ACS: By the numbers

June 01, 2009 09:12 am

— ACS by the numbers
— 9,421: Number of students enrolled, K-12, 2008-09
— 12,804: Number enrolled, K-12, 20 years ago
— 26.4%: Decline in number of students in past two decades
— 8,623: Projected enrollment, K-12, in 2012-13, a decrease of 9.5 percent
— 54.4%: Graduation rate, 2007-08, below state average of 77.8 percent
— 23.8%: Dropout rate, 2007-08, more than double state average of 10.3 percent
— 68.1%: Rate of 2008 graduates pursuing college education, below state average of 76.1 percent
— 60.2%: Rate of students in all grades who passed ISTEP English/language arts section, compared with state rate of 72.4 percent
— 62.4%: Rate of students in all grades who passed ISTEP math section, compared with state rate of 75.1 percent
— 252: Rank in composite SAT scores, out of 293 reporting school systems
— 34.6%: Rate of students taking SATs, below state average of 54.4 percent
— 42.4: Suspensions or expulsions per 100 students, sixth-highest rate in Indiana
— SOURCE: Indiana Department of Education

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The commons area was filled with books, some to be picked up by book companies, and others like these to be recycled to other schools for next year. The Herald Bulletin