Benton County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 0500

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 2.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 8,046 2,573,216
White 60.51% 63.46%
Black 39.49% 35.59%
Asian 0.00% 0.49%
Native American 0.00% 0.11%
Other 0.00% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 1,339 503,602
White 36.30% 47.83%
Black 63.63% 51.11%
Asian 0.07% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 34.8% 105
ITBS Grade 5 36.4% 101
ITBS Grade 6 20.8% 72
ITBS Grade 7 35.6% 109
ITBS Grade 8 27.0% 98
TAP Grade 9 50.0% 142
FLE Composite 32.8% 115



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.12% 96.59% 117
% Eligible for Free Lunch 74.31% 54.31% 108
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 56.50 73.14 113
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.57 16.12 55
Number of Dropouts 25 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 22.69% 34.11% 139
% Emergency Certificates 8.64% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 1.50 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 3.99% 6.10% 93
% Special Education Students 15.77% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $84,683 $27,865,463 116
State/Local Special Education Bud. $446,405 $144,008,806 118
Number of Vocational Teachers 1.83 1,594.21 142
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 19.39% 55.74% 107
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 68.87% 63.76% 78
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,528 $4,402 58
% State and Local Revenue 80.8% 86.4% 119
% Federal Revenue 19.2% 13.6% 35
% District Administration Expend. 5.63% 3.19% 145
Valuation per Student in ADA $15,564 $22,702 111
Total Title I Budget $517,308 $120,933,951 86
% Used for Classroom Instruction 69.25% 71.88% 104
Number of Eligible Children 768 232,567 104
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 3 678 83
Number of AP Courses Offered 0 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 0.00% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 67.74% 73.18% 112
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 17.1 19.7 122
IHL (% ACT Core) 24.0% 41.0% 139



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 40.5 45.7 108
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 42.3 47.7 127
ITBS Grade 4 Math 47.4 48.9 86
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 38.9 44.7 112
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 43.3 47.5 118
ITBS Grade 5 Math 42.1 47.4 108
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 42.8 48.2 118
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 46.9 49.0 96
ITBS Grade 6 Math 49.0 49.4 80
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 38.5 46.2 119
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 43.4 48.9 124
ITBS Grade 7 Math 41.2 46.6 115
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 45.1 49.9 109
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 47.0 49.4 101
ITBS Grade 8 Math 45.7 46.4 79
TAP Grade 9 Read. 34.9 45.2 139
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 41.8 48.9 147
TAP Grade 9 Math 39.0 44.7 125
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 453.4 473.7 104
P.A. Grade 4 Math 433.5 459.1 114
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 450.4 472.7 111
P.A. Grade 5 Math 409.3 445.9 128
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 441.6 471.5 125
P.A. Grade 6 Math 480.1 457.2 39
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 449.8 460.4 93
P.A. Grade 7 Math 402.8 445.2 125
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 456.4 463.8 83
P.A. Grade 8 Math 474.7 434.3 12
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 429.5 461.3 129
P.A. Grade 9 Math 388.0 432.3 124
FLE Reading 265.4 273.2 133
FLE Math 269.2 272.1 99
FLE Written Comm. 262.4 268.4 134

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