Picayune School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5520

Performance Index: 3.5
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.6
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 19,089 2,573,216
White 78.45% 63.46%
Black 20.54% 35.59%
Asian 0.26% 0.49%
Native American 0.00% 0.11%
Other 0.74% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,994 503,602
White 71.16% 47.83%
Black 28.19% 51.11%
Asian 0.23% 0.56%
Native American 0.08% 0.15%
Other 0.35% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 24.8% 70
ITBS Grade 5 32.6% 81
ITBS Grade 6 21.3% 75
ITBS Grade 7 25.7% 73
ITBS Grade 8 14.8% 36
TAP Grade 9 20.0% 33
FLE Composite 28.2% 102



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 95.57% 96.59% 134
% Eligible for Free Lunch 47.18% 54.31% 52
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 79.50 73.14 53
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.85 16.12 65
Number of Dropouts 67 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 31.41% 34.11% 80
% Emergency Certificates 2.17% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 6.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.89% 6.10% 55
% Special Education Students 11.66% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 21.43% 16.75% 50
Federal Special Education Budget $198,413 $27,865,463 44
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,144,476 $144,008,806 32
Number of Vocational Teachers 8.00 1,594.21 89
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 0.00% 55.74% 116
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 62.16% 63.76% 99
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,183 $4,402 103
% State and Local Revenue 88.7% 86.4% 39
% Federal Revenue 11.3% 13.6% 115
% District Administration Expend. 2.65% 3.19% 27
Valuation per Student in ADA $15,737 $22,702 76
Total Title I Budget $719,053 $120,933,951 68
% Used for Classroom Instruction 66.41% 71.88% 127
Number of Eligible Children 1,339 232,567 68
% of Eligible Children Served 79.91% 95.56% 129
Number of Title I Schools 7 678 15
Number of AP Courses Offered 5 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 6.53% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 69.75% 73.18% 108
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.4 19.7 48
IHL (% ACT Core) 40.3% 41.0% 67



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 48.8 45.7 48
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 48.1 47.7 62
ITBS Grade 4 Math 46.9 48.9 91
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 47.4 44.7 38
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 45.5 47.5 92
ITBS Grade 5 Math 46.8 47.4 72
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 50.5 48.2 46
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 48.7 49.0 72
ITBS Grade 6 Math 50.0 49.4 66
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 50.3 46.2 39
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 47.0 48.9 89
ITBS Grade 7 Math 48.6 46.6 50
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 54.1 49.9 35
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 51.8 49.4 39
ITBS Grade 8 Math 49.3 46.4 44
TAP Grade 9 Read. 50.9 45.2 26
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 51.2 48.9 38
TAP Grade 9 Math 48.5 44.7 31
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 484.3 473.7 53
P.A. Grade 4 Math 457.5 459.1 77
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 479.0 472.7 54
P.A. Grade 5 Math 454.0 445.9 55
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 476.1 471.5 63
P.A. Grade 6 Math 463.0 457.2 70
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 460.2 460.4 69
P.A. Grade 7 Math 465.5 445.2 42
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 480.4 463.8 50
P.A. Grade 8 Math 448.5 434.3 49
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 483.4 461.3 30
P.A. Grade 9 Math 464.2 432.3 32
FLE Reading 273.5 273.2 70
FLE Math 269.5 272.1 95
FLE Written Comm. 266.7 268.4 94

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