Pontotoc County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5720

Performance Index: 5.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 4.7
Accreditation Level: 5
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 12,849 2,573,216
White 89.49% 63.46%
Black 9.74% 35.59%
Asian 0.23% 0.49%
Native American 0.19% 0.11%
Other 0.35% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 2,732 503,602
White 88.87% 47.83%
Black 10.61% 51.11%
Asian 0.07% 0.56%
Native American 0.11% 0.15%
Other 0.33% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 7.2% 5
ITBS Grade 5 4.8% 2
ITBS Grade 6 5.0% 6
ITBS Grade 7 10.6% 13
ITBS Grade 8 5.2% 2
TAP Grade 9 12.8% 11
FLE Composite 15.3% 32



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.21% 96.59% 49
% Eligible for Free Lunch 29.17% 54.31% 9
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 101.00 73.14 21
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.14 16.12 124
Number of Dropouts 39 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 30.31% 34.11% 95
% Emergency Certificates 1.97% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 3.17 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.76% 6.10% 56
% Special Education Students 10.79% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 10.00% 16.75% 79
Federal Special Education Budget $102,267 $27,865,463 108
State/Local Special Education Bud. $612,749 $144,008,806 89
Number of Vocational Teachers 16.53 1,594.21 27
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 90.42% 55.74% 45
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 56.37% 63.76% 114
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,869 $4,402 142
% State and Local Revenue 90.8% 86.4% 17
% Federal Revenue 9.2% 13.6% 136
% District Administration Expend. 2.93% 3.19% 50
Valuation per Student in ADA $14,357 $22,702 81
Total Title I Budget $327,392 $120,933,951 128
% Used for Classroom Instruction 64.00% 71.88% 137
Number of Eligible Children 1,152 232,567 79
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 2 678 114
Number of AP Courses Offered 1 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 1.02% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 86.39% 73.18% 12
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.0 19.7 23
IHL (% ACT Core) 38.1% 41.0% 79



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 55.3 45.7 9
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 59.9 47.7 3
ITBS Grade 4 Math 56.3 48.9 12
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 52.4 44.7 10
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 57.5 47.5 6
ITBS Grade 5 Math 57.7 47.4 3
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 55.0 48.2 15
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 61.2 49.0 4
ITBS Grade 6 Math 57.9 49.4 6
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 53.0 46.2 21
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 56.9 48.9 8
ITBS Grade 7 Math 54.2 46.6 11
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 57.8 49.9 10
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 58.8 49.4 4
ITBS Grade 8 Math 56.5 46.4 3
TAP Grade 9 Read. 53.0 45.2 12
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 54.5 48.9 16
TAP Grade 9 Math 51.2 44.7 13
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 518.1 473.7 4
P.A. Grade 4 Math 488.1 459.1 29
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 508.0 472.7 4
P.A. Grade 5 Math 493.4 445.9 7
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 516.7 471.5 2
P.A. Grade 6 Math 501.7 457.2 10
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 501.9 460.4 3
P.A. Grade 7 Math 499.4 445.2 5
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 515.4 463.8 4
P.A. Grade 8 Math 488.6 434.3 3
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 500.7 461.3 7
P.A. Grade 9 Math 496.3 432.3 7
FLE Reading 280.9 273.2 12
FLE Math 279.0 272.1 29
FLE Written Comm. 273.7 268.4 14

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