Columbia School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 4620

Performance Index: 3.2
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.5
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 10,715 2,573,216
White 67.25% 63.46%
Black 32.13% 35.59%
Asian 0.11% 0.49%
Native American 0.08% 0.11%
Other 0.42% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 1,900 503,602
White 59.16% 47.83%
Black 40.68% 51.11%
Asian 0.11% 0.56%
Native American 0.05% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 18.0% 42
ITBS Grade 5 25.0% 61
ITBS Grade 6 27.8% 106
ITBS Grade 7 25.9% 75
ITBS Grade 8 22.0% 75
TAP Grade 9 32.5% 92
FLE Composite 23.5% 78



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 98.01% 96.59% 11
% Eligible for Free Lunch 52.13% 54.31% 60
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 48.00 73.14 127
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.34 16.12 92
Number of Dropouts 6 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 43.65% 34.11% 14
% Emergency Certificates 1.82% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 3.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 7.23% 6.10% 45
% Special Education Students 19.19% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 5.88% 16.75% 87
Federal Special Education Budget $168,019 $27,865,463 63
State/Local Special Education Bud. $855,039 $144,008,806 64
Number of Vocational Teachers 5.34 1,594.21 110
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 88.66% 55.74% 49
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 87.34% 63.76% 28
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,537 $4,402 56
% State and Local Revenue 86.9% 86.4% 61
% Federal Revenue 13.1% 13.6% 92
% District Administration Expend. 4.37% 3.19% 117
Valuation per Student in ADA $22,114 $22,702 33
Total Title I Budget $488,441 $120,933,951 94
% Used for Classroom Instruction 51.20% 71.88% 153
Number of Eligible Children 421 232,567 137
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 2 678 114
Number of AP Courses Offered 4 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 9.09% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 85.10% 73.18% 21
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.8 19.7 34
IHL (% ACT Core) 38.9% 41.0% 74



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 52.5 45.7 19
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 48.9 47.7 53
ITBS Grade 4 Math 49.1 48.9 64
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 48.1 44.7 36
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 50.8 47.5 41
ITBS Grade 5 Math 48.2 47.4 59
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 46.7 48.2 78
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 47.8 49.0 85
ITBS Grade 6 Math 47.8 49.4 88
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 46.4 46.2 70
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 46.6 48.9 95
ITBS Grade 7 Math 45.5 46.6 81
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 55.5 49.9 21
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 52.8 49.4 32
ITBS Grade 8 Math 48.1 46.4 56
TAP Grade 9 Read. 44.9 45.2 75
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 47.6 48.9 84
TAP Grade 9 Math 44.1 44.7 81
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 475.8 473.7 72
P.A. Grade 4 Math 451.5 459.1 89
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 480.0 472.7 52
P.A. Grade 5 Math 446.0 445.9 67
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 475.8 471.5 64
P.A. Grade 6 Math 458.4 457.2 75
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 459.7 460.4 70
P.A. Grade 7 Math 451.1 445.2 62
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 489.0 463.8 28
P.A. Grade 8 Math 456.5 434.3 34
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 464.7 461.3 71
P.A. Grade 9 Math 426.7 432.3 84
FLE Reading 273.4 273.2 72
FLE Math 270.4 272.1 85
FLE Written Comm. 266.4 268.4 101

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