Lauderdale County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 3800

Performance Index: 3.4
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.5
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 34,519 2,573,216
White 76.65% 63.46%
Black 22.22% 35.59%
Asian 0.69% 0.49%
Native American 0.15% 0.11%
Other 0.28% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 6,793 503,602
White 68.88% 47.83%
Black 30.38% 51.11%
Asian 0.18% 0.56%
Native American 0.07% 0.15%
Other 0.49% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 32.5% 95
ITBS Grade 5 30.6% 75
ITBS Grade 6 19.8% 67
ITBS Grade 7 23.6% 66
ITBS Grade 8 20.2% 68
TAP Grade 9 27.0% 73
FLE Composite 25.7% 88



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.05% 96.59% 65
% Eligible for Free Lunch 34.17% 54.31% 19
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 85.00 73.14 43
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.29 16.12 89
Number of Dropouts 82 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 33.54% 34.11% 63
% Emergency Certificates 2.54% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 11.25 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 7.78% 6.10% 40
% Special Education Students 15.36% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 25.64% 16.75% 40
Federal Special Education Budget $492,819 $27,865,463 8
State/Local Special Education Bud. $2,083,279 $144,008,806 10
Number of Vocational Teachers 23.47 1,594.21 10
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 38.46% 63.76% 144
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,985 $4,402 129
% State and Local Revenue 88.8% 86.4% 36
% Federal Revenue 11.2% 13.6% 116
% District Administration Expend. 2.37% 3.19% 18
Valuation per Student in ADA $16,383 $22,702 43
Total Title I Budget $1,196,506 $120,933,951 26
% Used for Classroom Instruction 71.27% 71.88% 88
Number of Eligible Children 754 232,567 105
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 4 678 55
Number of AP Courses Offered 4 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 8.33% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 84.05% 73.18% 26
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.6 19.7 42
IHL (% ACT Core) 36.0% 41.0% 89



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 46.6 45.7 63
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 44.8 47.7 104
ITBS Grade 4 Math 46.5 48.9 94
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 46.3 44.7 47
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 41.8 47.5 126
ITBS Grade 5 Math 46.1 47.4 79
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 51.9 48.2 33
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 47.5 49.0 90
ITBS Grade 6 Math 51.7 49.4 49
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 49.6 46.2 49
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 48.6 48.9 70
ITBS Grade 7 Math 48.9 46.6 45
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 53.2 49.9 47
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 49.3 49.4 71
ITBS Grade 8 Math 50.3 46.4 30
TAP Grade 9 Read. 46.7 45.2 59
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 49.0 48.9 67
TAP Grade 9 Math 45.8 44.7 62
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 481.7 473.7 58
P.A. Grade 4 Math 448.3 459.1 96
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 481.5 472.7 48
P.A. Grade 5 Math 445.8 445.9 68
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 490.0 471.5 36
P.A. Grade 6 Math 474.1 457.2 50
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 473.4 460.4 53
P.A. Grade 7 Math 461.8 445.2 47
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 474.6 463.8 62
P.A. Grade 8 Math 449.4 434.3 47
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 463.7 461.3 73
P.A. Grade 9 Math 441.8 432.3 59
FLE Reading 274.8 273.2 53
FLE Math 271.5 272.1 79
FLE Written Comm. 268.8 268.4 62

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