This report uses expenditure data from the Common Core of Data (CCD) "National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS)" for fiscal years 1991 to 2011 and instructional staff data from the CCD "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education" for school years 1990-91 to 2010-11. The CCD annually collects fiscal…

The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has numerous programs and strategies to support students who are underachieving. Given the variety of support sources and the different ways in which WCPSS schools keep track of the type of support provided to students, it is often difficult at the district level to discern the full extent to which…

Two tables show the number of teachers and pupils per teacher aide in school districts in the eight geographical regions of the United States in the 1984-85 school year. The Far West has the lowest pupil-to-teacher aide ratio, and the Mideast the highest. (PGD)

Two tables provide data, by geographic region, for average hours and weeks worked and for pay rates of teacher aides for 1982-83. The first is for instructional aides; the second for noninstructional aides. (TE)

Responses to a questionnaire sent to all Kansas public school districts with enrollments of 500 and over revealed several characteristics of teacher aide utilization in the state. Such utilization is increasing, especially among larger districts where paid aides predominated over volunteers. In most districts all aides were paid, usually by the…

This report provides the results of an annual state-level survey of student, staff, and high-school graduate counts for grades prekindergarten through 12. The data are collected from state education agencies, processed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and then verified by the National Center for Education Statistics. The report answers three…

This report presents findings about teacher quality from two longitudinal studies, the National Longitudinal Study of "No Child Left Behind" (NLS-"NCLB"), and the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under "No Child Left Behind" (SSI-"NCLB"). The research teams for these two…

In fall 1984, about 3.9 million full-time equivalent (FTE) staff personnel were employed in public elementary and secondary schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. This is a decrease of 0.4 percent, or about 1,600 employees, from FTE staff employed in fall 1983. This bulletin gives the number of staff in FTE's and reports the data…

Part 3 of the annual Educational Research Service, Inc. (ERS) National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools reports data for the 1984-85 school year on wages and salaries actually paid to support personnel in 10 selected positions, including teacher aides, building custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, clerical staff, and library…

The number of staff in full-time-equivalent (FTE) positions in public elementary and secondary schools in the United States is reported in two categories: instructional staff (teachers and instructional aides); and support services staff (local education officials and administrators, school administrators, guidance counselors, librarians, and all…

This statistical report presents three tables of preliminary data on national public school enrollment and staff for the 1986-87 school year. Counts of students, teachers, staff, and student/teacher ratios are set forth for each state, the District of Columbia and the nation as a whole. For eight states not submitting information by May 15, 1987,…

This statistical report presents three tables of final data on national public school student membership, instructional staff, and support staff for the 1986-87 school year. The fall 1986 counts of students, teachers, and student/teacher ratios are set forth for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia reporting as of August 15, 1987.…

Intended to make possible the comparison of staffing patterns in one school system with those in systems of similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report was developed through a national survey conducted in 1982-83 of 1,774 school systems. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate…

Using data from a national study of Chapter 1 implementation, this study describes the Chapter 1 teaching force. Over the 1991-92 school year, surveys were completed by a nationally representative sample of Chapter 1 teachers and aides, and regular classroom teachers in elementary schools, middle schools, and secondary schools. This study focuses…

Intended to make possible the comparison of staffing patterns in one school system with those in systems of similar enrollment size and expenditure level, this report was developed through a national survey conducted in 1983-84 of 1,217 school systems. Included are pupil-staff and teacher-staff ratios for individual positions and aggregate…