Tables for The SLJ Spending Survey

TABLE 1 — Mean and Median Expenditures for All Resources, All Funding Sources

2001–2002	Number Responding	Mean	Median
Funding
Total all local funds	583	$15,707	$11,236
Total all federal funds	155	$5,318	$3,000
Total all gift/fund-raising	334	$2,492	$1,161
Expenditures (all funds)
Books	577	$9,565	$7,100
Periodicals	574	$1,423	$1,000
AV resources/equipment	484	$2,647	$1,531
Computer resources/equipment	454	$6,426	$2,800
Total Expenditures	588	$18,385	$13,341

TABLE 2—Mean and Median Expenditures for All Resources, All Funding Sources

1993–2002	Number Responding	Mean	Median	Number Responding	Mean	Median	Number Responding	Mean	Median	Number Responding	Mean	Median	Number Responding	Mean	Median
	1993–1994			1995–1996			1997–1998			1999–2000			2001–2002
Funding
Local funds	590	$12,950	$9,587	575	$12,575	$9,080	524	$15,918	$9,500	558	$18,596	$11,923	583	$15,707	$11,236
Federal funds	213	$3,569	$2,000	208	$3,588	$1,979	144	$3,669	$2,594	170	$5,473	$2,632	155	$5,318	$3,000
Gifts/fund-raising	330	$2,675	$1,125	347	$3,398	$1,200	356	$3,701	$1,200	330	$2,937	$1,305	334	$2,492	$1,161
Expenditures
Books	576	$6,299	$5,000	556	$6,415	$5,165	504	$7,279	$6,000	540	$10,305	$7,000	577	$9,565	$7,100
Periodicals	568	$1,529	$1,000	536	$1,308	$900	502	$1,422	$1,000	533	$1,500	$1,030	574	$1,423	$1,000
AV resources/equipment	498	$3,209	$2,000	450	$2,834	$1,700	430	$3,036	$1,525	460	$3,256	$2,000	484	$2,647	$1,531
Computer resources/equipment	447	$5,423	$2,800	410	$7,429	$3,090	413	$7,697	$2,700	428	$8,891	$3,010	454	$6,426	$2,800
Total Expenditures	590	$15,499	$11,745	580	$15,707	$11,144	532	$19,300	$12,185	566	$21,740	$14,047	588	$18,385	$13,341

TABLE 3—Median Expenditures Per Pupil for LMC Resources (Local Funds Only) 1990-2002

TABLE 4—Median Expenditures Per School for LMC Resources (Local Funds Only) 1990-2002

TABLE 5—LMC Local Expenditures by Grade Level

2001–2002	Elementary n= 187		Middle/Jr. High n= 170		Senior High n= 181		K–8, K–12, and Other n= 55
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Books	$4,326.00	$5,750.51	$6,500.00	$8,569.11	$9,000.00	$15,130.00	$4,000.00	$7,490.85
Books per pupil	$8.87	$11.17	$8.60	$11.11	$9.55	$15.44	$8.88	$12.26
Periodicals	$650.00	$789.31	$1,170.00	$1,270.66	$1,700.00	$2,239.40	$1,000.00	$1,313.36
Periodicals per pupil	$1.28	$1.54	$1.41	$1.79	$1.92	$2.74	$2.37	$2.89
Audiovisual resources	$759.00	$1,219.88	$700.00	$1,048.44	$1,800.00	$2,819.65	$500.00	$734.92
Audiovisual resources per pupil	$1.40	$2.27	$0.95	$1.48	$2.00	$3.10	$1.05	$1.48
Software and CD-ROM resources	$600.00	$1,644.69	$600.00	$1,121.97	$990.00	$2,234.29	$800.00	$1,036.89
Software and CD-ROM resources per pupil	$1.15	$3.00	$0.89	$1.51	$1.18	$2.63	$1.77	$2.15
WWW-based products	$400.00	$614.00	$1,389.00	$1,821.00	$3,500.00	$5,332.60	$1,200.00	$2,429.86
WWW-based products per pupil	$0.79	$1.53	$1.59	$2.00	$3.78	$5.52	$2.22	$4.27
Total Materials Expenditures (TME)	$9,500.00	$12,444.72	$12,850.50	$16,868.11	$21,188.50	$30,715.24	$11,400.00	$14,425.80
TME per Pupil	$18.75	$23.76	$17.01	$22.92	$22.35	$32.78	$21.10	$28.94
TME is reported at the bottom of each column for the purposes of comparison. TME excludes salaries, but reflects all expenditures for resources, including AV equipment, computer hardware, online sources, rentals, leasing, supplies, and maintenance.

TABLE 6—LMC Median Collection Size by Grade Level

2001–2002	Elementary	Middle/Jr. High	High School	Other
	n= 187	n= 170	n= 181	n= 55
Size of book collection	11,000	11,100	13,552	11,000
Number of books per pupil	22	15	15	22
Volumes added	457	500	400	453
Volumes discarded	200	150	150	150
Size of video collection	215	200	350	250
Videos per pupil	.46	.31	.40	.31
Videos added	14	15	20	12
Videos discarded	0	0	0	0
Size of DVD collection	0	0	0	0
Size of audio tapes/CD collection	2	3	5	0
Size of software collection	5	0	0	0
Size of CD-ROM collection	12	5	0	3

TABLE 7—Services Typically and Currently Offered by LMS

n=562	Number Offering Service	Percentage Offering Service
Offers a program of information/computer skills instruction integrated with the school curriculum	380	68%
Helps parents realize the importance of assisting their children to understand the benefits of lifelong learning and reading, listening, and viewing for pleasure as well as for information	203	36%
Plans or conducts workshops for teachers in the evaluation, selection, and use of resources	186	33%
Assists the school curriculum committee by recommending resources and media program activities for units and curriculum topics transmissions and related activities in school	312	56%
Provides teachers with information about new resources to be considered for purchase	485	86%
Provides interlibrary loan service to students and teachers	353	63%
Coordinates video production and dissemination activities in school	149	27%
Coordinates cable TV, satellite transmissions, distance education, and/or closed-circuit TV	206	37%

TABLE 8—LMS/Teacher Instructional Planning: Activity by Grade Level

2001–2002	Mean Hours of Formal InstructionalPlanning	Mean Hours of Informal	Instructional Planning Mean Hours of Total Planning
Elementary (n= 187)	0.96	2.27	3.23
Jr. High/Middle (n= 170)	1.55	2.82	4.37
High School (n= 181)	1.3	3.20	4.50
K–8 and Other (n= 55)	0.98	2.19	3.17
Total	1.24	2.70	3.94

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