Harrison County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 2400

Performance Index: 3.2
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.5
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 52,299 2,573,216
White 82.57% 63.46%
Black 15.85% 35.59%
Asian 1.02% 0.49%
Native American 0.07% 0.11%
Other 0.50% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 11,915 503,602
White 74.53% 47.83%
Black 22.43% 51.11%
Asian 2.30% 0.56%
Native American 0.15% 0.15%
Other 0.60% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 26.9% 76
ITBS Grade 5 28.7% 70
ITBS Grade 6 21.4% 77
ITBS Grade 7 24.3% 69
ITBS Grade 8 16.5% 43
TAP Grade 9 26.5% 68
FLE Composite 23.1% 73



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 95.63% 96.59% 133
% Eligible for Free Lunch 39.10% 54.31% 27
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 117.00 73.14 10
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.12 16.12 121
Number of Dropouts 348 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 30.33% 34.11% 94
% Emergency Certificates 1.56% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 13.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.17% 6.10% 70
% Special Education Students 17.07% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 29.03% 16.75% 32
Federal Special Education Budget $983,834 $27,865,463 1
State/Local Special Education Bud. $5,505,335 $144,008,806 2
Number of Vocational Teachers 15.85 1,594.21 29
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 0.00% 55.74% 116
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 50.79% 63.76% 125
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,061 $4,402 118
% State and Local Revenue 88.4% 86.4% 45
% Federal Revenue 11.6% 13.6% 109
% District Administration Expend. 1.66% 3.19% 6
Valuation per Student in ADA $26,207 $22,702 12
Total Title I Budget $1,820,146 $120,933,951 8
% Used for Classroom Instruction 77.10% 71.88% 40
Number of Eligible Children 2,228 232,567 29
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 10 678 6
Number of AP Courses Offered 6 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 8.81% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 58.80% 73.18% 135
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.0 19.7 23
IHL (% ACT Core) 34.5% 41.0% 97



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 47.2 45.7 58
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 45.2 47.7 99
ITBS Grade 4 Math 49.1 48.9 64
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 45.7 44.7 54
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 44.8 47.5 97
ITBS Grade 5 Math 48.2 47.4 59
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 49.7 48.2 54
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 46.8 49.0 99
ITBS Grade 6 Math 49.2 49.4 76
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 49.7 46.2 48
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 46.9 48.9 92
ITBS Grade 7 Math 48.1 46.6 54
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 52.8 49.9 48
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 48.4 49.4 82
ITBS Grade 8 Math 50.0 46.4 34
TAP Grade 9 Read. 47.6 45.2 53
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 46.5 48.9 97
TAP Grade 9 Math 45.5 44.7 64
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 480.1 473.7 63
P.A. Grade 4 Math 453.4 459.1 83
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 480.5 472.7 51
P.A. Grade 5 Math 454.0 445.9 55
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 478.0 471.5 58
P.A. Grade 6 Math 464.5 457.2 66
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 467.1 460.4 60
P.A. Grade 7 Math 460.5 445.2 48
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 477.3 463.8 57
P.A. Grade 8 Math 458.3 434.3 30
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 463.5 461.3 74
P.A. Grade 9 Math 448.9 432.3 51
FLE Reading 274.0 273.2 63
FLE Math 271.6 272.1 77
FLE Written Comm. 265.8 268.4 106

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