Smith County School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 6500

Performance Index: 3.6
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.0
Accreditation Level: 3
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 14,798 2,573,216
White 77.90% 63.46%
Black 21.94% 35.59%
Asian 0.05% 0.49%
Native American 0.03% 0.11%
Other 0.08% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,092 503,602
White 69.02% 47.83%
Black 30.98% 51.11%
Asian 0.00% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 24.1% 62
ITBS Grade 5 19.2% 36
ITBS Grade 6 17.4% 55
ITBS Grade 7 26.1% 77
ITBS Grade 8 23.4% 80
TAP Grade 9 24.9% 58
FLE Composite 30.0% 106



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.22% 96.59% 48
% Eligible for Free Lunch 45.41% 54.31% 45
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 94.00 73.14 31
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 16.21 16.12 88
Number of Dropouts 42 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 31.40% 34.11% 81
% Emergency Certificates 1.65% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 3.80 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.01% 6.10% 72
% Special Education Students 10.82% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 12.50% 16.75% 72
Federal Special Education Budget $142,711 $27,865,463 72
State/Local Special Education Bud. $741,813 $144,008,806 74
Number of Vocational Teachers 12.59 1,594.21 48
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 36.84% 55.74% 85
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 69.68% 63.76% 75
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,017 $4,402 124
% State and Local Revenue 85.7% 86.4% 73
% Federal Revenue 14.3% 13.6% 81
% District Administration Expend. 2.90% 3.19% 47
Valuation per Student in ADA $17,404 $22,702 137
Total Title I Budget $636,591 $120,933,951 74
% Used for Classroom Instruction 82.77% 71.88% 12
Number of Eligible Children 1,112 232,567 84
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 4 678 55
Number of AP Courses Offered 3 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 4.28% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 75.24% 73.18% 72
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 19.4 19.7 80
IHL (% ACT Core) 41.4% 41.0% 62



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 48.1 45.7 53
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 45.8 47.7 92
ITBS Grade 4 Math 53.0 48.9 33
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 46.2 44.7 49
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 48.8 47.5 50
ITBS Grade 5 Math 50.9 47.4 36
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 51.8 48.2 35
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 50.0 49.0 58
ITBS Grade 6 Math 51.2 49.4 54
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 46.2 46.2 72
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 49.0 48.9 63
ITBS Grade 7 Math 46.5 46.6 69
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 52.4 49.9 50
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 47.5 49.4 94
ITBS Grade 8 Math 48.6 46.4 49
TAP Grade 9 Read. 49.8 45.2 39
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 50.3 48.9 52
TAP Grade 9 Math 47.7 44.7 40
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 483.5 473.7 55
P.A. Grade 4 Math 460.5 459.1 71
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 479.0 472.7 54
P.A. Grade 5 Math 454.5 445.9 54
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 480.0 471.5 54
P.A. Grade 6 Math 463.8 457.2 67
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 464.4 460.4 63
P.A. Grade 7 Math 440.4 445.2 75
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 480.3 463.8 51
P.A. Grade 8 Math 455.5 434.3 37
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 470.4 461.3 59
P.A. Grade 9 Math 441.6 432.3 60
FLE Reading 271.7 273.2 89
FLE Math 268.7 272.1 103
FLE Written Comm. 266.5 268.4 99

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