Hancock County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 2300

Performance Index: 3.8
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.5
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 16,051 2,573,216
White 94.38% 63.46%
Black 4.70% 35.59%
Asian 0.48% 0.49%
Native American 0.06% 0.11%
Other 0.37% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,451 503,602
White 93.10% 47.83%
Black 5.36% 51.11%
Asian 0.23% 0.56%
Native American 0.35% 0.15%
Other 0.96% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 21.2% 49
ITBS Grade 5 23.8% 56
ITBS Grade 6 14.1% 36
ITBS Grade 7 21.5% 58
ITBS Grade 8 14.3% 34
TAP Grade 9 20.8% 40
FLE Composite 12.9% 20



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.14% 96.59% 114
% Eligible for Free Lunch 55.25% 54.31% 66
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 99.50 73.14 23
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.00 16.12 119
Number of Dropouts 120 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 20.79% 34.11% 143
% Emergency Certificates 3.24% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 2.95 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 3.12% 6.10% 112
% Special Education Students 10.87% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $165,680 $27,865,463 65
State/Local Special Education Bud. $877,415 $144,008,806 62
Number of Vocational Teachers 13.00 1,594.21 42
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 31.48% 55.74% 93
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 63.27% 63.76% 94
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,442 $4,402 70
% State and Local Revenue 88.9% 86.4% 34
% Federal Revenue 11.1% 13.6% 119
% District Administration Expend. 3.14% 3.19% 64
Valuation per Student in ADA $37,287 $22,702 29
Total Title I Budget $590,040 $120,933,951 78
% Used for Classroom Instruction 69.42% 71.88% 104
Number of Eligible Children 1,857 232,567 39
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 3 678 83
Number of AP Courses Offered 2 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 3.17% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 59.32% 73.18% 141
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.7 19.7 38
IHL (% ACT Core) 32.9% 41.0% 104



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 50.9 45.7 31
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 45.9 47.7 90
ITBS Grade 4 Math 48.5 48.9 72
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 49.4 44.7 29
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 46.2 47.5 80
ITBS Grade 5 Math 52.6 47.4 24
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 52.2 48.2 30
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 50.3 49.0 51
ITBS Grade 6 Math 56.4 49.4 14
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 50.3 46.2 39
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 47.4 48.9 86
ITBS Grade 7 Math 50.4 46.6 31
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 54.9 49.9 28
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 52.0 49.4 38
ITBS Grade 8 Math 51.4 46.4 24
TAP Grade 9 Read. 49.7 45.2 40
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 49.0 48.9 67
TAP Grade 9 Math 48.0 44.7 37
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 490.5 473.7 40
P.A. Grade 4 Math 459.5 459.1 74
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 478.9 472.7 56
P.A. Grade 5 Math 467.4 445.9 38
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 496.6 471.5 26
P.A. Grade 6 Math 482.9 457.2 37
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 475.8 460.4 48
P.A. Grade 7 Math 467.1 445.2 39
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 479.8 463.8 52
P.A. Grade 8 Math 460.2 434.3 27
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 477.7 461.3 41
P.A. Grade 9 Math 472.4 432.3 24
FLE Reading 276.6 273.2 34
FLE Math 283.3 272.1 11
FLE Written Comm. 267.6 268.4 82

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