NEW YORK: THE STATE OF LEARNING

A Report to the Governor and the Legislature

on the Educational Status of the State’s Schools

June 2002 Edition

Statistical Profiles of Public School Districts

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glossary ..................................................................................................................................... v
Summary Statistics for Public and Nonpublic Schools...................................................................... 1
Table 1: Need/Resource Capacity (NRC) Code; District Type; Racial/Ethnic Distribution of
Enrollment; Attendance Rate; Census Poverty Index; Free/Reduced Lunch; LEP
Rate; Suspension Rate; Dropout Rate; Percent to College; Student-Support Staff
Ratio; Pupil-Teacher Ratio …………………………………………………………...		 17
Table 2: Total Expenditures Per Pupil, New York State Revenue Share, and Combined 
Wealth Ratio; Percent Distribution of Expenditures for Major Functions;
Instructional Expenditures for General and Special Education ……………………........		 38
Table 3: Average Class Size; For Classroom Teachers: Percent Minority, Annual Turnover
Rate, Median Salary, Certification Status, Median Years’ Experience,
Educational Attainment ……………………………………………………………....		 58
Table 4: Percent of School-Aged Residents Classified as Having Disabilities: Portion of
School Day Outside General Education Classrooms; Exiting Students with
Disabilities …………………………………………………………………………...		 81
Table 5: English Language Arts and Mathematics Examinations, Grade 4 and 8: Number
Tested and Percentages at Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 ……………………………………....		 104
Table 6: Results of Program Evaluation Test, Grade 4 Science: Multiple Choice Component
and Performance Component; Number of High School Completers and Percent
Regents Diplomas …………………………………………………………………....		 127
Table 7: Results of Regents Examinations in Comprehensive English, Sequential
Mathematics, Course 1 and Mathematics A………………………………………......		 149
Table 8: Results of Regents Examinations in Global History & Geography and U.S. History
and Government (new and old versions)……………………………………………....		 170
Table 9: Results of Regents Examinations in Mathematics B, Sequential Mathematics,
Course II and Sequential Mathematics, Course III………………………………..........		 191
Table 10: Results of Regents Examinations in Earth Science (1970 syllabus),
Physical Setting: Earth Science and Living Environment……………………..................		 212
Table 11: Results of Regents Examinations in Biology, Chemistry and Physics ….………............. 234
Table 12: Results of Regents Examinations in Comprehensive Spanish, Comprehensive
French and Other Foreign Languages ……………………………………………......		 255
Table 13: Cohort Results for Regents English and Regents Mathematics …………………........... 276
Table 14: Results of Occupational Education Proficiency Examinations ……………………........ 297
Table 15: Results of Regents Competency Tests ……………………………………………...... 321
Table 16: Results of Secondary Language Proficiency Examinations ………………………......... 344
Table 17: Report on Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) Programs ……. ……………………...... 363