Lowndes County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 4400

Performance Index: 3.4
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.5
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 22,455 2,573,216
White 70.14% 63.46%
Black 29.36% 35.59%
Asian 0.28% 0.49%
Native American 0.08% 0.11%
Other 0.13% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 5,548 503,602
White 59.25% 47.83%
Black 40.05% 51.11%
Asian 0.29% 0.56%
Native American 0.05% 0.15%
Other 0.36% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 20.9% 48
ITBS Grade 5 28.9% 72
ITBS Grade 6 22.5% 84
ITBS Grade 7 16.2% 31
ITBS Grade 8 21.7% 74
TAP Grade 9 27.7% 75
FLE Composite 20.8% 64



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.02% 96.59% 68
% Eligible for Free Lunch 40.14% 54.31% 29
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 86.00 73.14 41
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.20 16.12 129
Number of Dropouts 111 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 28.75% 34.11% 100
% Emergency Certificates 1.31% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 6.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 4.89% 6.10% 75
% Special Education Students 8.83% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 33.33% 16.75% 26
Federal Special Education Budget $181,297 $27,865,463 54
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,184,899 $144,008,806 28
Number of Vocational Teachers 12.46 1,594.21 49
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 73.45% 55.74% 58
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 39.05% 63.76% 142
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,781 $4,402 147
% State and Local Revenue 89.4% 86.4% 28
% Federal Revenue 10.6% 13.6% 125
% District Administration Expend. 1.65% 3.19% 5
Valuation per Student in ADA $23,118 $22,702 135
Total Title I Budget $992,095 $120,933,951 41
% Used for Classroom Instruction 73.92% 71.88% 63
Number of Eligible Children 1,159 232,567 78
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 7 678 15
Number of AP Courses Offered 4 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 8.72% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 80.00% 73.18% 41
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 18.9 19.7 93
IHL (% ACT Core) 32.6% 41.0% 105



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 46.7 45.7 61
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 48.5 47.7 58
ITBS Grade 4 Math 50.2 48.9 53
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 45.1 44.7 59
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 47.0 47.5 75
ITBS Grade 5 Math 46.3 47.4 78
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 49.8 48.2 52
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 46.7 49.0 100
ITBS Grade 6 Math 47.7 49.4 90
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 50.9 46.2 34
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 49.4 48.9 56
ITBS Grade 7 Math 49.2 46.6 40
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 52.4 49.9 50
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 49.3 49.4 71
ITBS Grade 8 Math 46.5 46.4 72
TAP Grade 9 Read. 47.4 45.2 54
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 49.6 48.9 62
TAP Grade 9 Math 46.2 44.7 56
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 472.9 473.7 74
P.A. Grade 4 Math 457.8 459.1 75
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 482.3 472.7 45
P.A. Grade 5 Math 443.3 445.9 74
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 473.9 471.5 69
P.A. Grade 6 Math 447.8 457.2 90
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 484.9 460.4 25
P.A. Grade 7 Math 460.5 445.2 48
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 478.8 463.8 54
P.A. Grade 8 Math 440.5 434.3 65
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 471.3 461.3 56
P.A. Grade 9 Math 442.1 432.3 58
FLE Reading 275.8 273.2 41
FLE Math 274.8 272.1 57
FLE Written Comm. 269.6 268.4 50

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