Student Characteristics
Profile of Rhode
Island Public Schools
| The
numbers 1999-2000 |
| Students |
156,454 |
| Teachers |
11,041 |
| Districts* |
37 |
| Public Schools |
314 |
| Area
Career & Technical Schools |
8 |
| State-operated
Schools |
3 |
| Charter
Schools |
2 |
| Collaborative
Schools |
1 |
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* Includes 4
regionalized districts and the state -
operated district of Central Falls
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Characteristics of
students attending school in Rhode Island
Kids
Count
Child Well-Being Indicators for New England and the US
Average
|
%
in
Extreme
Poverty |
%
in
Poverty |
2000
Poverty Rank |
2000
Overall Rank* |
| Connecticut |
7% |
14% |
7th |
12th |
| Maine |
6% |
17% |
21st |
10th |
| Massachusetts |
8% |
15% |
14th |
7th |
| New
Hampshire |
7% |
8% |
1st |
2nd |
| Rhode
Island |
10% |
18% |
27th |
25th |
| Vermont |
6% |
15% |
14th |
8th |
| US
Average |
9% |
21% |
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Source: Annie E. Casey
Foundation, 2001 KIDS COUNT data book.
* Overall rank among the 50 state on a
composite of 10 indicators of child
well-being. |
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What you are looking at:
You are looking at information which sketches the broadest outlines of the RI public schools and their students’ characteristics. The Kids Count data shows us that compared to other New England states, we have the highest percent in both “extreme poverty” and “poverty.” RI’s overall rank in child well-being has fallen from 17th in the nation in 1999 to 25th this year.
What you are looking for:
You are looking to get a sense of the characteristics and challenges of RI’s children as a whole. This information offers an anchor of comparative data when thinking about any given school, although state averages or aggregate well-being indicators do not constitute a standard or ideal. Naturally, you hope to see no children in poverty, for example.
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