Teachers include all school personnel categorized by the district as classroom teachers. Teacher information includes classroom teachers plus teachers specializing in art, physical education, music, etc. State 14.8 Yrs. Salaries and counts of staff are summed across a district based on the percentage of time that each individual is employed as an administrator or a teacher. These averages allow for comparisons among districts.
Instruction has a very narrow and restrictive definition.
Thus, changes from one year to the next may be due to changes in the performance of a small group of students. The graduation rate is calculated by comparing the number of 1999-00 graduates with the number of students enrolled in ninth grade in the fall of 1996. Adjustments have been made for students who transferred into and out of the school in the last four years. The ACT is used by many colleges and universities to evaluate students' preparation for higher education. State averages for ACT data are based on regular public schools and do not include private and special purpose schools.