Answers Superintendents & Principals Should Know

• What is the school district graduation rate?
• How much has that figure increased or decreased in the last decade?
• What percent of the student body plan to attend a 2-4 year college?
• What percent of the student body is classified as special needs?
• What percent of the student body is English Language Learners?
• What percent of the student body is SES?
• What is the ethnic/minority composition of the student body?
• What percent of the student body is mainstreamed?
• What percent of the student body has a serious disability?
• What are district test scores (local and in comparison with national scores)?
• What does a breakdown of the total district budget show?
• How much has the district budget increased or decreased in the last decade?
• What is the school district’s per pupil expenditure?
• How much has that figure increased in the last decade?
• What is the average teacher salary?
• How much has average teacher salary increased in the last decade?
• What is the average income salary of families in your community?
• What are the expenses for offering extracurricular activities?

PA WEB SITES
PA Department of Education http://www.pde.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/finances/7671
PA Association of School Business Officials www.pasbo.org
PA Association of School Administrators www.pasa-net.org
Standard & Poor’s Evaluation Service http://www.standardandpoors.com/home/en/us
General Sites
American Association of School Administrators (AASA) http://www.aasa.org
American Education Finance Association http://www.ed.sc.edu/aefa/
Association of School Business Officials http://www.asbointl.org
Committee for Education Funding http://www.cef.org/
Education Finance Statistics Center http://nces.ed.gove/edfin/
Education Week Research Center http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/school-finance/
ERIC Clearinghouse School Finance http://eric.uoregon.edu/trends_issues/finance/index.html
National Center for Education Statistics http://www.edpubs.gov/
National Governor’s Association http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.50aeae5ff70b817ae8ebb856a11010a0 Us Dept. of Education http://www.ed.gov/
The Future of Children: Federal Budget 2012 http://futureofchildren.org/
North Central Regional Educational Laboratories (on site-based management)
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/go300.htm