Simpson County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 6400

Performance Index: 3.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 23,953 2,573,216
White 67.48% 63.46%
Black 32.26% 35.59%
Asian 0.11% 0.49%
Native American 0.09% 0.11%
Other 0.06% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 4,340 503,602
White 49.63% 47.83%
Black 50.16% 51.11%
Asian 0.00% 0.56%
Native American 0.05% 0.15%
Other 0.16% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 28.2% 79
ITBS Grade 5 42.3% 118
ITBS Grade 6 40.5% 138
ITBS Grade 7 35.4% 107
ITBS Grade 8 34.1% 123
TAP Grade 9 32.6% 93
FLE Composite 33.5% 119



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 98.16% 96.59% 5
% Eligible for Free Lunch 61.79% 54.31% 90
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 76.50 73.14 59
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 17.42 16.12 137
Number of Dropouts 99 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 36.33% 34.11% 42
% Emergency Certificates 2.13% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 5.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 8.59% 6.10% 35
% Special Education Students 12.11% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $270,101 $27,865,463 26
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,135,716 $144,008,806 33
Number of Vocational Teachers 17.33 1,594.21 25
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 81.52% 55.74% 52
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 96.16% 63.76% 18
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $3,970 $4,402 131
% State and Local Revenue 85.6% 86.4% 74
% Federal Revenue 14.4% 13.6% 79
% District Administration Expend. 2.75% 3.19% 35
Valuation per Student in ADA $18,387 $22,702 124
Total Title I Budget $949,584 $120,933,951 47
% Used for Classroom Instruction 73.69% 71.88% 63
Number of Eligible Children 3,252 232,567 8
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 5 678 35
Number of AP Courses Offered 0 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 0.00% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 85.60% 73.18% 16
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 19.1 19.7 85
IHL (% ACT Core) 30.4% 41.0% 118



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 47.2 45.7 58
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 46.7 47.7 80
ITBS Grade 4 Math 47.6 48.9 83
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 40.5 44.7 102
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 40.7 47.5 137
ITBS Grade 5 Math 41.1 47.4 119
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 44.8 48.2 96
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 40.7 49.0 139
ITBS Grade 6 Math 43.0 49.4 131
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 42.6 46.2 96
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 43.1 48.9 130
ITBS Grade 7 Math 42.0 46.6 109
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 44.6 49.9 112
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 42.7 49.4 135
ITBS Grade 8 Math 41.2 46.4 113
TAP Grade 9 Read. 43.3 45.2 85
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 47.1 48.9 90
TAP Grade 9 Math 43.0 44.7 89
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 471.8 473.7 76
P.A. Grade 4 Math 460.2 459.1 73
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 448.7 472.7 116
P.A. Grade 5 Math 415.0 445.9 116
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 443.4 471.5 123
P.A. Grade 6 Math 423.7 457.2 126
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 445.0 460.4 102
P.A. Grade 7 Math 408.9 445.2 118
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 430.1 463.8 120
P.A. Grade 8 Math 393.6 434.3 133
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 453.1 461.3 89
P.A. Grade 9 Math 412.3 432.3 102
FLE Reading 267.7 273.2 123
FLE Math 268.3 272.1 107
FLE Written Comm. 262.0 268.4 139

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