Chronic truants are students who were absent from school without valid cause for 18 or more of the last 180 school days. It is reported for the first school day in May. For high schools, the average class size is based on average class sizes for the second and fifth periods for the whole school. Teachers include all school personnel categorized by the district as classroom teachers. Teacher information includes classroom teachers plus teachers specializing in art, physical education, music, etc.
Instruction has a very narrow and restrictive definition.
All the above financial indicators were divided by the 9-month Average Daily Attendance to derive the per pupil figures. When interpreting the achievement data of smaller schools or districts, please note that the performance of a small number of students can substantially affect a school s achievement data. Thus, changes from one year to the next may be due to changes in the performance of a small group of students. The graduation rate is calculated by comparing the number of 1998-99 graduates with the number of students enrolled in ninth grade in the fall of 1995. Adjustments have been made for students who transferred into and out of the school in the last four years.