Union Public School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 5131

Performance Index: 4.5
Prior Year's Performance Index: 3.9
Accreditation Level: 4
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 3,760 2,573,216
White 78.43% 63.46%
Black 19.97% 35.59%
Asian 0.05% 0.49%
Native American 0.29% 0.11%
Other 1.25% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 882 503,602
White 72.22% 47.83%
Black 26.76% 51.11%
Asian 0.00% 0.56%
Native American 0.23% 0.15%
Other 0.79% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 14.9% 24
ITBS Grade 5 14.0% 15
ITBS Grade 6 3.0% 3
ITBS Grade 7 8.6% 8
ITBS Grade 8 18.6% 58
TAP Grade 9 12.7% 9
FLE Composite 2.1% 2



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.86% 96.59% 18
% Eligible for Free Lunch 43.25% 54.31% 41
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 63.00 73.14 93
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 14.74 16.12 25
Number of Dropouts 7 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 31.80% 34.11% 74
% Emergency Certificates 5.17% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 1.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.51% 6.10% 62
% Special Education Students 17.04% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 0.00% 16.75% 94
Federal Special Education Budget $57,603 $27,865,463 139
State/Local Special Education Bud. $338,371 $144,008,806 128
Number of Vocational Teachers 3.50 1,594.21 126
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 100.00% 63.76% 1
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,833 $4,402 36
% State and Local Revenue 89.7% 86.4% 25
% Federal Revenue 10.3% 13.6% 129
% District Administration Expend. 5.04% 3.19% 137
Valuation per Student in ADA $13,845 $22,702 88
Total Title I Budget $152,133 $120,933,951 147
% Used for Classroom Instruction 75.64% 71.88% 45
Number of Eligible Children 195 232,567 149
% of Eligible Children Served 100.00% 95.56% 1
Number of Title I Schools 1 678 143
Number of AP Courses Offered 2 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 10.00% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 75.00% 73.18% 129
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 20.4 19.7 48
IHL (% ACT Core) 24.4% 41.0% 138



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 49.3 45.7 44
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 52.2 47.7 35
ITBS Grade 4 Math 57.3 48.9 8
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 52.1 44.7 12
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 57.2 47.5 7
ITBS Grade 5 Math 51.5 47.4 33
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 54.9 48.2 17
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 56.0 49.0 14
ITBS Grade 6 Math 61.3 49.4 1
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 54.2 46.2 13
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 58.0 48.9 6
ITBS Grade 7 Math 50.9 46.6 26
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 53.8 49.9 39
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 56.3 49.4 11
ITBS Grade 8 Math 47.4 46.4 65
TAP Grade 9 Read. 52.3 45.2 19
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 54.6 48.9 15
TAP Grade 9 Math 48.2 44.7 34
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 489.2 473.7 42
P.A. Grade 4 Math 504.3 459.1 15
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 507.0 472.7 9
P.A. Grade 5 Math 472.6 445.9 25
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 506.7 471.5 12
P.A. Grade 6 Math 516.9 457.2 2
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 478.0 460.4 40
P.A. Grade 7 Math 456.9 445.2 51
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 485.4 463.8 35
P.A. Grade 8 Math 437.3 434.3 70
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 498.5 461.3 9
P.A. Grade 9 Math 474.8 432.3 23
FLE Reading 284.6 273.2 2
FLE Math 284.9 272.1 5
FLE Written Comm. 284.9 268.4 1

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