Covington County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 1600

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 16,527 2,573,216
White 64.72% 63.46%
Black 35.15% 35.59%
Asian 0.06% 0.49%
Native American 0.07% 0.11%
Other 0.00% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,650 503,602
White 49.62% 47.83%
Black 50.36% 51.11%
Asian 0.03% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 36.5% 113
ITBS Grade 5 38.6% 110
ITBS Grade 6 29.9% 114
ITBS Grade 7 32.4% 100
ITBS Grade 8 33.9% 122
TAP Grade 9 34.3% 97
FLE Composite 24.6% 79



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.06% 96.59% 62
% Eligible for Free Lunch 58.68% 54.31% 79
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 86.00 73.14 41
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.90 16.12 72
Number of Dropouts 70 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 38.10% 34.11% 38
% Emergency Certificates 3.67% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 4.79 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 6.83% 6.10% 46
% Special Education Students 15.03% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 3.13% 16.75% 93
Federal Special Education Budget $229,397 $27,865,463 32
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,110,797 $144,008,806 34
Number of Vocational Teachers 15.67 1,594.21 31
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 65.08% 55.74% 62
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 62.25% 63.76% 98
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,211 $4,402 99
% State and Local Revenue 85.6% 86.4% 74
% Federal Revenue 14.4% 13.6% 79
% District Administration Expend. 2.70% 3.19% 31
Valuation per Student in ADA $19,617 $22,702 24
Total Title I Budget $1,052,269 $120,933,951 37
% Used for Classroom Instruction 66.75% 71.88% 118
Number of Eligible Children 3,171 232,567 11
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 6 678 22
Number of AP Courses Offered 1 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 1.27% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 69.95% 73.18% 107
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.3 19.7 51
IHL (% ACT Core) 26.0% 41.0% 134



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 43.3 45.7 81
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 43.6 47.7 116
ITBS Grade 4 Math 43.1 48.9 127
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 42.7 44.7 86
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 43.6 47.5 112
ITBS Grade 5 Math 41.6 47.4 115
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 47.0 48.2 75
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 45.3 49.0 113
ITBS Grade 6 Math 44.9 49.4 116
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 42.8 46.2 94
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 43.7 48.9 120
ITBS Grade 7 Math 42.1 46.6 105
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 47.3 49.9 92
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 45.3 49.4 118
ITBS Grade 8 Math 41.8 46.4 109
TAP Grade 9 Read. 42.4 45.2 93
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 45.3 48.9 117
TAP Grade 9 Math 43.1 44.7 88
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 450.1 473.7 113
P.A. Grade 4 Math 429.8 459.1 117
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 455.2 472.7 104
P.A. Grade 5 Math 419.6 445.9 112
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 458.1 471.5 102
P.A. Grade 6 Math 434.2 457.2 110
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 446.1 460.4 100
P.A. Grade 7 Math 424.5 445.2 96
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 438.2 463.8 113
P.A. Grade 8 Math 415.8 434.3 107
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 437.6 461.3 118
P.A. Grade 9 Math 394.5 432.3 115
FLE Reading 273.6 273.2 69
FLE Math 276.3 272.1 45
FLE Written Comm. 267.8 268.4 78

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