Newton Municipal School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5130

Performance Index: 3.4
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.2
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 7,011 2,573,216
White 52.99% 63.46%
Black 47.01% 35.59%
Asian 0.00% 0.49%
Native American 0.00% 0.11%
Other 0.00% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 1,302 503,602
White 26.50% 47.83%
Black 73.50% 51.11%
Asian 0.00% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 7.8% 7
ITBS Grade 5 20.0% 40
ITBS Grade 6 3.9% 4
ITBS Grade 7 22.0% 60
ITBS Grade 8 14.1% 32
TAP Grade 9 21.9% 45
FLE Composite 38.0% 130



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.43% 96.59% 34
% Eligible for Free Lunch 64.92% 54.31% 92
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 60.00 73.14 99
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 14.90 16.12 29
Number of Dropouts 26 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 25.64% 34.11% 126
% Emergency Certificates 4.76% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 1.83 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 6.32% 6.10% 50
% Special Education Students 15.55% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $72,605 $27,865,463 129
State/Local Special Education Bud. $485,959 $144,008,806 108
Number of Vocational Teachers 8.00 1,594.21 89
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 84.82% 63.76% 35
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,584 $4,402 53
% State and Local Revenue 81.5% 86.4% 112
% Federal Revenue 18.5% 13.6% 42
% District Administration Expend. 4.18% 3.19% 113
Valuation per Student in ADA $19,594 $22,702 39
Total Title I Budget $366,314 $120,933,951 118
% Used for Classroom Instruction 75.20% 71.88% 53
Number of Eligible Children 1,136 232,567 81
% of Eligible Children Served 81.51% 95.56% 127
Number of Title I Schools 2 678 114
Number of AP Courses Offered 1 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 3.87% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 65.78% 73.18% 119
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 18.1 19.7 105
IHL (% ACT Core) 42.4% 41.0% 58



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 49.2 45.7 46
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 52.4 47.7 31
ITBS Grade 4 Math 56.8 48.9 10
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 45.0 44.7 60
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 51.9 47.5 29
ITBS Grade 5 Math 47.4 47.4 69
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 51.7 48.2 36
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 58.1 49.0 7
ITBS Grade 6 Math 53.9 49.4 32
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 43.1 46.2 92
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 53.8 48.9 24
ITBS Grade 7 Math 44.5 46.6 85
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 49.3 49.9 78
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 60.7 49.4 2
ITBS Grade 8 Math 48.3 46.4 53
TAP Grade 9 Read. 47.8 45.2 52
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 52.1 48.9 31
TAP Grade 9 Math 42.3 44.7 95
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 489.0 473.7 43
P.A. Grade 4 Math 476.8 459.1 39
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 483.6 472.7 41
P.A. Grade 5 Math 441.1 445.9 77
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 483.0 471.5 50
P.A. Grade 6 Math 483.8 457.2 34
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 454.4 460.4 81
P.A. Grade 7 Math 456.0 445.2 53
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 474.1 463.8 63
P.A. Grade 8 Math 423.8 434.3 94
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 448.4 461.3 101
P.A. Grade 9 Math 438.2 432.3 68
FLE Reading 269.9 273.2 106
FLE Math 258.6 272.1 136
FLE Written Comm. 266.2 268.4 104

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