Pontotoc City School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5820

Performance Index: 5.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 5.0
Accreditation Level: 5
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 9,388 2,573,216
White 78.41% 63.46%
Black 21.27% 35.59%
Asian 0.22% 0.49%
Native American 0.00% 0.11%
Other 0.10% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 2,056 503,602
White 71.16% 47.83%
Black 28.45% 51.11%
Asian 0.34% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.05% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 2.1% 1
ITBS Grade 5 1.5% 1
ITBS Grade 6 1.5% 1
ITBS Grade 7 2.5% 1
ITBS Grade 8 3.6% 1
TAP Grade 9 4.8% 1
FLE Composite 6.4% 4



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.21% 96.59% 49
% Eligible for Free Lunch 34.16% 54.31% 18
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 97.00 73.14 25
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.61 16.12 142
Number of Dropouts 24 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 28.29% 34.11% 103
% Emergency Certificates 0.91% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 4.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 9.30% 6.10% 27
% Special Education Students 14.93% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $122,981 $27,865,463 90
State/Local Special Education Bud. $604,851 $144,008,806 90
Number of Vocational Teachers 3.17 1,594.21 127
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 46.79% 63.76% 135
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,844 $4,402 144
% State and Local Revenue 91.3% 86.4% 14
% Federal Revenue 8.7% 13.6% 140
% District Administration Expend. 3.72% 3.19% 90
Valuation per Student in ADA $20,694 $22,702 68
Total Title I Budget $253,292 $120,933,951 138
% Used for Classroom Instruction 74.79% 71.88% 53
Number of Eligible Children 550 232,567 120
% of Eligible Children Served 70.55% 95.56% 140
Number of Title I Schools 2 678 114
Number of AP Courses Offered 5 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 12.83% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 88.33% 73.18% 9
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.9 19.7 9
IHL (% ACT Core) 57.7% 41.0% 12



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 59.9 45.7 1
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 67.3 47.7 1
ITBS Grade 4 Math 66.4 48.9 1
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 57.2 44.7 1
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 68.5 47.5 1
ITBS Grade 5 Math 67.0 47.4 1
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 57.3 48.2 3
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 72.0 49.0 1
ITBS Grade 6 Math 59.0 49.4 5
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 55.1 46.2 10
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 66.6 48.9 1
ITBS Grade 7 Math 62.4 46.6 1
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 59.6 49.9 6
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 61.7 49.4 1
ITBS Grade 8 Math 56.2 46.4 6
TAP Grade 9 Read. 61.0 45.2 1
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 61.6 48.9 1
TAP Grade 9 Math 55.5 44.7 1
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 522.7 473.7 1
P.A. Grade 4 Math 526.9 459.1 4
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 506.3 472.7 10
P.A. Grade 5 Math 516.5 445.9 1
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 514.4 471.5 3
P.A. Grade 6 Math 476.5 457.2 45
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 502.9 460.4 2
P.A. Grade 7 Math 499.6 445.2 4
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 510.8 463.8 6
P.A. Grade 8 Math 476.7 434.3 9
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 523.4 461.3 1
P.A. Grade 9 Math 533.8 432.3 1
FLE Reading 284.3 273.2 3
FLE Math 285.3 272.1 2
FLE Written Comm. 276.1 268.4 5

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