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Profile of RI Public Schools |
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The numbers 2000-2001 |
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Students |
157,347 |
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Teachers |
10,645 |
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Districts |
38 |
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Public Schools |
316 |
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Area Career & Technical Schools |
8 |
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State-operated Schools |
3 |
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Charter Schools |
3 |
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Collaborative Schools |
1 |
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2001 Kids Count:
Child Well-Being Indicators for New England and the U.S.
Average |
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% in
Extreme
Poverty |
% in
Poverty |
2001
Poverty Rank |
2001
Overall Rank* |
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Connecticut |
5% |
15% |
8th |
12th |
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Maine |
7% |
15% |
8th |
10th |
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Massachusetts |
8% |
17% |
23rd |
4th |
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New Hampshire |
5% |
10% |
1st |
1st |
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Island |
10% |
17% |
23rd |
21st |
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Vermont |
5% |
13% |
2nd |
13th |
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US Average |
8% |
20% |
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 that sketches the broadest outlines of the
RI public schools and their students’ characteristics.
The Kids Count data shows us that compared with other
New England states, we have the highest percent in
“extreme poverty.” RI’s overall rank in child well-being
has fallen from 17th in the nation in 1999 to 21st in
2001.
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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