The Department of Education has released the 2009-2010 school report card data. We compared several categories of data to a previous report Patch reported in November 2010.

Administrator Years of Experience and Salary

Summit's median administrator salary rose 3 percent from 2008-2009 to 2009-2010 to $134,768. That number is $16,673, or 12.5 percent, higher than the state median of $117,895. The median numbers of years of experience in Summit is also higher than the state median by three years.

Faculty Years Experience and Median Salary

The median number of years of experience of Summit's faculty remained the same as 2008-2009 and the same as the state median at 10 years. However, the median salary rose $5,537, or 8.4 percent, to $66,289 in 2009-2010. The median salary is $4,449, or 6.7 percent, higher than the state median of $61,840.

Cost per pupil

There are two ways of calculating per pupil expenditures, a comparative cost per pupil which represents a comparison with districts with similar budget types, and a raw cost per pupil figure. Summit's cost per pupil is $191, or 1.2 percent, higher than the state average. The comparative cost per pupil in Summit is $14,411, $578 or 4 percent higher than the state average of $13,833.

Revenue

Summit's revenue sources changed slightly in 2009-2010 with funds from the lacal tax levy making up 93 percent of the school's budget in 2009-2010, up two percent from 2008-2009. The district still receieved 5 percent from the state, two percent from federal but did not receieve any many from "other" revenue sources in 2009-2010 where in 2008-2009 2 percent of the budget came from this category.

Enrollment and class sizes

Enrollment numbers are based on students "on roll" as of October 2009. Overall, the district had 3,887 students in 2009-2010. This number is up from an enrollment of 3,729 in 2006-2007 when the Jefferson and Wilson Primary Centers didn't existand up from 2008-2009 when enrollment was 3,803.

• Summit High School: Enrollment increased 1.1 percent in 2009-2010 to 1,045 students. But that number is down one student from 1,046 in 2006-2007. Average class size at Summit High is 18.3 students. The state average is 18.2.
• Washington Elementary School: Enrollment at Washington was 323 students, down 10 percent since 2006-2007 when enrollment was 359 students. However, the average class size at Washington is above the state average at 20.2 students. The state average is 18.2 students.
• Jefferson Primary Center: Enrollment as Jefferson Primary, which only opened two years ago, was up 18.75 percent from 2008-2009 to 160 students in 2009-2010. Class sizes are well  under the state average as 13.3 students per class.
• Wilson Primary Center: Also only in it's second year, enrollment at Wilson jumped 11.6 percent from 152 students in 2008-2009 to 172 students in 2009-2010. Class sizes are also below the state average at 12.6 students.
• Lincoln-Hubbard School: Enrollment increased slightly from  321 students in 2008-2009 to 333 students in 2009-2010. But on the whole, enrollment at Lincoln-Hubbard has decreased 15.5 percent over the last four years from 394 students in 2006-2007 to 333 students in 2009-2010. Class sizes, which have been a point of concern for parents during the Lincoln-Hubbard Traffic Pattern proposal discussions, is higher than the state average at 20.8 students per class.
• Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School: On the contray enrollment at the middle school has risen 4.8 percent over the last four years from 825 students in 2006-2007 to 867 students in 2009-2010. Class sizes are also above the state average at 19.3 students per class.
• Jefferson Elementary School: The number of students has decreased 10.2 percent from 235 students since 2006-2007 to 211 students in 2009-2010. Class sizes are below the state average at 17.6 students per class.
• Franklin Elementary School: Enrollment has decreased 8 percent over the last four years to 378 students in 2009-2010. Class sizes are above the state average at 19.9 students per class.
• Brayton Elementary: Enrollment has also dropped at brayton from 459 students in 2006-2007 to 398 in 2009-2010. a decrease of 13.3 percent.  Class sizes are above the state average at 19.9 students per class.

Test scores

• HSPA, Language Arts Literacy: The number of students receiving advanced proficient rose 15.4 percent from 2008-2009 to 2009-2010.
• HSPA, Mathematics: The number of students receiving advanced proficient rose 5.8 percent from 2008-2009 to 2009-2010.
• AP Tests: Of the 616 students taking AP tests, 501 scored a 3 or better.
• SATs: The number of students taking the SATs rose 6 percent from 2008-2009 to 2009-2010 but was down 6 percent from 2007-2008. The number of students taking the test is 22 percent higher than the state average of 66 percent. The average SAT score in 2009-2010 was 1714, down from 1735 in 2008-2009 and 1725 in 2007-2008. The state average in 2009-2010 was 1516.