Tupelo Public School District
School Year 1995-1996
District # 4120

Performance Index: 5.0
Prior Year's Performance Index: 4.7
Accreditation Level: 5
Demographic Information
1990 Census District State
Population : 36,484 2,573,216
White 75.41% 63.46%
Black 24.00% 35.59%
Asian 0.32% 0.49%
Native American 0.20% 0.11%
Other 0.06% 0.34%
'95-'96 Enroll. District State
Students: (K-12) 7,257 503,602
White 63.79% 47.83%
Black 35.32% 51.11%
Asian 0.54% 0.56%
Native American 0.01% 0.15%
Other 0.34% 0.35%

% of Students in Lowest Quarter
Battery % < Q1 Rank
ITBS Grade 4 17.1% 37
ITBS Grade 5 21.4% 44
ITBS Grade 6 18.4% 62
ITBS Grade 7 18.1% 48
ITBS Grade 8 13.6% 28
TAP Grade 9 20.7% 39
FLE Composite 14.3% 26



District Information District State Rank
Attendance as % of Enrollment 97.12% 96.59% 58
% Eligible for Free Lunch 30.10% 54.31% 12
Number of Carnegie Units Taught 115.50 73.14 11
Classroom Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15.20 16.12 39
Number of Dropouts 107 11,406 N/A
% Teachers with Advanced Degrees 41.32% 34.11% 21
% Emergency Certificates 1.13% 3.30% N/A
Number of Gifted Program Teachers 10.00 646.56 N/A
% Gifted Students (Grades 2-12) 7.37% 6.10% 44
% Special Education Students 13.18% 12.72% N/A
% Receiving Diplomas 55.56% 16.75% 8
Federal Special Education Budget $468,903 $27,865,463 9
State/Local Special Education Bud. $1,853,344 $144,008,806 14
Number of Vocational Teachers 23.83 1,594.21 8
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 7-8) 100.00% 55.74% 1
% Students in Voc. Prog. (Gr. 9-12) 50.48% 63.76% 126
Total Per Pupil Expenditure $4,948 $4,402 30
% State and Local Revenue 92.5% 86.4% 11
% Federal Revenue 7.5% 13.6% 143
% District Administration Expend. 2.65% 3.19% 27
Valuation per Student in ADA $38,923 $22,702 41
Total Title I Budget $853,754 $120,933,951 53
% Used for Classroom Instruction 83.06% 71.88% 12
Number of Eligible Children 636 232,567 114
% of Eligible Children Served 83.65% 95.56% 126
Number of Title I Schools 7 678 15
Number of AP Courses Offered 9 N/A N/A
AP Students as % of HS Enrollment 18.74% N/A N/A
Graduation Rate 78.86% 73.18% 46
Mean ACT Core Composite Score 21.9 19.7 9
IHL (% ACT Core) 55.9% 41.0% 16



Performance Standards
District State Rank
ITBS Grade 4 Read. 52.6 45.7 18
ITBS Grade 4 Lang. 58.6 47.7 6
ITBS Grade 4 Math 56.3 48.9 12
ITBS Grade 5 Read. 50.0 44.7 27
ITBS Grade 5 Lang. 53.3 47.5 22
ITBS Grade 5 Math 52.9 47.4 22
ITBS Grade 6 Read. 50.4 48.2 47
ITBS Grade 6 Lang. 54.2 49.0 26
ITBS Grade 6 Math 54.1 49.4 29
ITBS Grade 7 Read. 52.4 46.2 23
ITBS Grade 7 Lang. 54.5 48.9 20
ITBS Grade 7 Math 55.9 46.6 5
ITBS Grade 8 Read. 54.8 49.9 30
ITBS Grade 8 Lang. 55.0 49.4 16
ITBS Grade 8 Math 55.4 46.4 8
TAP Grade 9 Read. 50.6 45.2 31
TAP Grade 9 Lang. 53.9 48.9 20
TAP Grade 9 Math 52.9 44.7 7
P.A. Grade 4 Lang. 504.5 473.7 14
P.A. Grade 4 Math 532.6 459.1 3
P.A. Grade 5 Lang. 486.7 472.7 34
P.A. Grade 5 Math 472.2 445.9 26
P.A. Grade 6 Lang. 481.8 471.5 51
P.A. Grade 6 Math 482.7 457.2 38
P.A. Grade 7 Lang. 476.6 460.4 46
P.A. Grade 7 Math 496.3 445.2 9
P.A. Grade 8 Lang. 498.1 463.8 17
P.A. Grade 8 Math 475.5 434.3 11
P.A. Grade 9 Lang. 485.9 461.3 27
P.A. Grade 9 Math 487.0 432.3 12
FLE Reading 280.0 273.2 13
FLE Math 280.3 272.1 24
FLE Written Comm. 273.0 268.4 22

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