Meridian Public School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 3820

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 41,036 2,573,216
White 54.12% 63.46%
Black 45.40% 35.59%
Asian 0.24% 0.49%
Native American 0.13% 0.11%
Other 0.11% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 7,363 503,602
White 30.18% 47.83%
Black 69.21% 51.11%
Asian 0.27% 0.56%
Native American 0.01% 0.15%
Other 0.33% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 27.3% 77
ITBS Grade 5 32.9% 84
ITBS Grade 6 26.6% 98
ITBS Grade 7 27.4% 83
ITBS Grade 8 29.9% 113
TAP Grade 9 32.1% 89
FLE Composite 24.6% 79



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.71% 96.59% 88
% Eligible for Free Lunch 59.43% 54.31% 81
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 118.50 73.14 7
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.01 16.12 33
Number of Dropouts 85 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 40.36% 34.11% 29
% Emergency Certificates 2.36% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 13.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 9.33% 6.10% 26
% Special Education Students 16.36% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 12.90% 16.75% 71
Federal Special Education Budget $535,257 $27,865,463 7
State/Local Special Education Bud. $2,860,502 $144,008,806 6
Number of Vocational Teachers 28.00 1,594.21 3
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 55.55% 63.76% 115
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,739 $4,402 40
% State and Local Revenue 87.0% 86.4% 60
% Federal Revenue 13.0% 13.6% 94
% District Administration Expend. 2.69% 3.19% 30
Valuation per Student in ADA $27,243 $22,702 146
Total Title I Budget $2,130,736 $120,933,951 5
% Used for Classroom Instruction 58.98% 71.88% 149
Number of Eligible Children 2,510 232,567 23
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 8 678 11
Number of AP Courses Offered 5 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 10.37% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 81.15% 73.18% 39
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 22.0 19.7 7
IHL (% ACT Core) 26.4% 41.0% 132



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 44.6 45.7 76
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 48.4 47.7 60
ITBS Grade 4 Math 50.9 48.9 50
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 44.1 44.7 70
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 48.5 47.5 52
ITBS Grade 5 Math 48.2 47.4 59
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 45.1 48.2 94
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 48.4 49.0 76
ITBS Grade 6 Math 51.2 49.4 54
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 43.6 46.2 88
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 51.3 48.9 40
ITBS Grade 7 Math 46.8 46.6 67
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 46.2 49.9 100
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 46.9 49.4 102
ITBS Grade 8 Math 46.3 46.4 75
TAP Grade 9 Read. 44.5 45.2 79
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 47.9 48.9 80
TAP Grade 9 Math 44.9 44.7 73
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 471.2 473.7 78
P.A. Grade 4 Math 471.2 459.1 47
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 470.9 472.7 71
P.A. Grade 5 Math 445.0 445.9 71
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 463.6 471.5 92
P.A. Grade 6 Math 473.2 457.2 52
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 467.9 460.4 58
P.A. Grade 7 Math 452.3 445.2 58
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 454.3 463.8 87
P.A. Grade 8 Math 424.7 434.3 90
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 457.5 461.3 79
P.A. Grade 9 Math 428.6 432.3 82
FLE Reading 275.4 273.2 47
FLE Math 270.6 272.1 83
FLE Written Comm. 268.7 268.4 63

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