Lamar County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 3700

Performance Index: 4.9
Prior Year's Performance Index: 4.7
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 24,817 2,573,216
White 92.10% 63.46%
Black 7.53% 35.59%
Asian 0.06% 0.49%
Native American 0.17% 0.11%
Other 0.14% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 6,229 503,602
White 90.46% 47.83%
Black 8.75% 51.11%
Asian 0.43% 0.56%
Native American 0.02% 0.15%
Other 0.34% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 11.3% 14
ITBS Grade 5 11.3% 11
ITBS Grade 6 9.1% 15
ITBS Grade 7 9.6% 10
ITBS Grade 8 9.5% 10
TAP Grade 9 15.4% 18
FLE Composite 23.2% 76



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.19% 96.59% 53
% Eligible for Free Lunch 24.01% 54.31% 6
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 127.00 73.14 5
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.54 16.12 102
Number of Dropouts 60 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 28.08% 34.11% 108
% Emergency Certificates 2.50% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 16.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 14.32% 6.10% 4
% Special Education Students 11.40% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 46.15% 16.75% 13
Federal Special Education Budget $337,439 $27,865,463 17
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,762,610 $144,008,806 16
Number of Vocational Teachers 21.17 1,594.21 13
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 77.08% 55.74% 55
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 58.71% 63.76% 110
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,763 $4,402 148
% State and Local Revenue 92.6% 86.4% 8
% Federal Revenue 7.4% 13.6% 144
% District Administration Expend. 1.72% 3.19% 7
Valuation per Student in ADA $20,152 $22,702 32
Total Title I Budget $750,574 $120,933,951 66
% Used for Classroom Instruction 70.66% 71.88% 88
Number of Eligible Children 1,280 232,567 70
% of Eligible Children Served 69.30% 95.56% 141
Number of Title I Schools 3 678 83
Number of AP Courses Offered 10 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 17.24% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 90.88% 73.18% 5
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.2 19.7 20
IHL (% ACT Core) 60.1% 41.0% 9



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 55.8 45.7 6
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 53.0 47.7 26
ITBS Grade 4 Math 55.4 48.9 15
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 53.9 44.7 8
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 52.1 47.5 27
ITBS Grade 5 Math 53.5 47.4 15
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 57.1 48.2 4
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 55.6 49.0 16
ITBS Grade 6 Math 56.6 49.4 12
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 56.8 46.2 2
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 55.1 48.9 15
ITBS Grade 7 Math 55.4 46.6 8
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 59.8 49.9 4
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 54.0 49.4 21
ITBS Grade 8 Math 54.5 46.4 9
TAP Grade 9 Read. 55.3 45.2 8
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 54.0 48.9 19
TAP Grade 9 Math 52.1 44.7 8
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 511.4 473.7 7
P.A. Grade 4 Math 492.8 459.1 26
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 507.8 472.7 5
P.A. Grade 5 Math 492.2 445.9 9
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 514.2 471.5 4
P.A. Grade 6 Math 501.8 457.2 8
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 503.4 460.4 1
P.A. Grade 7 Math 496.4 445.2 8
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 512.0 463.8 5
P.A. Grade 8 Math 477.8 434.3 8
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 494.4 461.3 14
P.A. Grade 9 Math 489.6 432.3 9
FLE Reading 277.2 273.2 31
FLE Math 270.3 272.1 87
FLE Written Comm. 271.2 268.4 34

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