (June)	$1.9 B
1992 (Nov.)	$900 M
1994 (June)	$1.0 B (failed by 0.4%)
1996 (March)	$2.03 B
1998 (Nov.)	$6.7 B (for 4 years)
2002 (Nov.)	$11.4 B
2004 (March)	$10.0 B
2006 (Nov.)	$7.33 B

Million (M); Billion (B)

5. Public School Data 2006-07. See also: Dataquest and Student Demographics.

Number of Districts

1,052

Number	Type of District
560	Elementary Districts
330	Unified Districts
87	High School Districts
75	County Offices, California Youth Authority, and State Special Schools

 

Number of Public Schools

9,674

Number	Type of School
5,714	Elementary Schools
1,289	Middle/Jr. High Schools
1,182	High School Schools
1,489	Continuation (Cont.), Alternative (Alt.), etc.

Number of Classrooms:	299,503	Classrooms over 25 years old:	215,642 (72%)
Number of Charter Schools:	584	Charter School Enrollment	222,266 (3.53% of K-12 enrollment)

6. Year-Round Education (YRE) 2006-07. See also Multitrack Year-Round Education
   140 districts use YRE. 64 districts use Multitrack (MTYRE) and 104 use Single Track (STYRE) (some districts use both calendars)

Calendar	Elementary MTYRE	Elementary STYRE	Middle MTYRE	Middle STYRE	High School MTYRE	High School STYRE	Cont. High, Alt., etc. MTYRE	Cont. High, Alt., etc. STYRE	Total MTYRE	Total STYRE
Schools	496	502	40	87	25	69	17	53	578	711
Enrollment	411,344	295,229	68,901	71,767	75,522	51,416	14,202	12,344	569,969	430,756

Two districts use the MTYRE Concept 6 calendar: Los Angeles Unified and Lodi Unified. Of the MTYRE data cited above, Concept 6 consists of:

	Elementary	Middle	High	Cont. High, Alt., etc.	TOTAL
Schools	27	13	16	2	58
Enrollment	24,482	33,565	64,167	6,191	128,405

7. Basic Construction Data
   These are average costs based on the allowances provided in the State's School Facility Program as presented in the OPSC's September 26, 2007 version of "School Facility Program Statistical and Fiscal Data." Local costs may vary due to district educational program needs and the local building economy.

	Construction Cost per Student*	Students per School	Construction Cost per School	Square Feet per Student	School Site Size (Acres)**	Cost per Square Foot	Land Cost at 25% of Construction Cost	Total Cost
Elementary	$15,797	600	$9,478,200	71	9.6	$222	$2,369,550	$11,847,750
Middle	$16,966	1,000	$16,968,000	85	21.9	$200	$4,242,000	$21,210,000
High	$20,603	1,800	$37,085,400	92	44.5	$224	$9,271,350	$46,356,750

*Cost based on twice the state share (as of September 26, 2007) provided in the "School Facility Program." Includes design fees, furniture, equipment, and construction.

**Based on the number of students per school and the guidelines in "School Site Analysis and Development," California Department of Education, 2000 Edition.

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