Jackson Public School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 2520

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 195,973 2,573,216
White 43.75% 63.46%
Black 55.60% 35.59%
Asian 0.48% 0.49%
Native American 0.07% 0.11%
Other 0.09% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 32,719 503,602
White 12.86% 47.83%
Black 86.63% 51.11%
Asian 0.29% 0.56%
Native American 0.08% 0.15%
Other 0.15% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 34.2% 102
ITBS Grade 5 32.8% 83
ITBS Grade 6 34.1% 127
ITBS Grade 7 36.3% 114
ITBS Grade 8 29.4% 111
TAP Grade 9 43.5% 133
FLE Composite 28.7% 103



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 94.72% 96.59% 147
% Eligible for Free Lunch 64.95% 54.31% 93
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 230.50 73.14 1
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.34 16.12 92
Number of Dropouts 1,093 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 48.99% 34.11% 5
% Emergency Certificates 1.33% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 29.40 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 4.26% 6.10% 88
% Special Education Students 8.19% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $849,643 $27,865,463 2
State/Local Special Education Bud. $6,676,563 $144,008,806 1
Number of Vocational Teachers 50.35 1,594.21 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 35.16% 55.74% 89
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 31.15% 63.76% 148
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,948 $4,402 30
% State and Local Revenue 89.1% 86.4% 33
% Federal Revenue 10.9% 13.6% 121
% District Administration Expend. 3.68% 3.19% 87
Valuation per Student in ADA $30,208 $22,702 152
Total Title I Budget $7,498,813 $120,933,951 1
% Used for Classroom Instruction 71.38% 71.88% 88
Number of Eligible Children 18,373 232,567 1
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 43 678 1
Number of AP Courses Offered 12 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 13.20% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 63.09% 73.18% 123
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 18.0 19.7 106
IHL (% ACT Core) 53.7% 41.0% 18



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 40.7 45.7 103
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 45.9 47.7 90
ITBS Grade 4 Math 45.9 48.9 99
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 42.4 44.7 90
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 47.2 47.5 72
ITBS Grade 5 Math 45.5 47.4 86
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 44.1 48.2 104
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 45.5 49.0 111
ITBS Grade 6 Math 43.1 49.4 129
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 41.5 46.2 104
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 47.1 48.9 88
ITBS Grade 7 Math 40.7 46.6 121
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 45.8 49.9 103
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 48.4 49.4 82
ITBS Grade 8 Math 39.9 46.4 123
TAP Grade 9 Read. 38.3 45.2 117
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 44.3 48.9 129
TAP Grade 9 Math 37.7 44.7 134
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 457.4 473.7 98
P.A. Grade 4 Math 423.4 459.1 126
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 459.8 472.7 94
P.A. Grade 5 Math 420.3 445.9 110
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 446.9 471.5 115
P.A. Grade 6 Math 412.7 457.2 134
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 444.7 460.4 104
P.A. Grade 7 Math 415.3 445.2 111
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 440.5 463.8 106
P.A. Grade 8 Math 404.3 434.3 117
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 432.4 461.3 123
P.A. Grade 9 Math 376.2 432.3 139
FLE Reading 270.2 273.2 102
FLE Math 268.1 272.1 109
FLE Written Comm. 268.0 268.4 75

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