Student needs in a school district are classified as significantly higher, slightly higher, slightly lower, or significantly lower than the statewide average.

All student counts and percentages displayed on this table represent K-12 enrollment.

A school district's ability to raise local funds is classified as significantly more, slightly more, slightly less, or significantly less than the statewide average.

Economically disadvantaged students are those who participate in, or whose family participates in, economic assistance programs, such as the free or reduced-price lunch programs, Social Security Insurance (SSI), Food Stamps, Foster Care, Refugee Assistance (cash or medical assistance), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), Safety Net Assistance (SNA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), or Family Assistance: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). If one student in a family is identified as low income, all students from that household (economic unit) may be identified as low income.

English Language Learners (ELLs) are those who, by reason of foreign birth or ancestry, speak or understand a language other than English and speak or understand little or no English, and require support in order to become proficient in English and are identified pursuant to Section 154.3 of Commissioner's Regulations.

The need/resource capacity index, a measure of a district's ability to meet the needs of its students with local resources.

Student needs in a school district or charter school are classified as significantly higher, slightly higher, slightly lower, or significantly lower than the statewide average.

Students with disabilities are those who have been identified as such by the Committee on Special Education and are receiving services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Students with disabilities include those having an intellectual disability; hearing impairment, including deafness; speech or language impairment; visual impairment, including blindness; emotional disability; orthopedic impairment; autism; traumatic brain injury; developmental delay; other health impairment; specific learning disability; deaf-blindness; or multiple disabilities and who, by reason thereof, receive special education and related services under the IDEA according to an Individualized Education Program (IEP), Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), or a services plan.

The ratio of enrollment to the number of classroom teachers in the school or district.

The proportion of classroom teachers with fewer than four years of experience.

The proportion of classroom teachers with between 4 and 20 years of experience.

The proportion of classroom teachers with 21 or more years of experience.

The average spending per pupil for all districts and charter schools across the state.

The average spending per pupil for all districts and charter schools in the county.

The average spending per pupil for all students in the school district. For charter schools, the value for the district of location is displayed.

The average spending per pupil in the school , including a proportional share of central expenditures.

Race or races with which the student primarily identifies as indicated by the student or the parent/guardian.

• American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
• Asian or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam; or a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
• Black or African American: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
• Hispanic or Latino: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
• White: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.
• Multiracial: Non-Hispanic students who are reported with more than one race.