Gulfport School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 2421

Performance Index: 3.9
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.6
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 40,787 2,573,216
White 70.11% 63.46%
Black 28.67% 35.59%
Asian 0.86% 0.49%
Native American 0.21% 0.11%
Other 0.15% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 6,362 503,602
White 50.19% 47.83%
Black 47.56% 51.11%
Asian 1.15% 0.56%
Native American 0.33% 0.15%
Other 0.77% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 20.6% 46
ITBS Grade 5 23.2% 53
ITBS Grade 6 18.3% 61
ITBS Grade 7 16.4% 32
ITBS Grade 8 16.4% 42
TAP Grade 9 26.5% 68
FLE Composite 26.4% 90



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.67% 96.59% 25
% Eligible for Free Lunch 56.92% 54.31% 72
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 97.50 73.14 24
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.11 16.12 35
Number of Dropouts 156 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 33.63% 34.11% 61
% Emergency Certificates 2.56% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 8.83 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 7.61% 6.10% 42
% Special Education Students 17.74% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 7.41% 16.75% 85
Federal Special Education Budget $535,733 $27,865,463 6
State/Local Special Education Bud. $2,760,652 $144,008,806 8
Number of Vocational Teachers 11.67 1,594.21 53
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 0.00% 55.74% 116
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 49.39% 63.76% 128
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $5,395 $4,402 5
% State and Local Revenue 87.2% 86.4% 58
% Federal Revenue 12.8% 13.6% 95
% District Administration Expend. 2.98% 3.19% 54
Valuation per Student in ADA $36,451 $22,702 3
Total Title I Budget $1,249,023 $120,933,951 20
% Used for Classroom Instruction 60.98% 71.88% 145
Number of Eligible Children 3,246 232,567 9
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 8 678 11
Number of AP Courses Offered 6 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 8.79% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 64.80% 73.18% 120
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 19.8 19.7 69
IHL (% ACT Core) 45.8% 41.0% 47



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 50.0 45.7 35
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 50.4 47.7 45
ITBS Grade 4 Math 54.0 48.9 25
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 46.9 44.7 41
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 48.2 47.5 58
ITBS Grade 5 Math 50.3 47.4 41
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 51.4 48.2 38
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 51.7 49.0 45
ITBS Grade 6 Math 54.0 49.4 30
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 50.6 46.2 36
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 52.6 48.9 32
ITBS Grade 7 Math 51.1 46.6 25
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 53.4 49.9 44
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 53.8 49.4 24
ITBS Grade 8 Math 49.6 46.4 40
TAP Grade 9 Read. 47.1 45.2 55
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 50.0 48.9 56
TAP Grade 9 Math 45.1 44.7 69
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 493.9 473.7 30
P.A. Grade 4 Math 485.3 459.1 31
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 482.5 472.7 43
P.A. Grade 5 Math 470.2 445.9 31
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 499.6 471.5 19
P.A. Grade 6 Math 505.5 457.2 6
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 487.6 460.4 22
P.A. Grade 7 Math 477.9 445.2 24
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 487.2 463.8 31
P.A. Grade 8 Math 456.7 434.3 33
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 471.3 461.3 56
P.A. Grade 9 Math 444.3 432.3 56
FLE Reading 273.2 273.2 74
FLE Math 267.5 272.1 114
FLE Written Comm. 266.5 268.4 99

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