Copiah County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 1500

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 17,377 2,573,216
White 55.44% 63.46%
Black 44.39% 35.59%
Asian 0.00% 0.49%
Native American 0.03% 0.11%
Other 0.14% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,331 503,602
White 37.74% 47.83%
Black 61.90% 51.11%
Asian 0.06% 0.56%
Native American 0.06% 0.15%
Other 0.24% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 35.3% 110
ITBS Grade 5 44.5% 129
ITBS Grade 6 24.3% 91
ITBS Grade 7 37.2% 116
ITBS Grade 8 29.3% 107
TAP Grade 9 40.9% 122
FLE Composite 29.7% 104



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.06% 96.59% 62
% Eligible for Free Lunch 65.04% 54.31% 94
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 54.00 73.14 115
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.74 16.12 107
Number of Dropouts 81 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 31.01% 34.11% 86
% Emergency Certificates 8.06% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 3.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 3.56% 6.10% 101
% Special Education Students 11.04% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $140,766 $27,865,463 74
State/Local Special Education Bud. $974,209 $144,008,806 51
Number of Vocational Teachers 6.01 1,594.21 104
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 30.54% 55.74% 94
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 48.67% 63.76% 133
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,317 $4,402 85
% State and Local Revenue 82.7% 86.4% 103
% Federal Revenue 17.3% 13.6% 50
% District Administration Expend. 3.31% 3.19% 73
Valuation per Student in ADA $14,226 $22,702 58
Total Title I Budget $1,014,401 $120,933,951 39
% Used for Classroom Instruction 67.28% 71.88% 118
Number of Eligible Children 2,633 232,567 19
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 5 678 35
Number of AP Courses Offered 4 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 6.07% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 79.47% 73.18% 44
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 17.7 19.7 112
IHL (% ACT Core) 46.3% 41.0% 46



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 40.9 45.7 101
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 44.6 47.7 108
ITBS Grade 4 Math 44.3 48.9 111
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 38.9 44.7 112
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 41.1 47.5 132
ITBS Grade 5 Math 42.1 47.4 108
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 47.7 48.2 69
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 48.4 49.0 76
ITBS Grade 6 Math 49.1 49.4 78
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 41.8 46.2 99
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 44.8 48.9 113
ITBS Grade 7 Math 43.3 46.6 94
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 47.5 49.9 89
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 44.4 49.4 126
ITBS Grade 8 Math 46.6 46.4 70
TAP Grade 9 Read. 42.4 45.2 93
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 46.2 48.9 101
TAP Grade 9 Math 40.6 44.7 113
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 470.0 473.7 81
P.A. Grade 4 Math 448.8 459.1 94
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 447.8 472.7 120
P.A. Grade 5 Math 419.5 445.9 113
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 466.6 471.5 85
P.A. Grade 6 Math 432.6 457.2 113
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 426.0 460.4 128
P.A. Grade 7 Math 419.6 445.2 104
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 449.3 463.8 95
P.A. Grade 8 Math 421.6 434.3 98
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 450.0 461.3 97
P.A. Grade 9 Math 400.9 432.3 109
FLE Reading 268.3 273.2 119
FLE Math 269.3 272.1 98
FLE Written Comm. 264.2 268.4 121

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