Jackson County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 3000

Performance Index: 4.9
Prior Year's Performance Index: 4.1
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 30,016 2,573,216
White 93.27% 63.46%
Black 5.65% 35.59%
Asian 0.90% 0.49%
Native American 0.10% 0.11%
Other 0.09% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: 7,572 503,602
White 90.61% 47.83%
Black 7.09% 51.11%
Asian 2.07% 0.56%
Native American 0.09% 0.15%
Other 0.13% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 8.3% 9
ITBS Grade 5 6.7% 4
ITBS Grade 6 9.6% 17
ITBS Grade 7 11.7% 15
ITBS Grade 8 9.9% 13
TAP Grade 9 19.6% 29
FLE Composite 15.2% 30



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.80% 96.59% 79
% Eligible for Free Lunch 25.11% 54.31% 7
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 108.50 73.14 16
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.78 16.12 108
Number of Dropouts 167 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 26.24% 34.11% 122
% Emergency Certificates 1.42% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 6.40 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 3.47% 6.10% 105
% Special Education Students 10.13% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 31.58% 16.75% 28
Federal Special Education Budget $349,098 $27,865,463 14
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,962,318 $144,008,806 12
Number of Vocational Teachers 19.15 1,594.21 20
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 17.18% 55.74% 110
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 67.64% 63.76% 84
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,132 $4,402 111
% State and Local Revenue 91.2% 86.4% 15
% Federal Revenue 8.8% 13.6% 139
% District Administration Expend. 3.20% 3.19% 67
Valuation per Student in ADA $24,377 $22,702 86
Total Title I Budget $544,039 $120,933,951 82
% Used for Classroom Instruction 73.14% 71.88% 72
Number of Eligible Children 1,144 232,567 80
% of Eligible Children Served 80.42% 95.56% 129
Number of Title I Schools 5 678 35
Number of AP Courses Offered 4 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 3.85% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 78.47% 73.18% 48
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.5 19.7 15
IHL (% ACT Core) 36.0% 41.0% 89



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 55.5 45.7 7
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 53.7 47.7 20
ITBS Grade 4 Math 58.7 48.9 3
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 55.6 44.7 4
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 56.1 47.5 10
ITBS Grade 5 Math 56.1 47.4 6
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 53.9 48.2 22
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 54.2 49.0 26
ITBS Grade 6 Math 56.1 49.4 16
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 55.0 46.2 11
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 54.8 48.9 17
ITBS Grade 7 Math 54.0 46.6 12
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 57.6 49.9 11
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 54.0 49.4 21
ITBS Grade 8 Math 54.5 46.4 9
TAP Grade 9 Read. 50.8 45.2 27
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 52.4 48.9 28
TAP Grade 9 Math 50.1 44.7 21
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 510.5 473.7 8
P.A. Grade 4 Math 525.8 459.1 6
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 510.1 472.7 3
P.A. Grade 5 Math 498.8 445.9 4
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 498.1 471.5 24
P.A. Grade 6 Math 490.4 457.2 24
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 487.3 460.4 23
P.A. Grade 7 Math 490.8 445.2 12
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 501.4 463.8 14
P.A. Grade 8 Math 466.9 434.3 17
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 490.7 461.3 19
P.A. Grade 9 Math 480.8 432.3 17
FLE Reading 279.6 273.2 16
FLE Math 277.3 272.1 41
FLE Written Comm. 269.1 268.4 58

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