Forrest County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 1800

Performance Index: 3.8
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.8
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 13,937 2,573,216
White 73.99% 63.46%
Black 25.50% 35.59%
Asian 0.06% 0.49%
Native American 0.12% 0.11%
Other 0.32% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 2,561 503,602
White 63.06% 47.83%
Black 36.86% 51.11%
Asian 0.08% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 16.9% 36
ITBS Grade 5 22.5% 51
ITBS Grade 6 20.4% 71
ITBS Grade 7 16.1% 29
ITBS Grade 8 17.6% 52
TAP Grade 9 26.0% 65
FLE Composite 15.4% 34



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.28% 96.59% 44
% Eligible for Free Lunch 47.69% 54.31% 53
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 59.50 73.14 101
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.54 16.12 8
Number of Dropouts 21 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 30.76% 34.11% 88
% Emergency Certificates 5.52% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 6.73 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 11.59% 6.10% 16
% Special Education Students 17.42% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $196,867 $27,865,463 45
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,051,522 $144,008,806 42
Number of Vocational Teachers 10.00 1,594.21 67
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 77.78% 55.74% 53
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 61.93% 63.76% 100
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,717 $4,402 44
% State and Local Revenue 88.3% 86.4% 46
% Federal Revenue 11.7% 13.6% 108
% District Administration Expend. 3.06% 3.19% 58
Valuation per Student in ADA $18,491 $22,702 17
Total Title I Budget $400,149 $120,933,951 113
% Used for Classroom Instruction 78.69% 71.88% 34
Number of Eligible Children 518 232,567 127
% of Eligible Children Served 65.25% 95.56% 146
Number of Title I Schools 5 678 35
Number of AP Courses Offered 6 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 16.09% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 86.74% 73.18% 11
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 19.0 19.7 89
IHL (% ACT Core) 44.7% 41.0% 50



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 49.4 45.7 42
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 47.1 47.7 71
ITBS Grade 4 Math 52.6 48.9 38
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 45.3 44.7 58
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 45.8 47.5 88
ITBS Grade 5 Math 48.6 47.4 53
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 50.9 48.2 44
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 46.2 49.0 102
ITBS Grade 6 Math 49.0 49.4 80
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 50.1 46.2 45
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 51.0 48.9 45
ITBS Grade 7 Math 49.2 46.6 40
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 53.8 49.9 39
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 50.3 49.4 54
ITBS Grade 8 Math 50.4 46.4 29
TAP Grade 9 Read. 46.9 45.2 58
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 49.9 48.9 58
TAP Grade 9 Math 46.2 44.7 56
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 492.4 473.7 33
P.A. Grade 4 Math 488.2 459.1 28
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 475.3 472.7 64
P.A. Grade 5 Math 458.5 445.9 51
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 491.1 471.5 31
P.A. Grade 6 Math 475.0 457.2 49
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 496.6 460.4 11
P.A. Grade 7 Math 481.2 445.2 18
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 493.8 463.8 25
P.A. Grade 8 Math 462.1 434.3 22
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 478.1 461.3 40
P.A. Grade 9 Math 448.0 432.3 52
FLE Reading 277.8 273.2 28
FLE Math 275.3 272.1 53
FLE Written Comm. 269.0 268.4 60

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