Prentiss County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5900

Performance Index: 3.5
Prior Year's Performance Index: 4.1
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 12,440 2,573,216
White 94.84% 63.46%
Black 5.12% 35.59%
Asian 0.04% 0.49%
Native American 0.00% 0.11%
Other 0.00% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 2,626 503,602
White 90.75% 47.83%
Black 9.06% 51.11%
Asian 0.08% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.11% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 22.5% 55
ITBS Grade 5 26.6% 63
ITBS Grade 6 12.1% 26
ITBS Grade 7 14.4% 23
ITBS Grade 8 19.3% 63
TAP Grade 9 24.1% 52
FLE Composite 20.7% 63



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.40% 96.59% 35
% Eligible for Free Lunch 41.81% 54.31% 32
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 91.00 73.14 34
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 13.33 16.12 7
Number of Dropouts 46 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 32.60% 34.11% 68
% Emergency Certificates 2.63% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 4.45 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 8.86% 6.10% 33
% Special Education Students 18.10% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 60.87% 16.75% 6
Federal Special Education Budget $216,920 $27,865,463 36
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,045,339 $144,008,806 43
Number of Vocational Teachers 18.68 1,594.21 22
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 85.01% 55.74% 51
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 100.00% 63.76% 1
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,770 $4,402 37
% State and Local Revenue 88.5% 86.4% 41
% Federal Revenue 11.5% 13.6% 110
% District Administration Expend. 2.64% 3.19% 25
Valuation per Student in ADA $12,692 $22,702 27
Total Title I Budget $432,707 $120,933,951 104
% Used for Classroom Instruction 73.80% 71.88% 63
Number of Eligible Children 480 232,567 133
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 5 678 35
Number of AP Courses Offered 1 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 1.07% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 81.86% 73.18% 37
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 19.6 19.7 77
IHL (% ACT Core) 23.5% 41.0% 140



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 48.4 45.7 51
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 46.3 47.7 86
ITBS Grade 4 Math 49.5 48.9 57
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 46.4 44.7 46
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 45.7 47.5 89
ITBS Grade 5 Math 47.9 47.4 63
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 51.3 48.2 40
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 47.3 49.0 93
ITBS Grade 6 Math 53.0 49.4 39
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 51.5 46.2 29
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 49.0 48.9 63
ITBS Grade 7 Math 52.0 46.6 19
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 51.2 49.9 64
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 47.7 49.4 91
ITBS Grade 8 Math 49.6 46.4 40
TAP Grade 9 Read. 45.5 45.2 68
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 46.7 48.9 93
TAP Grade 9 Math 47.7 44.7 40
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 487.4 473.7 47
P.A. Grade 4 Math 496.8 459.1 23
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 476.6 472.7 60
P.A. Grade 5 Math 442.6 445.9 76
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 493.8 471.5 27
P.A. Grade 6 Math 464.9 457.2 64
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 489.9 460.4 21
P.A. Grade 7 Math 478.6 445.2 22
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 484.5 463.8 36
P.A. Grade 8 Math 446.7 434.3 52
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 479.0 461.3 38
P.A. Grade 9 Math 455.4 432.3 40
FLE Reading 274.9 273.2 51
FLE Math 275.4 272.1 51
FLE Written Comm. 267.9 268.4 76

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