WORKFORCEPRESENTATION TO INVEST ATLANTA HOUSING COMMITTEESkye Duckett, Chief Human Resources Officer

1October 10, 2019

PURPOSE2

To provide an overview of Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) workforce demographics and

hiring trends as they relate to affordable housing in the city of Atlanta

A LOOKAT THE DISTRICT3

Size Matters

APS’ workforce is spread across 73 school buildings and 9non-school work sites within the boundaries of the city ofAtlanta

Money Matters

Annual operating budget is ~$818 million, with 67%spent on salaries and benefits

Exceptions to the RuleWorkers at 18 charter schools and 6 partner schools arenot employed by APS, so they are not reflected in thefigures presented today

OVERALL APS WORKFORCE

Teacher – 66.2%

Paraprofessional – 9.9%

School Bus Driver – 5.5%

Custodian – 2.6%

Assistant Principal – 2.1%

Instructional Coach – 1.8%

School Counselor – 1.7%

School Clerk – 1.7%

School Principal – 1.1%

School Secretary – 1.0%

More than 80% of the APS workforce are

employees who see our children daily.

The following are the top ten positions that

directly support our students and schools:

One of the largest employers in metro Atlanta with 6,331 full time employees, plus ~2,000 seasonal and substitute employees.

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As of November, 2018

APS EMPLOYEESALARIES5 The average annual salary for an

APS employee$81,912

$65,605.00

$48,086.00 $56,183.00

$16,583.00

$38,017.00

$58,330.00

AL L T E AC H E RS F I RS T Y E AR T E AC H E R N EW L Y H I RED T EAC H ERS

BU S D RI V E RS O F F I C E W O RK E RS P O L I C E O F F I C E RS

Average Annual Wage Affordable Rent at 1/3 of Salary

$1,822.36

$1,335.72

$1,560.64

$460.64

$1,056.03

$1,620.28

n=2940 n=200 n=477 n=327 n=217 n=61

As of August, 2019; only some employee groups included

Hiring By the Numbers• Hire 1,500 new employees per

year (part time and full time)

• Annual wage for new hires ranges from $10,125 to $126,725

• Starting salary for a new teacher with a bachelor’s degree is $48,086

• APS hired 90% of all employees and 85% of teachers from within the state of Georgia

• Of those within the state of Georgia, 37 – 47% are coming from outside the Atlanta city limits

HIRING TRENDS

Washington, DCBaltimore, MD

Phenix, AL

Top 10 places new hires relocate from

Charlotte, NC

Omaha, NENashville, TN

Orlando, FL

Chicago, IL

New York, NY

Memphis, TN

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For the period September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019

HIRING TRENDSThe vast majority of job offers are made between May and August each year

SY16-17 = School Year 2016 - 2017

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• About 3,000 teachers total• 27% live in city of Atlanta• 71% live elsewhere within Georgia • 2% live outside of Georgia

TEACHERS BYHOME LOCATION

City of Atlanta APS attendance zonesTeacher residence Teacher residences in and around metro Atlanta

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• About 3,000 teachers total• 27% live in city of Atlanta• 71% live elsewhere within Georgia • 2% live outside of Georgia

TEACHERS BY HOME LOCATION

Concentration of teacher residences within city of Atlanta

WORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICS10

14%

28%

36%

17%

5%

20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 60+

65%Using income tax records,65% of employees have a family of more than 2 people

42%Using health insurance records, 42% of employees are enrolled in a plan with children

64%The majority ofour teachers are between age 31 and 50

74% 26%

COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY11

Teachers who live in the communities they serve are more committed, stay employed longer and have better attendance

Only 2 of 10 clusters have at least 10% of teachers who live in the community they serve

Percent of Teachers Who Live in the Cluster Where They Teach

APS’ CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES12

Continued investments in

annual pay raises for employees

APS representatives on various community affordable housing

boards, committees and task forces

Continued strategy of freezing or rolling back

tax millage rates

Affordable housing intern employed by APS to compile website directory of housing

resources for new and prospective employees

Financial counseling for employees provided through Operation Hope partnership

with SunTrust

Began facilities master planning process that could

identify surplus properties to be used for workforce housing

HELPFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS13

New developments that include

necessities for busy teachers – gyms,

healthcare, grocery, etc.Developers consulting APS

on projects that may benefit teachers, especially

near schools

APS being informed of new developments in

each school zone

New housing that accommodates families

(3+ bedrooms)New developments with incentives/discounts for

workforce housing (salary limits above “low income”)

THANK YOUFOR YOUR TIME

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Appendix

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TOP LOCATIONS OF NEW HIRESA1

City Count All Empl. % All Empl. Count Teacher % Teacher

Atlanta 384 52.7% 175 38.1%

Decatur 16 2.2% 12 2.6%

Marietta 14 1.9% 11 2.4%

Lithonia 14 1.9% 8 1.7%

Fairburn 13 1.8% 10 2.2%

Smyrna 11 1.5% 11 2.4%

Douglasville 11 1.5% 8 1.7%

Stockbridge 10 1.4% 10 2.2%

Fayetteville 10 1.4% 9 2.0%

McDonough 9 1.2% 8 1.7%

All Other Cities Combined 160 22.0% 129 28.1%

All Out of State Combined 76 10.4% 68 14.8%

The table below shows the location of new hires for the 12 months preceding Sept. 2019 at the time of theirapplication; listed as both “all employees” and “teachers only.” Teachers come from the city of Atlanta at a lowerrate and from other states at a higher rate than all employee types combined.

TOP LOCATIONS OF OF ALL TEACHERSA2

City/County 20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 60+ Average by LocationAtlanta 38% 31% 23% 23% 20% 27%

DeKalb (Minus Atlanta) 13% 17% 17% 21% 15% 17%

South Fulton 9% 15% 17% 12% 17% 15%Cobb 13% 10% 11% 13% 18% 12%Clayton 6% 7% 7% 8% 7% 7%Henry 2% 4% 5% 6% 4% 5%Douglas 2% 4% 5% 3% 3% 4%Gwinnett 2% 2% 4% 3% 3% 3%Fayette 2% 1% 3% 3% 2% 2%North Fulton 2% 2% 2% 3% 3% 2%

All Other GA Counties 5% 4% 4% 5% 6% 5%

Outside GA 4% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2%Total Count 403 809 1,006 500 143 2,861

The table below shows the percentage of teachers in each age band by city/county of residence. For example, 38% of the 403teachers age 20-30 live in the city of Atlanta. The majority of all teachers live outside the city of Atlanta.

% by Age Group

ALL TEACHERSBY CLUSTERA3

Cluster Total Teachers # Live in Cluster % Live in ClusterGRADY 348 65 19%NORTH ATLANTA 560 63 11%JACKSON 348 14 4%MAYS 207 7 3%WASHINGTON 228 5 2%SOUTH ATLANTA 267 5 2%DOUGLASS 444 8 2%THERRELL 277 4 1%CARVER 147 2 1%

Total 2826 173 6%

The table below shows the total number of teachers who work in each cluster and the number of those teacherswho live in the cluster, as of Feb. 2019. For example, 65 of the 348 teachers who work in the Grady cluster live in theGrady cluster.

EMPLOYEE ETHNICITYA4

Ethnicity All Employees Teachers Only

Black 83% 73%

White 13% 22%

Hispanic 3% 3%

Asian Pacific Islander/Other 1% 2%

The table below shows the percentage of current employees byethnicity; listed as both “all employees” and “teachers only.”

AREA MEDIAN INCOME(AMI)A5

The tables below show the percentage of employees at or below various AMI levels forhousehold sizes between 1 and 4 persons. Teachers do not generally qualify for housingwith income restrictions at or below 60% AMI.

All Employee Types 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person

30% AMI 5% 6% 7% 16%

50% AMI 18% 20% 23% 24%

60% AMI 22% 24% 25% 31%

80% AMI 26% 37% 48% 58%

100% AMI 45% 58% 70% 82%

115% AMI 58% 71% 86% 94%

120% AMI 62% 76% 90% 95%

Total Employee Count 6061

Teachers Only 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person

30% AMI 0% 0% 0% 0%

50% AMI 0% 0% 0% 0%

60% AMI 0% 0% 0% 0%

80% AMI 0% 18% 36% 51%

100% AMI 32% 51% 69% 87%

115% AMI 51% 72% 92% 98%

120% AMI 57% 79% 96% 100%

Total Teacher Count 2967

Source of AMI Information: https://www.investatlanta.com/assets/2019_all_limits-rents_chart_wjbJYx1.pdf

Only 18% of all employees and

13% of all teachers earn

above the 2019 AMI of $79,700