Biloxi Public School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 2420

Performance Index: 4.3
Prior Year's Performance Index: 4.5
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 46,319 2,573,216
White 74.68% 63.46%
Black 18.67% 35.59%
Asian 5.77% 0.49%
Native American 0.54% 0.11%
Other 0.34% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 6,399 503,602
White 55.85% 47.83%
Black 31.38% 51.11%
Asian 11.05% 0.56%
Native American 0.11% 0.15%
Other 1.61% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 16.5% 34
ITBS Grade 5 19.8% 39
ITBS Grade 6 19.6% 65
ITBS Grade 7 22.4% 61
ITBS Grade 8 18.2% 54
TAP Grade 9 23.2% 49
FLE Composite 13.1% 23



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.19% 96.59% 53
% Eligible for Free Lunch 48.16% 54.31% 54
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 105.50 73.14 18
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.83 16.12 63
Number of Dropouts 114 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 39.50% 34.11% 30
% Emergency Certificates 2.10% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 4.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 3.01% 6.10% 114
% Special Education Students 10.60% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 40.00% 16.75% 19
Federal Special Education Budget $290,688 $27,865,463 23
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,356,519 $144,008,806 20
Number of Vocational Teachers 24.67 1,594.21 5
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 71.32% 63.76% 68
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $5,384 $4,402 6
% State and Local Revenue 80.7% 86.4% 120
% Federal Revenue 19.3% 13.6% 33
% District Administration Expend. 2.70% 3.19% 31
Valuation per Student in ADA $37,047 $22,702 93
Total Title I Budget $1,672,194 $120,933,951 11
% Used for Classroom Instruction 79.00% 71.88% 34
Number of Eligible Children 2,612 232,567 20
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 6 678 22
Number of AP Courses Offered 5 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 6.89% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 61.71% 73.18% 126
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.5 19.7 15
IHL (% ACT Core) 39.9% 41.0% 70



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 50.0 45.7 35
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 52.5 47.7 30
ITBS Grade 4 Math 53.1 48.9 31
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 49.8 44.7 28
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 50.9 47.5 40
ITBS Grade 5 Math 52.3 47.4 25
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 50.6 48.2 45
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 49.7 49.0 59
ITBS Grade 6 Math 51.1 49.4 57
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 48.1 46.2 56
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 51.5 48.9 37
ITBS Grade 7 Math 47.6 46.6 60
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 53.3 49.9 46
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 52.8 49.4 32
ITBS Grade 8 Math 47.8 46.4 61
TAP Grade 9 Read. 51.4 45.2 23
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 52.5 48.9 26
TAP Grade 9 Math 47.2 44.7 44
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 493.2 473.7 32
P.A. Grade 4 Math 494.2 459.1 24
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 484.5 472.7 38
P.A. Grade 5 Math 479.7 445.9 17
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 488.7 471.5 42
P.A. Grade 6 Math 483.2 457.2 36
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 469.7 460.4 57
P.A. Grade 7 Math 467.6 445.2 37
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 483.8 463.8 40
P.A. Grade 8 Math 458.5 434.3 29
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 486.3 461.3 26
P.A. Grade 9 Math 476.8 432.3 22
FLE Reading 277.9 273.2 26
FLE Math 282.4 272.1 19
FLE Written Comm. 271.2 268.4 34

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