▁a ▁high ▁rate ▁or ▁tax ▁a ▁health y ▁tax ▁base ▁at ▁a ▁low ▁rate . ▁ ▁M FP ▁Account ability ▁Re ports ▁for ▁low - perform ing ▁schools ▁ ▁State ▁laws ▁require ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁Department ▁of ▁Education ▁to ▁include ▁each ▁local ▁school ▁district ▁that ▁has ▁a ▁school ▁with ▁a ▁School ▁Performance ▁Sc ore ▁( SP S ) ▁below ▁ 6 0 ▁and ▁growth ▁of ▁less ▁than ▁ 2 ▁points ▁in ▁an ▁M FP ▁Account ability ▁Report ▁that ▁is ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁Louisiana ▁House ▁and ▁Senate ▁Comm itte es ▁on ▁Education ▁by ▁June ▁ 1 ▁each ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁recent ▁report ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁contained ▁data ▁for ▁ 3 4 ▁schools ▁in ▁ 1 5 ▁districts ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 ▁school ▁year . ▁The ▁average ▁school ▁performance ▁score ▁for ▁schools ▁in ▁that ▁report ▁was ▁ 5 2 . 9 , ▁compared ▁to ▁ 8 6 . 3 ▁state wide . ▁The ▁average ▁class room ▁instruction al ▁exp end iture ▁per ▁student ▁was ▁$ 6 , 4 1 6 ▁among ▁these ▁schools , ▁compared ▁to ▁$ 5 , 9 2 4 ▁state wide . ▁About ▁ 9 1 ▁percent ▁of ▁students ▁in ▁this ▁report ▁were ▁in ▁pover ty , ▁compared ▁to ▁ 6 3 . 2 ▁percent ▁state wide . ▁The ▁schools ▁in ▁this ▁report ▁had ▁higher ▁teacher ▁turn over ▁than ▁the ▁state wide ▁average ▁and ▁a ▁slightly ▁higher ▁percentage ▁of ▁un cert ified ▁teachers ▁than ▁the ▁state ▁average . ▁ ▁Notes