Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Georgia
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

180

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
1,146	345	282	66	4

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
16:1	15:1	17:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
45,989	18,815	20,487	3,116	251

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	828,426	998,607
9-12 (CCD)	298,109	371,905
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	30,779

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	n/a	2.0
Black	n/a	37.8
Hispanic	n/a	3.3
White	n/a	55.7

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
8.0%	10.5%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
6,194	14,339

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
13,373	17,949

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
9.0%	7.3%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
59%	57%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 803 schools; 35 to 49%, 392 schools; 50 to 74%, 439 schools; and 75 to 100%, 209 schools.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
(Developing) Letter grades A-F scale on all test scores
Rewards & sanctions

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
Grade for improvement on scale score

Indicators for School Accountability
NRT (CTBS) test scores

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
>40th percentile on NRT (4 subjects) Grade 3,5,8 Increase 8% above 40^th percentile

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
307 (30.1%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	357,660
9-12	22,895
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	292	45
Asian/Pacific Islander	3,958	535
Black	212,812	23,055
Hispanic	16,195	2,256
White	100,314	24,227

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$202,949,654

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 107 schools with schoolwide programs and 994 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 454 schoolwide, 570 targeted assistance; in 1999, 564 schoolwide, 456 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Iowa Test of Basic Skills

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards did not meet review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Meets standard, students performing in the 40th-79th percentile range.

Exclusion from Assessment
No information provided

Other Assessments
No information provided

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 3

Reading/LanguageArts
		Less than Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		37.5%	45.7%	16.8%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted		53.7	37.6	8.7
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		79.7	19.7	0.6
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Less than Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		37.5%	37.7%	24.8%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted		50.6	36.1	13.3
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		74.5	21.8	3.7
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/LanguageArts
		Less than Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		40.6%	40.4%	19.0%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted		59.5	31.5	9.0
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		84.7	14.3	1.0
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Less than Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students		36.3%	40.8%	22.9%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted		49.9	38.2	11.9
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students		70.4	25.2	4.4
Migrant students

Grade

Reading
	Less than Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Less than Proficient	Proficient	Advanced Proficient
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	24%	25%
Basic level and above	55%	68%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	18%	19%
Basic level and above	58%	56%