Jones County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 3400

Performance Index: 4.3
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.5
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 43,407 2,573,216
White 84.44% 63.46%
Black 14.81% 35.59%
Asian 0.27% 0.49%
Native American 0.09% 0.11%
Other 0.40% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 8,325 503,602
White 73.63% 47.83%
Black 21.69% 51.11%
Asian 0.19% 0.56%
Native American 0.73% 0.15%
Other 3.75% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 19.7% 45
ITBS Grade 5 21.4% 44
ITBS Grade 6 14.3% 37
ITBS Grade 7 16.1% 29
ITBS Grade 8 20.9% 71
TAP Grade 9 21.3% 43
FLE Composite 15.0% 28



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.76% 96.59% 82
% Eligible for Free Lunch 41.88% 54.31% 33
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 123.00 73.14 6
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.63 16.12 57
Number of Dropouts 222 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 31.00% 34.11% 87
% Emergency Certificates 2.21% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 18.22 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 12.54% 6.10% 10
% Special Education Students 14.06% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 18.37% 16.75% 61
Federal Special Education Budget $586,128 $27,865,463 5
State/Local Special Education Bud. $2,368,889 $144,008,806 9
Number of Vocational Teachers 27.51 1,594.21 4
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 71.91% 55.74% 59
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 75.49% 63.76% 53
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,303 $4,402 87
% State and Local Revenue 87.8% 86.4% 50
% Federal Revenue 12.2% 13.6% 103
% District Administration Expend. 2.32% 3.19% 17
Valuation per Student in ADA $13,818 $22,702 28
Total Title I Budget $1,410,042 $120,933,951 15
% Used for Classroom Instruction 69.67% 71.88% 99
Number of Eligible Children 2,891 232,567 15
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 12 678 5
Number of AP Courses Offered 4 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 8.39% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 82.39% 73.18% 33
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.3 19.7 51
IHL (% ACT Core) 34.9% 41.0% 93



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 49.4 45.7 42
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 50.9 47.7 43
ITBS Grade 4 Math 51.1 48.9 47
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 47.2 44.7 40
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 48.2 47.5 58
ITBS Grade 5 Math 48.4 47.4 56
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 52.0 48.2 32
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 52.8 49.0 35
ITBS Grade 6 Math 49.8 49.4 68
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 50.7 46.2 35
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 52.7 48.9 31
ITBS Grade 7 Math 49.1 46.6 42
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 54.0 49.9 37
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 50.2 49.4 57
ITBS Grade 8 Math 49.6 46.4 40
TAP Grade 9 Read. 50.8 45.2 27
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 50.6 48.9 46
TAP Grade 9 Math 48.1 44.7 36
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 492.2 473.7 34
P.A. Grade 4 Math 478.0 459.1 37
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 489.1 472.7 32
P.A. Grade 5 Math 453.1 445.9 60
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 489.7 471.5 38
P.A. Grade 6 Math 478.4 457.2 43
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 476.4 460.4 47
P.A. Grade 7 Math 463.1 445.2 46
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 484.0 463.8 39
P.A. Grade 8 Math 437.7 434.3 69
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 487.7 461.3 25
P.A. Grade 9 Math 461.1 432.3 35
FLE Reading 276.2 273.2 36
FLE Math 276.7 272.1 43
FLE Written Comm. 270.5 268.4 42

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