This report contains current figures, obtained from Educational Research Service, Inc., on salaries paid to principals and assistant principals in 1,217 school districts nationwide. Four sections of tables are presented: 1983-84 data organized by school district enrollment, per pupil expenditure, and geographic region; and trend analysis comparing…

Using information obtained from the Educational Research Service, this report briefly summarizes in table form the current salaries paid to principals and assistant principals. The information given is similar to that in the January, 1980, report which offered data on salary schedules. Section 1 compares the lowest and highest 1979-80 salaries…

State and local government spending on public elementary and secondary education grew from $40.7 billion in 1970 to an estimated $256.3 billion in 1996, a more than 6-fold increase in 25 years. Even when adjusted for inflation and changes in enrollment, real per-pupil spending still increased 86 percent. This brief examines some of the underlying…

Eight tables, accompanied by brief textual information, present facts from 1985 to 1990 about the school experiences of youth with disabilities. The tables focus on: (1) enrollment in regular education courses by students with 11 types of disabilities attending regular secondary schools; (2) services received by secondary students with…

This 1992 report places the education finance data released by the United States Census Bureau in a single report. It contains financial statistics relating to public higher, elementary-secondary and other education. It presents national and state financial aggregates and displays data for each public school system with an enrollment of 5,000 or…

Given the overall annual expenditure of approximately $250 billion on public education in the United States, there is great interest in how these dollars are allocated to states. This brief presents data showing the relationship between access to public-education resources and community wealth across all school districts in the United States for…

This annual report presents comparative trend data covering enrollment, appropriations, tuition, and other factors for fiscal year 1996 for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A 12-element data set covers all aspects of state education financing: accessibility and attractiveness; tax utilization; legislative budgeting; role of tuition; and…