VITAL STATISTICS DATA ELEMENT DEFINITIONS                                       
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IN ORDER TO HELP THE USERS, THE DEFINITIONS OF THE DATA ELEMENTS SHOWN ON THE   
VITALS REPORT ARE GIVEN BELOW:                                                  

                                                                                
Demographic Data                                                                
                                                                                
    Fall Enrollment           =  Kindergarten thru grade 12 enrollment          
           or                    minus unauthorized attendance                  
      (Total ADM)                minus out of state enrollment                  
                                 plus non-attending pupils                      
                                                                                
    Spring Enrollment         =  (Aggregate days of attendance plus aggregate   
                                 days of absence) divided by totals days in     
                                 session                                        
                                                                                
    Minority Percent          =  Non-white enrollment divided by                
                                 total enrollment                               
                                                                                
    ADC percent               =  Number of ADC children divided by              
                                 (Total ADM - 50% Kindergarten ADM)             
                                                                                
    Average Income            =  Average Income per tax return as supplied by   
                                 Department of Taxation                         
                                                                                
    Property Val/Pupil        =  Total assessed valuation divided by total ADM  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Fiscal Data                                                                     
                                                                                
    Tot Rev/Pupil             =  Sum of revenues from local, intermediate,      
    (Gen or All funds)           state and federal sources divided by           
                                 spring ADM for FY89 and up else divided        
                                 by (spring ADM minus 75% JVS FTE)              
                                                                                
    State Rev/Pupil (G)       =  Revenues from State sources (Gen fund only)    
                                 divided by spring ADM for FY89 and up else     
                                 divided by (spring ADM minus 75% JVS FTE)      
                                                                                
    Loc Rev/Pupil (G)         =  Revenues from Local sources (Gen fund only)    
                                 divided by spring ADM for FY89 and up else     
                                 divided by (spring ADM minus 75% JVS FTE)      
                                                                                
    Expenditure/Pupil         =  Total current operating expenditures (Adjusted 
     (General or All funds)      from FY93 on) divided by spring ADM for FY89   
                                 and up else by (spring ADM minus 75% JVS FTE). 
                                                                                
    Effective Mills           =  Taxes received from all real properties        
                                 multiplied by 1,000 divided by total           
                                 real property valuation. Effective millage     
                                 which we show for FY88 is actually from        
                                 tax year 1986 (Calendar) collectible in        
                                 calendar year 1987.                            
                                                                                
    Avg Teacher Salary        =  Average teacher salary for the district        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Staff Data                                                                      
                                                                                
    Basic ADM/Reg Teacher     =  Basic ADM divided by number of regular         
                                 classroom teachers                             
                                                                                
                  Basic ADM   =  The larger of Current Year Total ADM and the   
                                 average of current and two immediately         
                                 preceding years' total ADM                     
                                 minus one-half of Kindergarten ADM             
                                 minus approved vocational full-time            
                                       equivalency                              
                                 minus 75 percent of joint vocational           
                                       school ADM                               
                                 minus contract vocational ADM                  
                                 minus deaf, blind, emotionally                 
                                       disturbed, crippled and                  
                                       neurologically handicapped ADM           
                                 minus developmentally handicapped ADM          
                                                                                
    Total ADM/Cls Teacher     =  Total ADM divided by number of total           
                                 classroom teachers                             
                                                                                
    Total ADM/Staff           =  Total ADM divided by total certificated staff  
                                                                                
    Minority Percent          =  Non-white certificated staff divided by total  
                                 certificated staff                             
                                                                                
    % Tchr with No Degree     =  Number of teachers without a degree divided    
                                 by the total number of Regular teachers        
                                                                                
    % Tchr with Bach Degree   =  Number of teachers with a Bachelor degree      
                                 divided by the total number of Reg teachers    
                                                                                
    % Tchr with Bach + 150    =  Number of teachers with a Bachelor degree      
                                 and 150 total semester hours divided by the    
                                 total number of Regular teachers               
                                                                                
    % Tchr with Masters Deg   =  Number of teachers with a Masters degree       
                                 divided by the total number of Reg teachers    
                                                                                
    Avg Teacher Experience    =  The average total experience of Reg teachers   
                                                                                
Output                                                                          
                                                                                
    Pupil Attendance Rate     =  Average Daily Attendance divided by Average    
                                 Daily Membership                               
                                                                                
    Staff Attendance Rate     =  Aggregate days of attendance divided by        
                                 (aggregate days of attendance plus aggregate   
                                 days of absence)                               
                                                                                
    Percent Dropouts          =  Number of dropouts divided by                  
                                 Grade 7-12 enrollment(JVS included)            
                                                                                
                                                                                
    Percent Graduates         =  Number of regular graduates divided by ninth   
                                 grade enrollment four years prior              
                                                                                
    % Coll Prep Graduates     =  Percent of regular graduates who followed      
                                 college prep curriculum                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Column Headings                                                                 
                                                                                
    Value                     =  Value of data element for selected district    
                                                                                
    State                     =  The low, mean and high values for the data     
                                 element for the entire state                   
                                                                                
    County Average            =  The average value for the data element within  
                                 the county in which the district is located    
                                                                                
    Type Average              =  The average value for the data element within  
                                 the district type as defined by the Ohio       
                                 Department of Education                        
                                                                                
    Rank                      =  Rank of the district within the county, type   
                                 of district and state. The number of           
                                 districts in each group is indicated at the    
                                 top of the column. Ranks are high to low       
                                 with no implications of quality.