Dublin City Schools - District Facts
Dublin City Schools
The Dublin City School District is one of Ohio’s best.
For five consecutive years, the district has earned Ohio’s highest rating on the local report card. In 2007-08, the district received the Excellent with Distinction rating, and ALL of the district’s 19 buildings were rated Excellent or Excellent with Distinction.
One of the main reasons we are able to perform consistently at high levels is the support of our community.
In November 2008, Dublin City Schools voters approved Issue 76, a combined operating levy/bond issue that insured our district would be able to maintain its excellent programs and staff.
The combined operating levy/bond issue will enable the district to operate through June 2013, without additional operating money. It will fund a myriad of projects, including the district’s new elementary school just north of Jerome Village.
The timelines for the Issue 76 projects vary and will span a few years, but implementation is already underway.
The first item our community will see implemented is an instant notification system, which will be used in emergencies and in select other cases to communicate immediately with parents. It will allow us to call several thousand parents at once, with parents controlling their contact information via an online parental portal.
The main feature of the safety and security portion of the bond issue is the reconfiguration of the district’s school building entrances to prevent unauthorized access during the school day. The majority of the entrance reconfiguration will take place during the summer when the students are not in class.
The addition of 10 classrooms at Coffman High School, and four classrooms at Karrer and Davis middle schools, is at the top of the Issue 76 priority list. The additional classrooms will allow us to minimize redistricting at the high school level and indefinitely delay the construction of a $30 to $35-million middle school.
The construction of our new elementary school will be timed to provide us ample time to furnish and finish the new facility for an August 2012 opening.
The implementation of Issue 76 is only one of the items on our plate during 2009. I have worked closely with the Board of Education to set goals that will ultimately benefit our students and our taxpayers.
As an administrative team, we will be assessing current human resources practices and procedures, improving assessment measures in the district, assessing the quality and consistency of district K-12 reading and writing, and reviewing middle school programs and instruction to improve consistency. These are ambitious goals, that when completed, will help our district continue to progress toward its goal of being one of the country’s best.
For additional information, please visit www.dublinschools.net.
District Facts & Information
The Dublin City School District
• Located 16 miles north and northwest of Columbus, encompasses 47 square miles in most of Dublin and parts of Columbus, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Delaware County and Union County
19 Schools in Operation
• Three high schools, four middle schools, 12 elementary schools and six preschool
Enrollment
• Enrollment has risen to increase for the 31st straight year with an enrollment of more than 13,700 students for fall of 2008.
Pupil/Teacher Ratio
• 23-to-1 district wide
2008 Graduates in Higher Education
• More than 90 percent of enrolled graduates went on to higher education in 2008.
2008 Test Scores
• ACT composite: 24.3
• SAT composite: 1110
Total Employees: 1,806
• 1,116 teachers
• 614 classified and support staff
• 59 administrators
• 17 technical employees
Teacher’s Salary/Experience
• Average teacher’s salary: $67,727
• Teacher’s starting salary: $38,432 - Bachelor’s, $42,156 - Master’s
• Average classroom teacher experience: 13.4years
• Certified employees with master’s degree or beyond: 75 percent
Per Pupil Expenditure
• Per Pupil expenditure, all funds per Ohio Department of Education: $11,731
- Instruction: $6,595 (56.2 percent of total)
- Building Operations: $1,985 (16.9 percent of total)
- Pupil Support: $1,452 (12.4 percent of total)
- Administration: $1,089 (9.3 percent of total)
- Staff Support: $610 (5.2 percent of total)
Revenues
General Fund revenues for Fiscal Year 2008: $ 139,980,691
Board of Education
• Five Board of Education members, elected to four-year terms of office
• Board of Education sets policies for the schools, hires the superintendent and treasurer
Cultural Diversity
• 1,088 ELL students speaking 53 different languages are enrolled in the district
