Sentences with phrase «percent of last school year»

And while 5.6 percent of the students in the district were absent for 10 percent of the last school year, that number was also cut in half from the year before.

Just 13 percent of black third - graders are considered proficient in reading, for example, although that is up from 8 percent of last school year's third - graders.

Not exact matches

«Last summer, about 40 percent of back - to - school searches were done on mobile devices, and already this year, mobile share is topping 50 percent,» Google said.

If that hypothetical student borrowed using a federal direct loan for graduate school, which had a rate of 5.84 percent last academic year, she would have accrued $ 1,682 in interest during the grace period.

Last year, only 44 percent of high - school graduates were prepared for college - level math and 36 percent were prepared for university - level science courses, according to the National Math and Science Initiative.

The top 40 richest schools alone received nearly 60 percent of all gift revenue last year.

The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, said that the number of school - related outbreaks reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doubled over the last decade, and generally increased an average of 10 percent per year.

The USDA estimated that LFTB constituted about 6 percent of the 117 million pounds of beef ordered for the nation's school lunch program last year.

Last year, 76 percent of public school students in the city received free lunches and another 6 percent did not pay full price for their meals, according to CPS records.

Last year, the commodity program donated $ 802 million in food purchased at taxpayer expense — 15 percent to 20 percent of each school meal.

Although Tanner's goal is to have 75 percent of students eating the school lunch, that number is now 53 percent, 2 percent lower than last year.

District Supt. Rosemarie Carroll said Aramark expects to make an additional 2.5 percent from the total contract than it did during the last school year because it projects higher sales of a la carte items.

Most raise their prices for kids who can pay, according to research by the nonprofit School Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaiSchool Nutrition Association, which found that nearly 60 percent of public school districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were avaischool districts raised lunch prices in 2009, the last full year for which national figures were available.

Last year, the D.C. Health Department found that 43 percent of students enrolled in city public schools were overweight or obese.

Lee Guse, president of Preferred Meal Systems, the food supplier to Westchester Elementary and other area schools that have started offering vegetables instead of foisting them upon students in the last several years, said savings amount to around 3 percent.

By contrast, last school year, the district's food service staff fed more than half of Milton high school students, 70 percent of elementary and middle school students and around 100 staff members regularly.

About 95 percent of schools are reportedly meeting the standards, but GOP lawmakers backed by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) said the provisions have led to an increase in food waste and a dramatic decline in student participation over the last three years.

In last year's inaugural Illinois 5Essentials Survey, 87 percent of all schools in the state met the 50 - percent participation threshold to receive a Report with participation from more than 70 percent of all teachers and eligible 6th through 12th graders across Illinois.

The program, which began in three schools last year, now operates in 11 elementary schools around the city and in Cicero, where the population of students eligible for free or reduced lunches is 85 percent or higher.

New York's high school graduation rate inched up last year, with 79.4 percent of students graduating last June compared to 78.1 percent the year before.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing an increase in school aid of over three - quarters of a billion dollars, a rise of about 3 percent over last year, but some say that's not enough to meet school districts» rising costs.

This is because 96 percent of the state's teachers were rated effective last year but only 38 percent of high school graduates were deemed college - ready.

The number of students who applied to SUNY schools this fall jumped 6 percent compared to last year as word spread that New York will offer free tuition to income - eligible students.

The Governor signed a law last year requiring all school districts to implement an evaluation system based on the statewide system approved by the State Education Department or risk losing their increase in education aidresulting in 99 percent compliance (687 out of 691 school districts implemented a system).

Rochester City School District teachers and staff went door - to - door Thursday, visiting roughly 200 students who missed more than 10 percent of school lastSchool District teachers and staff went door - to - door Thursday, visiting roughly 200 students who missed more than 10 percent of school lastschool last year.

Governor Cuomo is proposing an increase in school aid of over three - quarters of a billion dollars, or around three percent from last year, but some say that's not enough to meet school districts» rising costs.

That's the promise from the Buffalo school system which helped the college admission rate jump nine points, from 57 percent of graduates in 2012 to 66 percent last year.

The $ 77.7 billion spending plan, up 3.6 percent from last year, also includes a spate of new social programs that would aid homeless New Yorkers, spur prison reforms and expand literacy programs in public schools.

1) «In New York last year, about 99 percent of the teachers were rated effective while only 38 percent of high school graduates are ready for college or careers.

The cuts for school districts in the Gap Elimination Adjustment were closed by 50 percent, with the proviso the rest would be taken care of next year — a key campaign pledge for the conference during last year's elections

Research by the University of Southern California's journalism school found last year that women comprise just 28.7 percent of all speaking roles in Hollywood.

University at Buffalo officials said applications are up more than 10 percent from last year, with the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences seeing the highest growth in interest.

In the last year, the number of school districts seeking cap overrides was below that average — 18 in total, or 2.7 percent of all districts.

The amount local governments and school districts have collected in property taxes has slowed over the last decade, from a peak increase of 7.7 percent in 2003 to a 2 percent jump at the conclusion of the 2013 fiscal year.

New York City implemented the plan for the first time last school year; according to Tuesday's data, about 92 percent of teachers were rated «effective» or «highly effective,» and just over 1 percent of teachers got the lowest rating, «ineffective.»

Despite Cuomo's assertion that more money is not the only answer, this year school funding will be increased 4 percent over last year's amount, though the governor wants schools to compete for some of those funds.

In Riverhead and Southold towns, the Suffok County tax rate last year amounted to only about one percent of the total property taxes paid by property owners, while school taxes amounts to about 60 percent and town taxes were around 20 to 30 percent.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing an increase in school aid of $ 769 million, a rise of about 3 percent over last year, but some say that's not enough to meet school districts» rising costs.

Her comments to the editorial board came two weeks after she joined the state's education commissioner, John B. King Jr., on a visit to Automotive High School in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where, last year, only 1 percent of the students who graduated on time were ready for college.

Last year, students suspended from the Syracuse City School District lost 23,555 days of instruction, and 55 percent of African - American students in the district have been suspended at least once.

De Blasio visited the school, where he said suspensions are down 47 percent compared with last year and the two most serious classifications of violent incidents are down 33 percent.

Arts instruction in at least one discipline is up across all elementary and middle schools, the report found, though the number of high schools offering at least three disciplines declined by two percent over the last year.

Moskowitz complained that lawmakers decided to raise charter funding by only 2.9 percent instead of linking new funding to the 9.4 percent hike conventional public schools got last school year.

Bing said he got involved in the issue during last year's budget process when his community school district seemed about to lose 19 percent of its teachers because of layoffs.

The large number of test refusals had an impact on teacher evaluations last school year, with student growth on state exams making up 20 percent of a teacher's rating.

THE BRONX — The city's graduation rate has hit an all - time high with 72.6 percent of students graduating in four years compared to 70.5 percent last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said Friday.

City schools are set to receive $ 319.5 million in new state funding for the coming school year, part of a statewide 4.9 percent increase in education aid, the largest since the last recession began in 2007.

Mary Sullivan, Backpack Program coordinator with ACOC, said the number of students participating in the program from the Johnsburg Central School rose from 40 last year to 58 this year — a 31 percent increase.

Last year, 99 percent of school budgets in New York State passed.

Last year, police officers and fire fighters employed by the city, and teachers who worked for the city school district, were offered a 10 percent discount if they bought one of the land bank properties.