Pearl Public School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 6120


Performance Index: 4.3
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.9
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 20,934 2,573,216
White 85.71% 63.46%
Black 13.16% 35.59%
Asian 0.43% 0.49%
Native American 0.56% 0.11%
Other 0.14% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,964 503,602
White 76.64% 47.83%
Black 22.40% 51.11%
Asian 0.48% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.48% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter

Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 23.4% 58
ITBS Grade 5 22.4% 50
ITBS Grade 6 15.8% 43
ITBS Grade 7 20.8% 56
ITBS Grade 8 15.6% 40
TAP Grade 9 15.7% 20
FLE Composite 9.1% 10



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.28% 96.59% 44
% Eligible for Free Lunch 29.20% 54.31% 10
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 96.50 73.14 28
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.45 16.12 139
Number of Dropouts 79 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 41.86% 34.11% 18
% Emergency Certificates 1.40% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 3.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 3.89% 6.10% 96
% Special Education Students 13.64% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 12.50% 16.75% 72
Federal Special Education Budget $202,840 $27,865,463 43
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,173,579 $144,008,806 29
Number of Vocational Teachers 2.40 1,594.21 137
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 26.47% 55.74% 99
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 28.83% 63.76% 151
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,964 $4,402 134
% State and Local Revenue 92.6% 86.4% 8
% Federal Revenue 7.4% 13.6% 144
% District Administration Expend. 4.06% 3.19% 109
Valuation per Student in ADA $21,262 $22,702 74
Total Title I Budget $359,053 $120,933,951 120
% Used for Classroom Instruction 64.75% 71.88% 129
Number of Eligible Children 455 232,567 134
% of Eligible Children Served 86.59% 95.56% 120
Number of Title I Schools 3 678 83
Number of AP Courses Offered 6 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 10.24% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 82.26% 73.18% 34
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.2 19.7 56
IHL (% ACT Core) 46.9% 41.0% 40



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 47.8 45.7 55
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 46.8 47.7 76
ITBS Grade 4 Math 49.5 48.9 57
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 47.4 44.7 38
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 47.9 47.5 62
ITBS Grade 5 Math 50.5 47.4 40
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 54.0 48.2 20
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 50.4 49.0 50
ITBS Grade 6 Math 50.4 49.4 61
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 50.3 46.2 39
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 51.4 48.9 39
ITBS Grade 7 Math 48.0 46.6 58
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 55.0 49.9 27
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 51.3 49.4 45
ITBS Grade 8 Math 51.1 46.4 26
TAP Grade 9 Read. 50.1 45.2 34
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 52.3 48.9 29
TAP Grade 9 Math 48.8 44.7 29
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 490.8 473.7 39
P.A. Grade 4 Math 453.0 459.1 85
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 481.4 472.7 49
P.A. Grade 5 Math 445.2 445.9 70
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 490.4 471.5 34
P.A. Grade 6 Math 488.6 457.2 30
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 476.8 460.4 44
P.A. Grade 7 Math 458.2 445.2 50
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 492.0 463.8 26
P.A. Grade 8 Math 454.9 434.3 39
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 490.5 461.3 21
P.A. Grade 9 Math 484.5 432.3 15
FLE Reading 279.2 273.2 19
FLE Math 283.1 272.1 13
FLE Written Comm. 277.6 268.4 3

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