Lately, there has been a lot of talk about the legislature and budgets but I think it is important to note some fast facts. Our facts today come from the AZ Department of Education and they are worth noting:
ADM went from 859,023 in 2004 to 951,117 in 2008. This is an INCREASE OF 10.7%.
Number of Administrators went from 2,804 in 2004 to 3,305 in 2008. This is an INCREASE OF 17.9%.
Number of Classified Managers went from 2,374 in 2004 to 3,030 in 2008. This is an INCREASE OF 27.6%.
Number of Teachers went from 47,396 in 2004 to 53,883 in 2008. This is an INCREASE OF 13.7%.
Average Teacher salary went from $42,324 in 2004 to $49,331 in 2008. This is an INCREASE OF 16.5%.
Superintendents salaries went from $12,837,427 in 2004 to $19,188,361 in 2008. This is an INCREASE OF 49.5%.
Total state aid went from $3,179,994,562 in 2004 to $4,453,747,156 in 2008. This is an INCREASE OF 40%.
Based on this information from the Arizona Department of Education, it appears that those areas that saw the biggest increases were in administration not the classroom despite the dramatic increase of state aid. Sometimes the facts just speak for themselves.
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