Ensuring Equity and Adequacy of Fiscal Resources

Per-pupil expenditures

All expenditure dollars on the school and district charts are expressed as a per-pupil figure.  These per-pupil expenditures are based on the Average Daily Membership (ADM) of students. In previous years, per-pupil expenditures were calculated on a full-time equivalency (FTE) basis. A student attending kindergarten half-time, for example, was counted as 1/2 , or 0.5, FTEs. We now calculate In$ite data on a head-count basis. Each enrolled student is counted as a full student when we calculate per-pupil expenditures.

Also note that the student counts for Expenditures are based on the ADM; elsewhere in Information Works!, student counts are based on the October 1st enrollment in each school or district.

Financial Information (per pupil)

The In$ite financial reporting system breaks down all school-level expenditures into the four major categories: Instruction, Instructional Support, Operations, and Leadership.

The first bar graph shows the allocation of all school expenditures that include every school program, such as Special Education and Vocational Education. The bar graph just below shows the state average for that school’s level: elementary, middle, or high. The state average is not a recommended standard or ideal, but merely an anchor for the purposes of comparison.

The second set of bar graphs shows General Education Expenditures for the school and the state.

Staffing and Expenditure Overview

This table shows information about the number of teachers, staffing levels, total expenditures on education, and per-pupil expenditures on education for the school and for the state as a whole at this school’s level (elementary, middle, or high school).