RI Schools: The Basic Facts
Profile of Schools, Student Characteristics,
   and Kids Count

Learning and Achievement
Assessments
Disaggregations
Accountability
How Rhode Island Classifies Schools
2004 School-Performance Classification:
Elementary  |Middle  |High

Using Information
State Indicators
Value Added:
Elementary  |Middle  |High
Attendance and Graduation Rates,
Learning Support Indicators:
Elementary  |Middle  |High

Safe and Supportive Environments
Students' Point of View:Middle  |High
Suspensions

Equity and Adequacy of Resources
Property Value/Student Compared to
   Tax Rate
Tax Capacity and Effort
In$ite: Including Other Commitments
In$ite: Excluding Other Commitments
Out-of-District Obligations
In$ite: Instruction
In$ite: General Education
Middle  |High

Curriculum and Instruction
Advanced Placement Exams
Teaching Practices:
Elementary  |Middle  |High
Inclusion
Students with Disabilities
Students with Disabilities: Participation
Elementary  |Middle  |High
Students with Disabilities: Participation by District
Elementary  |Middle  |High

Engaging Families
Elementary  |Middle  |High

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District level school expenditures

Eight years ago and in collaboration with RIDE, the General Assembly established a detailed and informative system of reporting educational expenditures for all school districts. It selected software called the In$ite Financial Analysis Model for Education®, which tracks all expenditures through the local school district to the school sites. “All expenditures” includes expenditures from all financing sources – i.e., federal, state, and foundation grants, general revenue budget, total food service expenditures regardless of revenue source, and debt service if part of the school district’s budget.

Per-pupil expenditures

All expenditure dollars on the school and district charts are expressed as a per-pupil figure. The per-pupil figure is based on an actual count of students, based on the October 1st enrollment reports, regardless of whether the student participates in a program full-time or for part of the school day. A child, for example, who is enrolled only half-time in a program counts as one pupil, rather than as ½ or 0.5 full-time equivalents. This is a change from In$ite calculating and reporting methods of previous years.

The State of Rhode Island

The expenditures of the State of Rhode Island are computed by adding every district’s expenditures and dividing by the total “Average Daily Membership” enrollment for the state.

Average daily membership (ADM)

Average daily membership (ADM) calculates an average of the number of days all students are formally members of a district or school per year.