Columbus Municipal School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 4420

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 36,853 2,573,216
White 57.03% 63.46%
Black 41.97% 35.59%
Asian 0.53% 0.49%
Native American 0.36% 0.11%
Other 0.10% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 5,709 503,602
White 25.50% 47.83%
Black 74.09% 51.11%
Asian 0.14% 0.56%
Native American 0.04% 0.15%
Other 0.23% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 38.4% 119
ITBS Grade 5 42.9% 122
ITBS Grade 6 42.5% 141
ITBS Grade 7 27.7% 84
ITBS Grade 8 29.3% 107
TAP Grade 9 35.0% 101
FLE Composite 32.1% 114



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.35% 96.59% 107
% Eligible for Free Lunch 60.31% 54.31% 84
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 114.50 73.14 13
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.16 16.12 37
Number of Dropouts 189 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 41.01% 34.11% 23
% Emergency Certificates 1.14% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 7.86 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.66% 6.10% 59
% Special Education Students 9.43% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 26.09% 16.75% 39
Federal Special Education Budget $224,201 $27,865,463 34
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,301,192 $144,008,806 22
Number of Vocational Teachers 23.49 1,594.21 9
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 99.57% 55.74% 39
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 93.69% 63.76% 20
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,969 $4,402 26
% State and Local Revenue 87.2% 86.4% 58
% Federal Revenue 12.8% 13.6% 95
% District Administration Expend. 3.74% 3.19% 92
Valuation per Student in ADA $26,870 $22,702 44
Total Title I Budget $1,611,492 $120,933,951 12
% Used for Classroom Instruction 73.61% 71.88% 63
Number of Eligible Children 1,852 232,567 40
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 13 678 4
Number of AP Courses Offered 3 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 6.10% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 67.69% 73.18% 113
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.9 19.7 30
IHL (% ACT Core) 30.2% 41.0% 119



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 42.6 45.7 85
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 42.4 47.7 125
ITBS Grade 4 Math 43.5 48.9 118
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 40.7 44.7 99
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 42.0 47.5 125
ITBS Grade 5 Math 40.6 47.4 128
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 43.8 48.2 107
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 40.8 49.0 138
ITBS Grade 6 Math 40.7 49.4 141
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 44.9 46.2 81
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 49.5 48.9 55
ITBS Grade 7 Math 43.2 46.6 98
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 47.6 49.9 88
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 48.1 49.4 88
ITBS Grade 8 Math 43.0 46.4 99
TAP Grade 9 Read. 42.2 45.2 96
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 46.3 48.9 99
TAP Grade 9 Math 41.8 44.7 98
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 466.8 473.7 83
P.A. Grade 4 Math 435.6 459.1 112
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 461.1 472.7 88
P.A. Grade 5 Math 413.4 445.9 119
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 444.8 471.5 121
P.A. Grade 6 Math 414.8 457.2 133
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 458.7 460.4 73
P.A. Grade 7 Math 416.2 445.2 110
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 449.2 463.8 96
P.A. Grade 8 Math 405.8 434.3 116
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 438.8 461.3 116
P.A. Grade 9 Math 392.6 432.3 119
FLE Reading 271.5 273.2 90
FLE Math 267.9 272.1 112
FLE Written Comm. 263.9 268.4 125

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