This report is required of school districts by the Nebraska State Department of Education in order for them to be in compliance with state accreditation standards.Each district in the state must report specific information to their patrons each year.Mandatory report topics are student progress, demographics, learning climate, and finance.The regulation also requires that the information be published and distributed to patrons.If you have any questions about these topics or others, please feel free to contact the school office.

Students in grades 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 are tested each year with the nationally normed Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) to assess their academic progress.Annually in April, our students are tested in the areas of reading, math, language, science and social studies.

Test results are expressed in terms of percentile rank.For the 1998-99 school year the results are as follows:

	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	8th	10th
Reading	80	71	70	90	65	64	60

	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	8th	10th
Language	75	68	69	85	61	68	52

	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	8th	10th
Math	77	79	53	89	59	60	60

	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	8th	10th
Science	82	65	70	86	70	61	49

	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	8th	10th
Soc Std	74	73	69	70	60	55	50

	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	8th	10th
Total Score	74	72	65	87	64	62	52

All scores on the 1999 CTBS were either in the average range or above.There were no instances where scores were below the average range.

Tenth grade students take the PLAN test.Thirty-nine percent of those taking the test scored in the top quartile, 33 percent scored in the 3^rd quartile, 22 percent in the 2^nd quartile and only 6 percent in the bottom quartile.

The following chart represents a 10-year history for our ACT-tested graduates.ACT scores are intended to reflect those higher order thinking skills required to do successful work during the freshman year of college.

	89-90	90-91	91-92	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
Palmyra	19.2	22.4	18.9	18.8	21.6	20.7	21.7	19.7	23.9	22.6
Nebraska	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.3	21.4	21.4	21.7	21.8	21.7
National	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.7	20.8	20.8	20.9	21.0	21.0	21.0

AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP

Year	K-6	7-12	Total
88/89	218	175	393
89/90	235	167	402
90/91	245	165	411
91/92	258	181	439
92/93	270	205	475
93/94	257	207	464
94/95	245	236	480
95/96	232	238	470
96/97	244	243	488
97/98	240	242	482
98/99	241	228	469

ATTENDANCE

	ADA	ADM	Attendance Rate	Teacher Attendance Rate
90-91	392.77	410.68	96%
91-92	418.19	438.75	95%
92-93	448.78	475.43	94%
93-94	441.28	463.84	95%
94-95	457.76	480.40	95%
95-96	447.71	468.76	96%
96-97	467.62	487.74	96%
97-98	461.56	482.02	96%
98-99	446.77	469.04	95%	93%

INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS

	Kindergarten	Elementary	Secondary
Minimum	400	1,032	1,080
90-91	535	1,097	1,210
91-92	534	1,073	1,185
92-93	524	1,072	1,192
93-94	519	1,068	1,203
94-95	525	1,068	1,201
95-96	500	1,075	1,268
96-97	546	1,105	1,178
97-98	542	1,091	1,140
98-99	834	1,120	1,170

STAFF

During the 1998-99 school year, District OR-1 Public Schools was served by a Superintendent, two Principals and a professional teaching staff of forty-eight.The full-time equivalency of the total certified teaching staff was 45.6.Fifteen of the certified staff had Master's Degrees.The certified staff consisted of sixteen males and thirty-two females.The professional teaching staff had an average of nine years of teaching experience, with an average tenure at District OR-1 of fifteen years.

In 1998/99, District OR-1 provided transportation with the use of two vans and ten busses with six bus drivers for the regular bus routes.

DISTRICT VALUATION

	Otoe	Lancaster	Affiliated	Total
91/92	45,333,302	36,038,335		81,371,637
92/93	57,268,725	38,598,797		95,867,522
93/94	59,675,028	38,562,171	3,651,778	101,888,977
94/95	63,725,640	49,351,991	3,335,035	116,412,666
95/96	66,182,828	51,576,922	3,817,808	121,577,558
96/97	70,948,934	54,108,252	4,012,462	129,069,648
97/98	71,127,360	52,730,174	3,343,567	127,201,101
98/99	89,421,086	57,199,323	3,730,518	150,350,927
99/00	95,334,039	67,146,547	4,215,758	166,696,344

TAX LEVIES

	Bond	Spec Bldg	General	PTx Reimb	Total Levy
91/92	0.3705	-	1.0295	0.0075	1.4075
92/93	0.2739	-	1.0674	0.0094	1.3507
93/94	0.3164	0.0093	1.0421	0.0420	1.4098
94/95	0.2387	0.0366	1.0848	0.0130	1.3731
95/96	0.2330	0.0515	1.1873		1.4718
96/97	0.2488	0.0485	1.1759		1.4732
97/98	0.2942	0.0815	1.0964		1.4721
98/99	0.2969	-	1.0708	-	1.3676
99/00	0.1543	0.0065	1.0544		1.2152

STATE AID

91/92	672,490
92/93	825,338
93/94	678,583
94/95	678,583
95/96	630,742
96/97	701,261
97/98	828,351
98/99	881,399
99/00	767,920

1999-2000 BUDGETED EXPENDITURES

Instruction	2,042,476	65.4%
Support Services Pupil	101,895	3.3%
Support Services Staff	114,710	3.7%
Board of Education	37,500	1.2%
Executive Admin Service	87,616	2.8%
Office of the Principals	175,544	5.6%
General Admin-Business Services	59,888	1.9%
Maintenance & Operation of Plant	267,262	8.6%
Pupil Transportation	182,682	5.8%
Federal Programs	40,237	1.3%
Fund Transfers	13,000	0.4%
Total	3,122,810	100%

1999-2000 BUDGETED RECEIPTS
Motor Vehicle Taxes	110,000	4%
Other Local Sources	17,700	1%
County Sources	15,000	1%
State Aid	767,920	27%
Other State Sources	223,600	8%
Federal Sources	29,482	1%
Property Taxes	1,732,339	60%
Total	2,896,041	100%