No. 171. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS-SEGREGATION-DESEGREGATION STATUS, 17 SOUTHERN STATES: 1958 TO 1966

[As of May, except as indicated. For States included, see table 172. Desegregation refers to change in schools from segregated white and Negro status to biracial or multiracial status, either in practice or principle]

2 Number of school districts ruled "In compliance" with Federal regulations of U.S. Office of Education. Not all desegregated districts for 1965-66 and 1966-67 school year were "In compliance."

Source: Southern Education Reporting Service, Nashville, Tennessee; Statistical Summary..., February 1967. (Copyright.)

No. 172. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS-SEGREGATION-DESEGREGATION STATUS FOR 17 SOUTHERN STATES, BY REGION AND STATE: 1966 [As of December. For definition of desegregation, see headnote, table 171]

1 U.S. Office of Education approval of the desegregation proposal offered by a school district. Some school districts have desegregated but are not officially "In compliance." 2 Estimated by U.S. Office of Education. 3 U.S. Office of Education reports more districts "In compliance" than the total districts listed by the State Department of Education. 41965-66 data. 5 Unofficial estimate.

Source: Southern Education Reporting Service, Nashville, Tennessee; Statistical Summary..., February 1967. (Copyright.)

Composition of Schools-Achievement Tests Special Schools 125

No. 173. PERCENT OF NEGRO AND WHITE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN GRADES 1 AND 12, BY AREA AND BY RACIAL COMPOSITION OF SCHOOLS: 1965 [As of fall. Estimates based on survey of public elementary and secondary schools]

No. 174.

ACHIEVEMENT TESTS-MEDIAN SCORES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 1
AND 12, BY RACE OR ETHNIC GROUP: 1965

[As of fall. For definition of median, see headnote, table 8. Estimates based on survey of public elementary and secondary schools. Represents results of standard achievement tests of such skills as reading, writing, calculating, and problem solving. Scores on each test were standardized so that the average over the national sample equaled 50 and the standard deviation equaled 10. This means that about 16 percent of all students would score below 40 and about 16 percent above 60]

Source of tables 173 and 174: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education; Equality of Educational Opportunity, 1966.

No. 175. SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND CLASSES FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN-ENROLLMENT, 1948, 1958, AND 1963

[Data are for 1947-48 school year and February 1958 and 1963. Prior to 1963, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Pupils are reported according to the major type of exceptionality for which they are receiving special education. 1948 and 1958 data cover public elementary and secondary day schools only. Excludes data for truant and delinquent children]

* Includes education programs in public hospitals for the mentally ill. Source: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1956-58, Chapter 5, and Statistics of Special Education for Exceptional Children and Youth, 1962-63.

No. 176. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS-REVENUE, BY SOURCE OF FUNDS: 1940 To 1964

[In millions of dollars, except percent. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series H 246–251]

1 Includes receipts from gifts and from tuition and transportation fees from patrons. Source: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education; Statistics of State School Systems, 1963-64.

No. 177. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS-EXPENDITURE,

PURPOSE: 1950 To 1964

BY

[In millions of dollars, except percent. For years ending June 30. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series H 252-261]

1 Includes salaries of clerical assistants, free textbooks, school library books, and supplies. 2 For 1950, items included under "Other school services" were listed under "Auxiliary services," a more comprehensive classification which also included community services.

Comprises current expenditures for summer schools, adult education, community colleges, and, beginning 1958, community services.

4 Beginning 1958, excludes capital outlay by nonschool agencies.

Source: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education; Statistics of State School Systems, 1963-64.

No. 178. PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES ESTIMATES, TOTAL AND PER CAPITA, BY STATES: 1967

[In millions of dollars, except as indicated. For year ending June 30]

Represents zero. X Not applicable. Z Less than $500,000.

1 Includes expenditures for summer schools, adult education, community services (such as public libraries operated by school districts, expenditures for nonpublic schools where authorized by law, community centers, and recreational activities), and community colleges and technical institutes under the jurisdiction of local boards of education. Based on Bureau of the Census estimated resident population as of July 1, 1966. Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 354.

Based on unrounded figures. Includes interest on school debt, not shown separately.

Excludes capital outlay by nonschool agencies such as State and local schoolhousing authorities and governmental units whose financial transactions are not included in school district accounts; such expenditures in 4 States amounted to an estimated total of $370 million ($248 million in Pa.; $75 million in Ind.; $30 million in Ala.; and $17 million in Ga.).

Excludes vocational schools not operated as part of the regular school system.

No. 179. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS-ESTIMATED NUMBER AND AVERAGE SALARY OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS: 1955 TO 1967

[Prior to 1959, excludes Alaska, and 1960, Hawaii. Schools classified by type of organization, rather than by grade-group; elementary includes kindergarten and secondary includes junior high schools]

Source: National Education Association, Research Division; Research Report, 1966-R 20, Estimates of School Statistics, 1966-67. (Copyright 1966 by the National Education Association. All rights reserved.)

No. 180. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS-PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF CLASSROOM TEACHERS, BY TEACHING EXPERIENCE, AGE, AND DEGREES HELD: 1961 AND 1966

[As of spring of year. Based on sample and subject to sampling variability. For definition of median, see headnote, table 8]

Source: National Education Association, Washington, D.C.; annual National Sample Survey of Classroom Teachers, unpublished data.