Pearl River County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5500


Performance Index: 3.3
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.8
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 9,560 2,573,216
White 95.81% 63.46%
Black 3.13% 35.59%
Asian 0.00% 0.49%
Native American 0.77% 0.11%
Other 0.29% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 2,321 503,602
White 94.53% 47.83%
Black 5.08% 51.11%
Asian 0.09% 0.56%
Native American 0.13% 0.15%
Other 0.17% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter

Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 17.9% 40
ITBS Grade 5 24.2% 58
ITBS Grade 6 19.2% 63
ITBS Grade 7 20.2% 55
ITBS Grade 8 15.8% 41
TAP Grade 9 33.2% 94
FLE Composite 19.4% 59



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 96.35% 96.59% 107
% Eligible for Free Lunch 42.59% 54.31% 36
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 68.00 73.14 80
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.79 16.12 145
Number of Dropouts 59 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 15.56% 34.11% 152
% Emergency Certificates 4.13% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 1.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 2.12% 6.10% 126
% Special Education Students 7.44% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $70,627 $27,865,463 130
State/Local Special Education Bud. $459,527 $144,008,806 115
Number of Vocational Teachers 6.00 1,594.21 105
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 0.00% 55.74% 116
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 40.53% 63.76% 140
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,490 $4,402 153
% State and Local Revenue 88.5% 86.4% 41
% Federal Revenue 11.5% 13.6% 110
% District Administration Expend. 4.18% 3.19% 113
Valuation per Student in ADA $14,276 $22,702 149
Total Title I Budget $405,140 $120,933,951 109
% Used for Classroom Instruction 64.59% 71.88% 129
Number of Eligible Children 1,179 232,567 76
% of Eligible Children Served 78.71% 95.56% 131
Number of Title I Schools 2 678 114
Number of AP Courses Offered 2 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 4.97% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 72.34% 73.18% 97
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.3 19.7 19
IHL (% ACT Core) 28.6% 41.0% 127



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 51.8 45.7 24
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 46.9 47.7 73
ITBS Grade 4 Math 49.1 48.9 64
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 48.1 44.7 36
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 47.1 47.5 74
ITBS Grade 5 Math 51.2 47.4 34
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 51.7 48.2 36
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 45.7 49.0 108
ITBS Grade 6 Math 51.4 49.4 51
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 51.2 46.2 33
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 45.6 48.9 107
ITBS Grade 7 Math 50.0 46.6 37
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 51.6 49.9 59
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 46.2 49.4 109
ITBS Grade 8 Math 49.6 46.4 40
TAP Grade 9 Read. 44.8 45.2 77
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 45.7 48.9 108
TAP Grade 9 Math 43.9 44.7 85
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 495.0 473.7 27
P.A. Grade 4 Math 500.0 459.1 20
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 478.2 472.7 57
P.A. Grade 5 Math 472.0 445.9 27
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 472.9 471.5 71
P.A. Grade 6 Math 454.1 457.2 83
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 463.7 460.4 65
P.A. Grade 7 Math 475.5 445.2 28
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 481.9 463.8 44
P.A. Grade 8 Math 454.4 434.3 40
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 449.2 461.3 99
P.A. Grade 9 Math 431.2 432.3 78
FLE Reading 276.1 273.2 37
FLE Math 272.5 272.1 70
FLE Written Comm. 272.6 268.4 23

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