The following statistics are for the 2019-20 school year.
Schools and Students
- 38 Elementary Schools*: 28,982 students
- 11 Middle Schools: 13,521 students
- 9 High and Technical Schools: 13,502 students
- 3 Special Schools: 399 students
- 61 Total Schools: 56,404 students
* 3 elementary schools operate on year-round Calendars
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
2014: 51,865
2015: 52,324
2016: 52,509
2017: 53,600
2018: 54,865
2019: 56,504
Employees
- Licensed Personnel: 3,048
- Contracted: 2,990
- Hourly: 53
- Support Staff: 3,025
- Full-time: 943
- Hourly: 2,180
- Total Employees: 6,249
- Teacher Training
- Bachelor’s Degree: 100%
- Master’s Degree: 46%
- Doctorate Degree: 1.8%
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: $23.5 billion (projected)
- Local Tax Rate: 0.006676 (proposed)
- Revenue: $619.8 million
- Projected Expenditures
- General Fund: $471.1 million
- Capital Projects: $90.7 million
- Debt Service: $20.2 million
- Nutrition Services: $23.7 million
- Self Insurance: $40.9 million
- Student Activities: $16.5 million
- Total Cost Per Student: $6,940