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RATIO OF PRINCIPALS TO PUPILS AND TEACHERS
(Twenty Largest U.S. Districts)
1997-98

District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Teachers	Number of Principals*	Principals to Pupils			Principals to Teachers
District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Teachers	Number of Principals*	Ratio		Rank**	Ratio		Rank**
New York, NY	1,075,638	64,103	1,009	1:	1066.0	16	1:	63.5	18
Los Angeles, CA	681,505	30,816	550	1:	1239.1	18	1:	56.0	12
Chicago, IL	424,454	20,449	560	1:	758.0	6	1:	36.5	2
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL***	336,673	17,612	302	1:	1114.8	17	1:	58.3	14
Broward County, FL	223,633	17,612	179	1:	1249.3	19	1:	98.4	20
Houston, TX	214,000	11,024	250	1:	856.0	11	1:	44.1	10
Philadelphia, PA	210,503	11,026	263	1:	800.4	7	1:	41.9	8
Clark County, NV	190,822	8,047	211	1:	904.4	12	1:	38.1	3
Hawaii, State of	189,877	10,997	253	1:	750.5	5	1:	43.5	9
Detroit, MI	177,151	7,871	254	1:	697.4	3	1:	31.0	1
Dallas, TX	157,719	9,342	101	1:	1561.6	20	1:	92.5	19
Hillsborough County, FL	152,091	9,626	162	1:	938.8	13	1:	59.4	16
Fairfax County, VA	147,000	10,238	178	1:	825.8	8	1:	57.5	13
Palm Beach County, FL	139,771	7,843	134	1:	1043.1	15	1:	58.5	15
San Diego, CA	136,281	6,836	165	1:	825.9	9	1:	41.4	7
Prince George's County, MD	128,347	7,246	181	1:	709.1	4	1:	40.0	5
Orange County, FL****	127,944	8,006	127	1:	1007.4	14	1:	63.0	17
Duval County, FL	125,000	7,158	151	1:	827.8	10	1:	47.4	11
Montgomery County, MD	123,822	7,301	178	1:	695.6	2	1:	41.0	6
Memphis, TN	110,309	6,223	161	1:	685.1	1	1:	38.7	4
Median				1:	841.9		1:	45.7

* K-12 school locations.
** Rank 1 denotes district with the smallest number of pupils or teachers per principal.
*** Includes interim principals.
**** 1996-97 data.

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc.

RATIO OF ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS TO PUPILS AND TEACHERS
(Twenty Largest U.S. Districts)
1997-98

District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Teachers	Number of Assistant Principals*	Asst. Principals to Pupils			Asst. Principals to Teachers
District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Teachers	Number of Assistant Principals*	Ratio		Rank**	Ratio		Rank**
New York, NY***	1,075,638	64,103	1,792	1:	600.2	3	1:	35.8	6
Los Angeles, CA	681,505	30,816	421	1:	1618.8	19	1:	73.2	18
Chicago, IL	424,454	20,449	597	1:	711.0	8	1:	34.3	5
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL	336,673	17,612	491	1:	685.7	5	1:	35.9	7
Broward County, FL	223,633	9,423	317	1:	705.5	7	1:	29.7	1
Houston, TX	214,000	11,024	268	1:	798.5	11	1:	41.1	8
Philadelphia, PA	210,503	11,026	134	1:	1570.9	18	1:	82.3	19
Clark County, NV	190,822	8,047	190	1:	1004.3	17	1:	42.4	10
Hawaii, State of	189,877	10,997	265	1:	716.5	9	1:	41.5	9
Detroit, MI	177,151	7,871	258	1:	686.6	6	1:	30.5	2
Dallas, TX	157,719	9,342	196	1:	804.7	13	1:	47.7	13
Hillsborough County, FL	152,091	9,626	282	1:	539.3	1	1:	34.1	4
Fairfax County, VA	147,000	10,238	241	1:	610.0	4	1:	42.5	11
Palm Beach County, FL	139,771	7,843	251	1:	556.9	2	1:	31.2	3
San Diego, CA	136,281	6,836	140	1:	973.4	16	1:	48.8	14
Prince George's County, MD	128,347	7,246	145	1:	885.2	15	1:	50.0	16
Orange County, FL***	127,944	8,006	163	1:	784.9	10	1:	49.1	15
Duval County, FL	125,000	7,158	48	1:	2604.2	20	1:	149.1	20
Montgomery County, MD	123,822	7,301	146	1:	848.1	14	1:	50.0	17
Memphis, TN	110,309	6,223	138	1:	799.3	12	1:	45.1	12
Median				1:	791.7		1:	42.5

* K-12 school locations.
** Rank 1 denotes district with the smallest number of pupils or teachers per assistant principal.
*** 1996-97 data.

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc.

RATIO OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO PUPILS
(Twenty Largest U.S. Districts)
1997-98

District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Teachers	Teachers to Pupils
District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Teachers	Ratio		Rank*
New York, NY	1,075,638	64,103	1:	16.8	4
Los Angeles, CA	681,505	30,816	1:	22.1	17
Chicago, IL	424,454	20,449	1:	20.8	16
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL	336,673	17,612	1:	19.1	13
Broward County, FL	223,633	9,423	1:	23.7	20
Houston, TX	214,000	11,024	1:	19.4	14
Philadelphia, PA	210,503	11,026	1:	19.1	12
Clark County, NV	190,822	8,047	1:	23.7	19
Hawaii, State of	189,877	10,997	1:	17.3	7
Detroit, MI	177,151	7,871	1:	22.5	18
Dallas, TX	157,719	9,342	1:	16.9	5
Hillsborough County, FL	152,091	9,626	1:	15.8	2
Fairfax County, VA	147,000	10,238	1:	14.4	1
Palm Beach County, FL	139,771	7,843	1:	17.8	11
San Diego, CA	136,281	6,836	1:	19.9	15
Prince George's County, MD	128,347	7,246	1:	17.7	9
Orange County, FL**	127,944	8,006	1:	16.0	3
Duval County, FL	125,000	7,158	1:	17.5	8
Montgomery County, MD	123,822	7,301	1:	17.0	6
Memphis, TN	110,309	6,223	1:	17.7	10
Median			1:	17.7

* Rank 1 denotes district with the smallest number of pupils per teacher.
** 1996-97 data.

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc.

RATIO OF DEANS/COUNSELORS TO PUPILS
(Twenty Largest U.S. Districts)
1997-98

District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Deans and Counselors*	Deans/Counselors to Pupils
District	K-12 Membership Fall 1997	Number of Deans and Counselors*	Ratio		Rank**
New York, NY	1,075,638	525	1:	2049	19
Los Angeles, CA	681,505	582	1:	1171	18
Chicago, IL	424,454	No Data
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL	345,861	641	1:	540	12
Broward County, FL	223,633	439	1:	509	10
Houston, TX	214,000	232	1:	922	17
Philadelphia, PA	210,503	355	1:	593	14
Clark County, NV	190,822	265	1:	720	15
Hawaii, State of	189,877	582	1:	326	1
Detroit, MI	177,151	348	1:	509	9
Dallas, TX	157,719	322	1:	490	8
Hillsborough County, FL	152,091	320	1:	475	7
Fairfax County, VA	147,000	372	1:	395	3
Palm Beach County, FL	139,771	241	1:	580	13
San Diego, CA	136,281	257	1:	530	11
Prince George's County, MD	128,347	283	1:	454	5
Orange County, FL***	127,944	289	1:	443	4
Duval County, FL	125,000	147	1:	850	16
Montgomery County, MD	123,822	357	1:	347	2
Memphis, TN	110,309	234	1:	471	6
Median			1:	509

* K-12 school locations.
** Rank 1 denotes district with the smallest number of pupils per dean/counselor.
*** 1996-97 data.

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc. and Office of Information Technology (EEO-5), compiled by Department of Management Analysis.

PRINCIPALS' SALARIES (Twenty Largest U.S. Districts) 1997-98
DISTRICT		^LOW	^HIGH	^{AVERAGE SALARY PAID}	^{DAYS ON DUTY}	^{AVERAGE SALARY PER DAY}
New York, NY
	Elem.	69,599	77,140	72,814	200	$364.07
	Jr.	72,626	80,497	75,699	200	378.50
	Sr.	74,773	83,921	80,129	200	400.65
Los Angeles, CA
	Elem.	58,863	94,238	80,444	210	383.07
	Jr.	65,736	99,651	87,194	210	415.21
	Sr.	67,669	99,651	90,076	197	457.24
Chicago, IL*
	Elem.	67,157	92,719	77,398	260	297.68
	Jr.	---	---	---	---	---
	Sr.	69,086	92,719	81,674	260	314.13
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL
	Elem.	59,420	96,092	78,200	230	340.00
	Jr.	59,420	96,092	80,085	230	348.20
	Sr.	59,420	99,092	84,754	230	368.50
Broward County, FL
	Elem.	68,809	81,358	73,954	220	336.15
	Jr.	73,004	85,395	79,060	220	359.36
	Sr.	76,334	88,492	82,381	220	374.46
Houston, TX
	Elem.	45,700	72,900	63,877	260	245.68
	Jr.	51,200	94,600	65,512	260	251.97
	Sr.	51,200	94,600	70,362	260	270.62
Philadelphia, PA
	Elem.	56,470	71,284	68,111	190	358.48
	Jr.	61,933	74,908	72,404	190	381.07
	Sr.	60,199	76,329	75,104	190	395.28
Clark County, NV
	Elem.	51,051	69,748	69,729	225	309.91
	Jr.	53,581	73,159	73,224	225	325.44
	Sr.	51,051	75,372	73,582	247	297.90
Hawaii, State of
	Elem.	48,795	77,604	60,986	202	NA
	Jr.	53,237	81,097	62,668	202	NA
	Sr.	48,795	88,563	70,252	202	NA
Detroit, MI
	Elem.	61,956	75,292	72,880	220	331.27
	Jr.	61,956	80,964	73,165	220	332.57
	Sr.	67,925	80,964	80,348	220	365.22
Dallas, TX*
	Elem.	56,754	58,480	NA	217	NA
	Jr.	58,559	69,279	64,190	217	295.81
	Sr.	60,814	80,730	NA	217	NA
Hillsborough County, FL
	Elem.	48,051	76,676	61,888	257	240.81
	Jr.	50,462	80,503	65,629	257	255.37
	Sr.	52,978	84,540	72,075	257	280.45
Fairfax County, VA
	Elem.		88,310	81,108	230	352.64
	Jr.	53,211	88,310	84,595	230	367.80
	Sr.	55,345	95,534	88,201	230	383.48
Palm Beach County, FL
	Elem.	58,555	80,727	60,460	236	256.19
	Jr.	60,150	80,727	65,238	236	276.43
	Sr.	65,000	80,727	68,497	236	290.24
San Diego, CA
	Elem.	60,460	95,727	75,481	228	331.06
	Jr.	75,198	93,666	82,409	228	361.44
	Sr.	77,711	95,727	92,982	248	374.93
Prince George's County, MD
	Elem.	60,190	74,080	72,900	261	279.31
	Jr.	60,190	74,080	73,790	261	282.72
	Sr.	68,295	87,200	83,580	261	320.23
Orange County, FL*
	Elem.	56,067	71,357	59,024	260	227.02
	Jr.	57,596	72,887	59,590	260	229.19
	Sr.	67,790	88,179	70,927	260	272.80
Duval County, FL
	Elem.	51,374	67,984	56,298	261	215.70
	Jr.	56,053	66,380	59,073	261	226.33
	Sr.	60,734	79,168	65,177	261	249.72
Montgomery County, MD
	Elem.	67,103	85,007	91,986	228	NA
	Jr.	70,460	89,260	84,084	228	368.79
	Sr.	75,842	96,078	94,203	228	413.17
Memphis, TN
	Elem.	51,312	59,640	59,019	260	227.00
	Jr.	52,320	66,720	62,449	260	240.19
	Sr.	61,152	78,702	70,072	260	269.51

* 1996-97 data.

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS' SALARIES (Twenty Largest U.S. Districts) 1997-98
^DISTRICT		^LOW	^HIGH	^{AVERAGE SALARY PAID}	^{DAYS ON DUTY}	^{AVERAGE SALARY PER DAY}
New York, NY
	Elem.	61,375	70,021	63,013	200	$315.07
	Jr.	61,375	70,021	63,487	200	317.44
	Sr.	61,375	70,021	63,569	200	317.85
Los Angeles, CA
	Elem.	52,709	79,916	73,780	229	322.18
	Jr.	57,272	86,715	74,353	197	377.43
	Sr.	58,956	86,715	77,431	197	393.05
Chicago, IL*
	Elem.	36,397	61,245	49,737	200	248.69
	Jr.	---	---	---	---	---
	Sr.	39,473	61,245	50,817	200	254.09
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL
	Elem.	45,976	74,351	51,851	200	259.26
	Jr.	45,976	74,351	53,879	200	269.40
	Sr.	45,976	74,351	55,088	200	275.44
Broward County, FL
	Elem.	50,903	62,126	53,911	210	256.72
	Jr.	50,903	62,126	55,168	210	262.70
	Sr.	54,923	66,032	60,823	210	289.63
Houston, TX
	Elem.	36,300	57,300	42,900	208	206.25
	Jr.	--	--	--	--	--
	Sr.	40,700	64,700	48,300	208	232.21
Philadelphia, PA
	Elem.	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Jr.	56,470	67,869	66,214	190	348.49
	Sr.	56,470	67,869	64,569	190	339.84
Clark County, NV
	Elem.	46,288	62,106	56,990	225	253.29
	Jr.	48,587	65,109	62,586	225	278.16
	Sr.	48,587	65,109	63,319	225	281.42
Hawaii, State of
	Elem.	44,766	65,075	51,654	202	255.71
	Jr.	44,766	68,007	53,120	202	262.97
	Sr.	44,766	71,065	52,149	202	258.16
Detroit, MI
	Elem.	49,936	64,064	63,767	220	289.85
	Jr.	49,936	70,429	65,230	220	296.50
	Sr.	56,763	70,429	70,130	220	318.77
Dallas, TX*
	Elem.	38,390	67,217	47,146	207	227.76
	Jr.	41,399	58,102	50,001	207	241.55
	Sr.	44,831	62,276	53,851	207	260.15
Hillsborough County, FL
	Elem.	34,486	55,017	42,857	196	218.66
	Jr.	38,005	69,547	47,774	216	221.18
	Sr.	39,900	73,032	54,460	216	252.13
Fairfax County, VA
	Elem.	40,010	66,403	58,432	209	279.58
	Jr.	40,010	72,371	62,691	209	299.96
	Sr.	40,010	81,632	72,385	209	346.34
Palm Beach County, FL
	Elem.	36,986	58,555	47,769	182	262.47
	Jr.	36,986	62,654	50,604	182	278.04
	Sr.	39,576	62,654	54,909	182	301.70
San Diego, CA
	Elem.	47,070	82,646	64,284	193	333.08
	Jr.	49,479	71,776	64,305	193	333.19
	Sr.	50,793	78,705	68,998	193	357.50
Prince George's County, MD
	Elem.	---	---	---	---	---
	Jr.	50,930	64,665	N/A	210	N/A
	Sr.	50,930	68,705	65,383	210	311.35
Orange County, FL*
	Elem.	45,363	60,654	46,186	260	177.64
	Jr.	45,363	60,654	48,365	260	186.02
	Sr.	51,480	66,771	54,806	260	210.79
Duval County, FL
	Elem.	40,258	62,757	43,308	242	NA
	Jr.	41,451	60,997	52,857	242	NA
	Sr.	40,253	67,441	54,264	242	NA
Montgomery County, MD
	Elem.	59,385	77,489	72,137	228	316.39
	Jr.	59,385	77,489	74,988	228	328.89
	Sr.	61,731	80,546	77,557	228	340.16
Memphis, TN
	Elem.	39,120	53,256	52,319	240	218.00
	Jr.	---	---	---	---	---
	Sr.	47,064	55,320	53,917	240	224.65

* 1996-97 data.

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc.

CLASSROOM TEACHERS' SALARIES (Twenty Largest U.S. Districts) 1997-98
DISTRICT	^{Scheduled Minimum}	^{Scheduled Maximum}	^{Average Salary Paid}	^{Days on Duty}	^{Average Salary Per Day}
New York, NY	$28,967	$61,350	$44,800	200	$224.00
Los Angeles, CA	31,304	54,988	45,612	182	250.62
Chicago, IL	30,567	54,385	44,025	210	209.64
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL	28,150	58,500	42,308	190	222.67
Broward County, FL	28,300	48,750	38,602	190	203.17
Houston, TX	27,754	48,723	36,639	186	196.98
Philadelphia, PA	27,316	56,732	45,298	185	244.85
Clark County, NV	24,507	49,514	37,441	184	203.48
Hawaii, State of	23,656	54,147	37,923	182	208.37
Detroit, MI	30,537	56,008	49,867	195	255.73
Dallas, TX	27,000	47,920	34,632	185	187.20
Hillsborough County, FL	21,902	47,696	31,568	196	161.06
Fairfax County, VA	29,567	78,060	44,540	218	204.31
Palm Beach County, FL	28,080	49,575	38,289	182	210.38
San Diego, CA	28,670	55,363	45,640	184	248.04
Prince George's County, MD	27,144	58,065	40,370	190	212.47
Orange County, FL*	24,700	44,371	30,892	196	157.61
Duval County, FL	24,782	47,475	32,779	196	167.24
Montgomery County, MD	29,896	62,737	49,853	202	246.80
Memphis, TN	28,977	58,662	44,756	200	223.78

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc.

BUDGETED CURRENT EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL (Twenty Largest U.S. Districts) 1997-98
District	^{K-12 Membership Fall 1997}	^{Cost Per Pupil*}	^Rank**	^{Percent of Miami-Dade's Cost}
New York, NY	1,075,638	$7,902	2	153.6
Los Angeles, CA	681,505	5,991	8	116.5
Chicago, IL	424,454	6,968	5	135.5
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FL	336,673	5,143	15	---
Broward County, FL	223,633	5,621	13	109.3
Houston, TX	214,000	5,822	10	113.2
Philadelphia, PA	210,503	5,592	14	108.7
Clark County, NV	190,822	4,485	19	87.2
Hawaii, State of	189,877	3,740	20	72.7
Detroit, MI	177,151	8,059	1	138.4
Dallas, TX	157,719	5,741	12	111.6
Hillsborough County, FL	152,091	5,076	16	98.7
Fairfax County, VA	147,000	7,493	4	145.7
Palm Beach County, FL	139,771	5,947	9	115.6
San Diego, CA	136,281	6,063	7	117.9
Prince George's County, MD	128,347	6,370	6	123.9
Orange County, FL	127,944	5,809	11	113.0
Duval County, FL	125,000	4,989	17	97.0
Montgomery County, MD	123,822	7,740	3	150.5
Memphis, TN	110,309	4,533	18	88.1
Median		$5,816

* With the exception of Miami-Dade County, the cost per pupil has been computed by Educational Research Service, Inc. by dividing the total district's projected operating expenditures (per adopted annual budget) by K-12 student membership as of Fall 1997. For Miami-Dade County, the cost per pupil represents the actual expenditures (General and Special Revenue Funds) per Full-time equivalent K-12 pupil.

** Rank 1 denotes district with highest budgeted cost per pupil.

Source: Educational Research Service, Inc.