MISSISSIPPI REPORT CARD FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1999/2000
 
District: (1700) DeSoto County       
 
Demographic Information            District Information
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Enrollment     District  State     Attendance as % of Enrollment       96.35%
-------------  -------- -------    Number Carnegie Units Taught           122
K-12 Students   18,917  499,362    Number of GED Participants              18
 White          81.65%   47.56%    GED Completers                           0
 Black          15.90%   51.03%    Number of Dropouts                     118
 Asian           0.72%    0.62%    % Special Education Students        11.69%
 Native Amer     0.20%    0.15%    % Receiving Diplomas                36.36%
 Hispanic        1.53%    0.64%    Federal Spec Education Budget   $1,175,055
-------------------------------    State/Local Spec Educ Budget    $8,047,068
                                   Total Per Pupil Expenditure         $4,339
Assessment Data                    Number of AP Courses Offered            10
-------------------------------    AP Students as % of HS Enroll        10.7%
NRT Grade 3 Reading    58.8        Graduation Rate                     78.14%
NRT Grade 3 Language   59.3        ------------------------------------------
NRT Grade 3 Math       57.6        
NRT Grade 4 Reading    58.1        % of Students in Lowest Quarter
NRT Grade 4 Language   57.2        -------------------------------
NRT Grade 4 Math       54.2        Assessment     Percentage
NRT Grade 5 Reading    56.5        -------------------------------
NRT Grade 5 Language   56.6        NRT Grade 3     7.0%
NRT Grade 5 Math       53.6        NRT Grade 4    10.4%
NRT Grade 6 Reading    57.6        NRT Grade 5    12.3%
NRT Grade 6 Language   54.8        NRT Grade 6    11.1%
NRT Grade 6 Math       55.1        NRT Grade 7    14.3%
NRT Grade 7 Reading    55.4        NRT Grade 8    13.7%
NRT Grade 7 Language   54.1        FLE Composite  14.0%
NRT Grade 7 Math       51.5        -------------------------------
NRT Grade 8 Reading    56.5
NRT Grade 8 Language   56.5
NRT Grade 8 Math       52.8        Office of Research and Statistics
FLE Reading           276.3        Mississippi Department of Education
FLE Mathematics       273.4        Page Created: 08-20-2002
FLE Written Com       270.8
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