Business Roundtable for Education
Education Statistics
- Schools and school districts in
2003-04:
School districts: 16,025
Public schools: 92,816
Public schools eligible for federal Title I
poverty aid: 50,916
Percentage of public school students in Title I
schools: 50.4
- Public school enrollment in
grades K-12:
1990: 41.2 million
1995: 44.8 million
2000: 47.2 million
2005: 48.3 million-x
- Racial/ethnic distribution of
public school students:
1973: 78.1 white, 21.9 percent minority
2003: 58.3 percent white, 41.7 percent minority
- Average number of students in
each type of public school:
Elementary school: 439
Middle school: 617
High school: 760
- Private school enrollment in
grades K-12:
1990: 5.2 million
1995: 5.7 million
2000: 6.2 million
2005: 6.3 million-x
- Number of home-schooled children:
1999: 850,000
2003: 1.1 million
- Average number of hours students spend in school each year:
1988: 1,140
2000: 1,180
- Number of school-age children who
speak a language other than English at home:
1979: 3.8 million
2003: 9.9 million
- Number of teachers:
Preschool and kindergarten: 665,000
Elementary and middle school: 2.6 million
Secondary school: 1.1 million
Special education: 370,000
- Average salaries of teachers in
public schools:
1995: $36,675
2000: $41,807
2003: $45,776
2005: $47,750
- Public school funding in 2003:
National total: $440.4 billion
Federal: $36.8 billion
State: $215.6 billion
Local: $188 billion
- Average student-to-teacher ratio
in public schools:
1960: 25.8
1980: 18.7
1990: 17.2
2002: 16.1
- Associated Press -- Sources:
Census Bureau, National Center for Education
Statistics, National Education Association.
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Business Leaders and School
Leaders Have a Lot in Common
- Patrick F. Bassett,
head of the National Association of
Independent Schools, reviews seven
challenges of leadership business
leaders face and compares them to
challenges school leaders face.
According to Basset, the most important
role of leaders in businesses and
schools is creating a work environment
that helps employees make the right
decisions with a minimum amount of
oversight.
Education Week
(3/16)
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Business Groups Promote
Study of Math, Science
- Leading business
organizations have called for doubling the
number of science, technology, engineering, and
math graduates by the year 2015. These groups --
representing businesses of every size and from
every sector of the economy -- released an
action plan focused on five areas: building
public support; motivating students and adults
to enter careers in these disciplines; upgrading
elementary and secondary teaching in math and
science; reforming immigration/visa policies to
enable the U.S. to attract and retain students;
and boosting and sustaining funding for basic
research.
Business Roundtable (8/03)
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