This publication provides a detailed look at public education in Texas for the 1997-98 school year. Published annually since 1987-88, "Snapshot" presents a broad range of information about the state's 3,891,988 students, its teachers, and its schools. It begins with a statistical overview of education at the state level. This overview…

Because they feel that music educators should be aware of general educational trends, the authors present an overview, with statistics, of two of education's most pressing problems: declining enrollments and higher costs. (JL)

A pullout desk reference of key school statistics, this 10th annual edition provides a review of the year's big stories in education; key indicators of school performance and progress in areas such as test scores and educational technology; school construction and school bond issues; demographic profiles of school board members and school…

Computer-aided facilities management is a software program consisting of a relational database of facility information--such as occupancy, usage, student counts, etc.--attached to or merged with computerized floor plans. This program can integrate data with drawings, thereby allowing the development of "what if" scenarios. (MLF)

The estimates in this publication are key statistics reported early in the 1995-96 school year. The early estimates system is designed to allow the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to report selected key statistics early in the school year using information collected from public school state education agencies. These estimates…

This report presents information on public elementary schools and secondary schools for the 1990-91 school year and the 1990 fiscal year, with an appendix containing final revised data for the 1989-90 school year and the 1989 fiscal year. Statistics are based on data collected through two of the four surveys of the Common Core of Data (CCD)…

Progress reports for each school operated by the Columbus Public Schools during the 1988-89 school year are compiled. The reports have been compiled pursuant to section 3313.94 Ohio Revised Code, and standards adapted by the State Board of Education. The reports are grouped according to school levels: senior high schools, metropolitan education…

School finance is basic to understanding and improving the condition of rural education. Information necessary for financial planning and policy development at the state and local levels is stored in large computer readable data bases and needs to be accessed. Pertinent data elements need to be extracted from the data base and relationships among…

This report provides statistics on the revenue, expenditure, debt, and financial assets in 1984 of school systems in the United States as a whole, in each state, and in individual school systems having enrollments of 15,000 or more. The data were collected by the United States Census Bureau during its 1984 Annual Survey of Government Finances. The…

Data from the salary schedules used in this study were collected as part of the "National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools, 1986-87," conducted in fall 1986. Of the 1,031 school systems responding with usable data, 290 (28 percent) provided complete salary schedule documents for supervising principals that could be analyzed…

This resource book was designed to provide school staff and the community with a source of information about the District of Columbia public schools. The following data are provided for the school year 1984-85: (1) Board of Education, central administration, and regional offices; (2) student membership; (3) student membership by race; (4) student…

Using the expenses reported for 1976-77 in a government survey, and the revenues reported by Catholic diocesan offices, this document presents an analysis of financial data for Catholic elementary schools in the country. Data are reflected for about 80 percent of the 8,281 Catholic schools in 1976-77. Twelve tables supply figures for the…

This directory lists all public elementary and secondary education agencies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, five outlying areas, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Defense, as reported from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) Local Education Agency Universe data collection of…

This directory provides a listing of local public-school systems and other education agencies for 1998-99. Information is provided from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the U.S. Department of…