DeSoto County School District
School Year 19995-1996
District # 1700


Performance Index: 4.9
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.9
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 67,910 2,573,216
White 86.73% 63.46%
Black 12.79% 35.59%
Asian 0.24% 0.49%
Native American 0.04% 0.11%
Other 0.20% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 15,907 503,602
White 82.49% 47.83%
Black 16.59% 51.11%
Asian 0.30% 0.56%
Native American 0.09% 0.15%
Other 0.53% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter

Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 15.8% 30
ITBS Grade 5 17.5% 32
ITBS Grade 6 16.7% 52
ITBS Grade 7 16.6% 37
ITBS Grade 8 17.2% 50
TAP Grade 9 19.8% 31
FLE Composite 15.0% 28



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.14% 96.59% 114
% Eligible for Free Lunch 21.13% 54.31% 4
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 118.50 73.14 7
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.61 16.12 142
Number of Dropouts 257 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 22.98% 34.11% 138
% Emergency Certificates 6.86% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 30.97 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 11.43% 6.10% 18
% Special Education Students 12.80% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 18.92% 16.75% 59
Federal Special Education Budget $793,703 $27,865,463 3
State/Local Special Education Bud. $5,356,817 $144,008,806 3
Number of Vocational Teachers 34.99 1,594.21 2
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 35.19% 55.74% 88
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 73.57% 63.76% 62
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,715 $4,402 150
% State and Local Revenue 93.9% 86.4% 3
% Federal Revenue 6.1% 13.6% 151
% District Administration Expend. 1.39% 3.19% 3
Valuation per Student in ADA $27,585 $22,702 73
Total Title I Budget $1,278,729 $120,933,951 17
% Used for Classroom Instruction 74.85% 71.88% 53
Number of Eligible Children 2,064 232,567 32
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 7 678 15
Number of AP Courses Offered 8 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 7.89% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 72.48% 73.18% 96
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.7 19.7 38
IHL (% ACT Core) 41.9% 41.0% 60



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 52.2 45.7 22
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 48.9 47.7 53
ITBS Grade 4 Math 52.7 48.9 36
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 50.4 44.7 23
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 49.9 47.5 42
ITBS Grade 5 Math 52.7 47.4 23
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 52.6 48.2 27
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 49.3 49.0 64
ITBS Grade 6 Math 52.6 49.4 42
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 52.0 46.2 26
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 50.4 48.9 48
ITBS Grade 7 Math 50.2 46.6 36
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 54.9 49.9 28
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 50.9 49.4 48
ITBS Grade 8 Math 50.0 46.4 34
TAP Grade 9 Read. 51.7 45.2 22
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 51.5 48.9 36
TAP Grade 9 Math 47.9 44.7 38
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 501.3 473.7 20
P.A. Grade 4 Math 486.8 459.1 30
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 497.4 472.7 20
P.A. Grade 5 Math 479.4 445.9 19
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 489.6 471.5 39
P.A. Grade 6 Math 478.9 457.2 41
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 478.4 460.4 39
P.A. Grade 7 Math 474.9 445.2 29
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 482.9 463.8 43
P.A. Grade 8 Math 449.1 434.3 48
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 475.7 461.3 50
P.A. Grade 9 Math 450.3 432.3 49
FLE Reading 277.1 273.2 32
FLE Math 277.5 272.1 39
FLE Written Comm. 270.2 268.4 46

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