Hattiesburg Public School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 1820

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 41,891 2,573,216
White 58.24% 63.46%
Black 40.38% 35.59%
Asian 1.12% 0.49%
Native American 0.16% 0.11%
Other 0.10% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 5,355 503,602
White 21.87% 47.83%
Black 77.09% 51.11%
Asian 0.78% 0.56%
Native American 0.02% 0.15%
Other 0.24% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 35.1% 108
ITBS Grade 5 42.6% 121
ITBS Grade 6 32.6% 123
ITBS Grade 7 38.0% 121
ITBS Grade 8 36.1% 131
TAP Grade 9 36.1% 105
FLE Composite 34.1% 121



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 95.79% 96.59% 128
% Eligible for Free Lunch 69.57% 54.31% 99
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 111.00 73.14 14
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 14.63 16.12 22
Number of Dropouts 72 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 41.00% 34.11% 24
% Emergency Certificates 1.77% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 11.22 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 11.32% 6.10% 19
% Special Education Students 13.45% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 20.00% 16.75% 54
Federal Special Education Budget $373,130 $27,865,463 13
State/Local Special Education Bud. $2,020,435 $144,008,806 11
Number of Vocational Teachers 12.83 1,594.21 46
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 0.00% 55.74% 116
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 59.20% 63.76% 108
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $5,170 $4,402 14
% State and Local Revenue 84.6% 86.4% 86
% Federal Revenue 15.4% 13.6% 68
% District Administration Expend. 2.78% 3.19% 38
Valuation per Student in ADA $30,727 $22,702 87
Total Title I Budget $2,256,321 $120,933,951 4
% Used for Classroom Instruction 72.00% 71.88% 79
Number of Eligible Children 3,697 232,567 6
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 6 678 22
Number of AP Courses Offered 9 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 23.80% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate (see page vii) 86.00% 73.18% 13
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.1 19.7 22
IHL (% ACT Core) 54.5% 41.0% 17



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 43.0 45.7 83
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 44.0 47.7 110
ITBS Grade 4 Math 46.0 48.9 97
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 40.6 44.7 100
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 40.9 47.5 133
ITBS Grade 5 Math 42.4 47.4 105
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 44.4 48.2 100
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 47.3 49.0 93
ITBS Grade 6 Math 47.3 49.4 96
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 42.3 46.2 97
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 45.7 48.9 105
ITBS Grade 7 Math 42.9 46.6 102
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 46.3 49.9 97
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 46.3 49.4 107
ITBS Grade 8 Math 42.0 46.4 106
TAP Grade 9 Read. 43.2 45.2 87
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 49.9 48.9 58
TAP Grade 9 Math 43.0 44.7 89
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 465.0 473.7 85
P.A. Grade 4 Math 446.6 459.1 100
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 460.9 472.7 90
P.A. Grade 5 Math 433.5 445.9 90
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 460.8 471.5 99
P.A. Grade 6 Math 467.7 457.2 62
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 442.7 460.4 106
P.A. Grade 7 Math 424.6 445.2 95
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 453.3 463.8 88
P.A. Grade 8 Math 415.5 434.3 108
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 453.4 461.3 88
P.A. Grade 9 Math 425.5 432.3 86
FLE Reading 269.2 273.2 112
FLE Math 268.5 272.1 105
FLE Written Comm. 265.8 268.4 106

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