State Report Card

Characteristics of Students Attending School in Rhode Island

Public charter: The percentage of Rhode Island’s students who are enrolled in charter schools, whether operated by a school district or by a nonprofit agency, as of October 2002.

Other public schools: The percentage of Rhode Island’s students who are enrolled in public schools governed by a district, as of October 2002, exclusive of those enrolled in public charter schools.

Home instructed: The 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, as of October 2002.

Non-public: The percentage of students who attend private or parochial schools, as of October 2002.

Not Eligible: Students whose family income falls outside the low-income guidelines as of October 2002.

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 October 2002.

African American: A student having origins in any of the African-American racial groups, not including people of Hispanic origins.

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

Hispanic: A student of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or 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, including 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 subcontinent.

Bilingual: A student who receives instruction in English and another language to support content-area learning while learning English as a second language.

English as a Second Language: A student who receives content-area instruction solely in English while learning English as a second language.

In both programs: A student who receives instruction for a part of the day in both a bilingual and an ESL program.

Self-contained: Percent of the state’s students in self-contained special-education classes, in which instruction is provided by a special educator in a separate special-education setting for more than half of the instructional day.

Resource: Percent of the state’s students in resource special education, in which instruction is provided by a special educator for less than half of the instructional day.

Other programs: Percent of the state’s students who receive special-education services through other delivery arrangements.