Table 21:
Percent of Eligible Children Ages 3 and 4 Enrolled in Head Start, Rhode Island, 1996

City/Town

Estimated
Eligible Children Aged 3&4

Number of Children Enrolled in Head Start

% of Eligible
3&4 Year Olds Enrolled

1995
% of Eligible
3 & $ Year Olds Enrolled

Barrington

7

2

29%

29%

Bristol

43

30

70%

63%

Burrillville

28

32

100%

80%

Central Falls

325

49

15%

12%

Charlestown

15

6

40%

25%

Coventry

69

34

49%

46%

Cranston

216

194

90%

77%

Cumberland

43

12

28%

38%

East Greenwich

18

17

94%

18%

East Providence

177

75

42%

42%

Exeter

9

4

44%

57%

Foster

2

0

0%

0%

Glocester

9

11

100%

100%

Hopkinton

20

5

25%

64%

Jamestown

2

0

0%

0%

Johnston

70

33

47%

56%

Lincoln

28

6

21%

53%

Little Compton

1

4

100%

100%

Middletown

23

43

100%

98%

Narragansett

32

15

47%

46%

Newport

219

166

76%

74%

New Shoreham

2

0

0%

0%

North Kingstown

62

37

60%

69%

North Providence

95

47

49%

71%

North Smithfield

3

1

33%

83%

Pawtucket

642

90

14%

12%

Portsmouth

12

17

100%

92%

Providence

2,698

897

33%

32%

Richmond

7

6

86%

40%

Scituate

15

8

53%

63%

Smithfield

11

9

82%

41%

South Kingstown

35

28

80%

54%

Tiverton

22

17

77%

47%

Warren

35

23

66%

58%

Warwick

225

120

53%

66%

Westerly

64

36

56%

43%

West Greenwich

6

2

33%

13%

West Warwick

151

105

70%

64%

Woonsocket

399

184

46%

38%

Core Cities

4,283

1,386

32%

30%

Remainder of State

1,557

979

63%

60%

Rhode Island

5,840

2,365

40%

38%

Rhode Island Head Start Programs, children enrolled on October 1, 1996; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region 1, Administration on Children, Youth and families, and Rhode Island Department of Human Services INRHODES Data Tapes, December 1, 1996. Core Cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport and Central Falls.

Estimated number of eligible children is based on the number of 3 and 4 year old children in families receiving AFDC on December 1, 1996. Core Cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport and Central Falls.

The denominator is the number of children ages 3 and 4 who lived in families receiving AFDC on December 1, 1996. This is an underestimate of children eligible, because it does not include children eligible for Head Start who live in non-AFDC families living below the poverty line. Therefore, the actual percentage of eligible served is likely to be lower than shown here.

Last Update: 5/9/97 by JDC