Sycamore Taxpayer

Sycamore Enrollment (ADM) 5,197

Total Staff Members  913              http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/teacher-salary

Teacher Count  Sycamore     371.6 full time equivalent     Source: ODE 
Staff Members  Sycamore      394                                                  Source: ODE

Median Income State $30,850

Median Income District $47,867 (blue ash, montgomery, symmes)

Average Sycamore Teacher Salary $73,471

Average State Teacher Salary $56,715

Expenditure per pupil Sycamore  N/A yet

Expenditure per pupil 86 Similar Districts to Sycamore N/A yet

Expenditure per pupil State N/A yet

Revenue per Pupil Sycamore N/A yet

Students per Teacher Sycamore        ( Last calculated 2007-2008) TO DETERMINE WHY

Performance Index State  95.0
Performance Index Sycamore  108.9       Sycamore Rating – “Excellent with Distinction”
Number of Ohio districts receiving same rating “Excellent with Distinction”    86
Number of Ohio districts receiving “Excellent” rated districts   267
Number of Ohio districts with E & EwD  353 (57%) of all 613 districts. Adm. note, the rating is  suspect for having 57% of all districts achieving that status. Especially, when American schools are rated 24th of all global nations tested in reading, science and math.  TO DO CHECK THIS LAST FACT FOR ACCURACY

Attendence rate State  94.5%
Attendence rate Sycamore  >95%

College Remediation Rate  Sycamore            TO DETERMINE
College Remediation Rate State                       TO DETERMINE

Performance Index and Rating  – Other selected districts Milford, IH, Wyoming, etc  TO DO

TO DO CSTBL

Source: http://ilrc.ode.state.oh.us/Schools/Default.asp , unless indicated otherwise.

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.  Once a year, Ohio rates public school districts and buildings using several measures, based on how well students perform on state tests and on attendance. High school ratings also reflect graduation rates. Elementary and middle school ratings include a “value added” goal – the expectation that the average student will show a year’s worth of academic growth based on test data. The federal government also requires that students make “adequate yearly progress” on state-set goals in reading and math in elementary, middle and high schools.
.  Here are several ways to evaluate your school and district:

State Rating: The best is Excellent with Distinction, then Excellent, Effective, Continuous Improvement, Academic Watch and Academic Emergency. (Schools too long in Academic Emergency may have to offer additional tutoring or school choice.)

Value Added: Was the one-year progress goal met, or did students show growth above or below that goal?

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP): The reading and math goals were either met or not.

Performance Index: Measures district and school test results for all grades and subjects, with higher points for advanced and accerated student scores. Ranges from 0 to 120 points.

*Performance Index, 0-120 points
**AYP is Adequate Yearly Progress

Source: Prelimiminary School and District Report Cards for 2010-11. The Enquirer, 8/18/11 C2.  This explanation was repeated in the August 24, 2011 issue of  The Enquirer, B2