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Field 3: Demographic Profile

What You Are Looking At

You are looking at a description of who is in the school. The pie charts show the percentages of the total school population who are identified with the characteristics which are described in detail below.

What You Are Looking For

You are looking to get a sense of the school’s composition and diversity.

The Definitions

Eligible for subsidized lunch

Eligible for free or reduced (price) lunch
Students whose family incomes fall below certain income (poverty or near-poverty) guidelines. This measure indicates the percent of students who were eligible for free or reduced price lunches in November 1996.

Not Eligible
Students whose family income falls outside the low-income guidelines as of November 1996.

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The Definitions

Ethnic background

Asian/Pacific Islander
A student having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Pacific Islands. Examples include: China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands and Samoa.

Black
A student having origins in any of the African-American racial groups. This does not include people of Hispanic origins.

Hispanic
A student of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

Native American
A student having origins in any of the original peoples of North America. This category includes American Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts.

White
A student having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East or the Indian Sub-Continent.

Limited English Proficient (LEP)

(LEP) Bilingual model
A student who receives instruction in English and another language to support content area learning while learning English as a second language.

(LEP) English as a Second Language model
A student who receives content area instruction solely in English while learning English as a second language.

(LEP) Other model
A student who receives other program options developed by a particular district.

Special Education

Part-time regular/resource program
A student whose Individual Educational Plan (IEP) services are provided in alternate or regular education settings for less than 50% of the school day or week.

Self-contained program
A student whose Individual Educational Plan (IEP) services are provided outside of the regular education classroom for more than 50% of the school day or week.

Mother’s Education

While the data for the other pie charts are collected by the school and apply to the school as a whole, mother’s education is reported by individual test-takers on the state’s test materials. Thus, the pie chart for mother’s education applies only to the children in the one grade who took the test.

Special to the District and State Templates

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Public enrollment

The number (and percentage) of Rhode Island’s students who are enrolled in public schools, governed by a district, as of October 1996.

Non-public enrollment

The number (and percentage) of students who attend private or parochial schools, as of October 1996.

At-home instructed

The number (and percentage) of students who have received permission from the school
committee of their local district to be instructed at home according to the provisions of
Section 16-19-2 of the general laws of Rhode Island. The figures are for October 1996.

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