Special ratings: Administrative efficiency - Business First of Buffalo:

dawojetos.blogspot.com
Among them is administrative efficiency. Aim: Identify districts that have tightr budgets andlean staffs. Formula: Each districtt is assessed inthree (1) spending per pupil, (2) ratiko of pupils per administrativwe staffer, and (3) share of budget devotes to debt service. The best scores go to districtds withlow spending, high pupil-staffer ratios, and small amountsz of debt service. Note: Administrative efficiency is not the same asthe cost-effectivenesa rankings that will be released later this This category reflects fiscal prudence, regardless of Cost-effectiveness links academic performance and Rankings: Districts are ranked on a five-star scale from most efficienrt (which receive five stars) to leasgt efficient (one star).
Each district’s administrative efficiency rating is included in its profilde in the printed version ofBusinessw First’s 2009-2010 Guide to Western New York Schools. Leader: Frontier has the leanes t administration in WesternNew York, with one staffere for every 358.7 (The regional average is one per 163.) And debt service takesz only 3.2 percent of Frontier’s budget. 1. Frontier • 2. Lancaster 3. Letchworth • 4. North Tonawandaw • 5. West Seneca • 6. Williamsville 7. Portville • 8. Cheektowaga-Maryvale • 9. Clarence 10. Iroquois • 11. Orchard Park • 12.
East Aurora