Laurel School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 3420

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.2
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 18,896 2,573,216
White 51.32% 63.46%
Black 48.38% 35.59%
Asian 0.22% 0.49%
Native American 0.00% 0.11%
Other 0.08% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,506 503,602
White 24.93% 47.83%
Black 74.87% 51.11%
Asian 0.06% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.14% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 33.6% 98
ITBS Grade 5 32.0% 78
ITBS Grade 6 23.6% 88
ITBS Grade 7 30.0% 91
ITBS Grade 8 25.0% 88
TAP Grade 9 36.8% 107
FLE Composite 27.1% 96



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 95.14% 96.59% 142
% Eligible for Free Lunch 71.02% 54.31% 104
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 97.00 73.14 25
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 14.01 16.12 13
Number of Dropouts 127 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 27.12% 34.11% 115
% Emergency Certificates 2.18% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 5.67 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 7.86% 6.10% 38
% Special Education Students 13.56% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 9.09% 16.75% 82
Federal Special Education Budget $175,943 $27,865,463 56
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,097,827 $144,008,806 37
Number of Vocational Teachers 15.83 1,594.21 30
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 64.65% 63.76% 92
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,869 $4,402 34
% State and Local Revenue 85.8% 86.4% 72
% Federal Revenue 14.2% 13.6% 82
% District Administration Expend. 3.56% 3.19% 84
Valuation per Student in ADA $28,141 $22,702 54
Total Title I Budget $1,216,431 $120,933,951 24
% Used for Classroom Instruction 63.91% 71.88% 137
Number of Eligible Children 1,437 232,567 62
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 6 678 22
Number of AP Courses Offered 7 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 13.61% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 78.68% 73.18% 47
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.5 19.7 46
IHL (% ACT Core) 47.1% 41.0% 39



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 41.2 45.7 98
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 48.7 47.7 57
ITBS Grade 4 Math 48.5 48.9 72
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 43.8 44.7 76
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 47.0 47.5 75
ITBS Grade 5 Math 49.6 47.4 44
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 47.2 48.2 72
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 53.2 49.0 31
ITBS Grade 6 Math 51.3 49.4 52
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 45.0 46.2 80
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 49.3 48.9 59
ITBS Grade 7 Math 43.6 46.6 92
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 46.1 49.9 101
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 51.7 49.4 41
ITBS Grade 8 Math 42.5 46.4 103
TAP Grade 9 Read. 43.1 45.2 89
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 49.6 48.9 62
TAP Grade 9 Math 45.5 44.7 64
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 451.6 473.7 109
P.A. Grade 4 Math 463.8 459.1 63
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 466.5 472.7 79
P.A. Grade 5 Math 459.4 445.9 50
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 470.8 471.5 76
P.A. Grade 6 Math 491.8 457.2 20
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 440.5 460.4 107
P.A. Grade 7 Math 429.0 445.2 89
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 440.3 463.8 107
P.A. Grade 8 Math 423.3 434.3 96
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 453.1 461.3 89
P.A. Grade 9 Math 432.5 432.3 74
FLE Reading 270.6 273.2 98
FLE Math 272.7 272.1 68
FLE Written Comm. 265.4 268.4 112

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