Yazoo City Municipal School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 8220

Performance Index: 2.6
Prior Year's Performance Index: 2.1
Accreditation Level: 2
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 12,430 2,573,216
White 35.16% 63.46%
Black 64.40% 35.59%
Asian 0.00% 0.49%
Native American 0.31% 0.11%
Other 0.12% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 3,461 503,602
White 12.80% 47.83%
Black 87.14% 51.11%
Asian 0.06% 0.56%
Native American 0.00% 0.15%
Other 0.00% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 41.7% 128
ITBS Grade 5 49.4% 138
ITBS Grade 6 32.8% 124
ITBS Grade 7 39.9% 127
ITBS Grade 8 34.3% 125
TAP Grade 9 47.5% 137
FLE Composite 32.9% 116



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 94.93% 96.59% 146
% Eligible for Free Lunch 86.85% 54.31% 135
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 73.00 73.14 71
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.11 16.12 35
Number of Dropouts 148 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 26.57% 34.11% 120
% Emergency Certificates 6.64% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 4.66 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 5.29% 6.10% 68
% Special Education Students 9.45% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 25.00% 16.75% 41
Federal Special Education Budget $136,076 $27,865,463 79
State/Local Special Education Bud. $673,518 $144,008,806 80
Number of Vocational Teachers 12.66 1,594.21 47
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 69.28% 63.76% 76
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,417 $4,402 73
% State and Local Revenue 80.5% 86.4% 122
% Federal Revenue 19.5% 13.6% 31
% District Administration Expend. 3.59% 3.19% 86
Valuation per Student in ADA $9,227 $22,702 151
Total Title I Budget $1,242,244 $120,933,951 22
% Used for Classroom Instruction 71.93% 71.88% 79
Number of Eligible Children 2,538 232,567 22
% of Eligible Children Served 74.23% 95.56% 136
Number of Title I Schools 5 678 35
Number of AP Courses Offered 1 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 1.61% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 67.67% 73.18% 114
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 17.6 19.7 115
IHL (% ACT Core) 31.5% 41.0% 111



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 37.1 45.7 130
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 42.5 47.7 121
ITBS Grade 4 Math 43.2 48.9 126
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 33.3 44.7 141
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 45.3 47.5 93
ITBS Grade 5 Math 38.7 47.4 138
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 41.8 48.2 126
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 49.2 49.0 65
ITBS Grade 6 Math 44.8 49.4 117
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 38.0 46.2 121
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 46.5 48.9 96
ITBS Grade 7 Math 40.9 46.6 118
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 41.3 49.9 125
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 50.0 49.4 62
ITBS Grade 8 Math 40.7 46.4 116
TAP Grade 9 Read. 36.0 45.2 131
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 46.2 48.9 101
TAP Grade 9 Math 37.1 44.7 140
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 438.4 473.7 129
P.A. Grade 4 Math 435.0 459.1 113
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 428.7 472.7 143
P.A. Grade 5 Math 397.3 445.9 138
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 431.9 471.5 131
P.A. Grade 6 Math 444.0 457.2 97
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 427.0 460.4 126
P.A. Grade 7 Math 394.2 445.2 136
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 429.1 463.8 121
P.A. Grade 8 Math 416.7 434.3 104
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 429.5 461.3 129
P.A. Grade 9 Math 385.2 432.3 126
FLE Reading 268.7 273.2 114
FLE Math 268.9 272.1 102
FLE Written Comm. 261.2 268.4 141

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