Newton County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5100


Performance Index: 4.3
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.7
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 10,668 2,573,216
White 75.26% 63.46%
Black 17.98% 35.59%
Asian 0.00% 0.49%
Native American 0.00% 0.11%
Other 6.76% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 1,614 503,602
White 70.63% 47.83%
Black 25.90% 51.11%
Asian 0.19% 0.56%
Native American 3.04% 0.15%
Other 0.25% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter

Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 8.9% 10
ITBS Grade 5 11.3% 11
ITBS Grade 6 7.1% 11
ITBS Grade 7 8.5% 6
ITBS Grade 8 9.3% 8
TAP Grade 9 15.3% 17
FLE Composite 14.0% 24



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.20% 96.59% 51
% Eligible for Free Lunch 41.02% 54.31% 30
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 64.50 73.14 91
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.62 16.12 105
Number of Dropouts 24 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 21.10% 34.11% 142
% Emergency Certificates 2.17% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 1.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 2.60% 6.10% 119
% Special Education Students 13.14% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 25.00% 16.75% 41
Federal Special Education Budget $90,481 $27,865,463 112
State/Local Special Education Bud. $491,920 $144,008,806 106
Number of Vocational Teachers 8.50 1,594.21 87
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 42.97% 55.74% 83
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 70.11% 63.76% 74
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,345 $4,402 79
% State and Local Revenue 88.1% 86.4% 49
% Federal Revenue 11.9% 13.6% 105
% District Administration Expend. 3.27% 3.19% 72
Valuation per Student in ADA $17,775 $22,702 99
Total Title I Budget $380,918 $120,933,951 116
% Used for Classroom Instruction 71.65% 71.88% 79
Number of Eligible Children 869 232,567 100
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 1 678 143
Number of AP Courses Offered 3 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 7.25% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 71.28% 73.18% 101
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.2 19.7 56
IHL (% ACT Core) 37.9% 41.0% 80



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 49.9 45.7 37
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 54.8 47.7 13
ITBS Grade 4 Math 49.7 48.9 56
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 48.8 44.7 34
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 51.7 47.5 31
ITBS Grade 5 Math 48.1 47.4 62
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 56.8 48.2 6
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 54.9 49.0 23
ITBS Grade 6 Math 54.2 49.4 27
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 55.7 46.2 8
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 53.3 48.9 28
ITBS Grade 7 Math 50.4 46.6 31
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 56.5 49.9 17
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 57.1 49.4 8
ITBS Grade 8 Math 50.0 46.4 34
TAP Grade 9 Read. 52.4 45.2 17
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 53.9 48.9 20
TAP Grade 9 Math 49.8 44.7 25
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 494.2 473.7 29
P.A. Grade 4 Math 462.0 459.1 68
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 490.2 472.7 30
P.A. Grade 5 Math 443.7 445.9 72
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 503.0 471.5 15
P.A. Grade 6 Math 491.2 457.2 20
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 492.8 460.4 16
P.A. Grade 7 Math 476.3 445.2 27
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 483.5 463.8 42
P.A. Grade 8 Math 446.1 434.3 55
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 490.7 461.3 19
P.A. Grade 9 Math 466.4 432.3 29
FLE Reading 277.9 273.2 26
FLE Math 277.9 272.1 34
FLE Written Comm. 273.1 268.4 18

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