The following statistics are for the 2020-21 school year.
Schools and Students
- 39 elementary schools: 27,904 students*
- 12 middle schools: 13,959 students
- 9 high and technical: 13,853 students
- 3 special schools: 386 students
- 63 total schools: 56,102
* 1 elementary school operates on year-round calendar.
Enrollment History
1905: 3,000
1960: 12,000
1970: 24,000
1980: 49,000
1990: 64,000
2000: 71,651
2008: 81,095
2009: 48,621
2010: 50,072
2015: 52,324
2016: 52,509
2017: 53,600
2018: 54,865
2019: 56,504
2020: 56,102
Employees
- Licensed Personnel: 3,364
- Contracted: 3,311
- Hourly: 53
- Support Staff: 3,092
- Full-time: 1,135
- Hourly: 2,029
- Total Employees: 6,456
- Teacher Training
- Bachelor’s Degree: 100%
- Master’s Degree: 39.9%
- Doctorate Degree: 1.2%
Teacher/Pupil Ratios
- Grade 1 – 3: 1 to 22.0
- Grades 4 – 8: 1 to 26.0
- Grades 9 – 12: 1 to 27.0
Teacher/pupil ratios used for hiring staff. Actual class sizes vary widely depending on move-in patterns of students, etc.
Breakfast and Lunch Prices
- Elementary Breakfast: $.80
- Secondary Breakfast: $1.00
- Elementary Lunch: $1.75
- Secondary Lunch: $2.00
- Adult Breakfast: $2.00
- Adult Lunch: $3.30
Financial
- Assessed Valuation: $26.8 billion (projected)
- Local Tax Rate: 0.006567 (proposed)
- Revenue: $606.5 million
- Projected Expenditures
- General Fund: $482.2 million
- Capital Projects: $47.4 million
- Debt Service: $21.8 million
- Nutrition Services: $24.3 million
- Self Insurance: $44.1 million
- Student Activities: $16.7 million
- Total Cost Per Student: $8,264