Table 23:
High School Graduation Rate, Rhode Island, 1995

 

Community Context

 

School District

% Children In Poverty

% Adults Completing High School

# of Students Enrolled 

% Limited English Proficiency  

%Minority Enrollment

 

% of Seniors Taking the SAT

1995
High School Graduation Rate

1994
High School Graduation Rate

Barrington

1.3%

88.9

2,852

NA

3%

87

94.1

96.8

Bristol-Warren

6.6%

NA

3,987

5.1%

2%

67

76.6

80.3

Burrillville

6.1%

70.6

2,958

0.2%

1%

59

90.3

91.5

Central Falls

32.5%

46.9

2,842

29.8%

59%

41

55.2

62.1

Chariho

5.0%

82.2

3,800

0.3%

3%

52

85.3

82.9

Coventry

5.3%

74.4

5,482

0.1%

2%

57

90.2

92.6

Cranston

9.5%

74.0

10,223

5.5%

11%

58

86.7

82.3

Cumberland

4.7%

74.7

4,604

2.6%

4%

72

89.8

88.9

East Greenwich

5.3%

89.8

2,178

0.7%

4%

90

94.0

92.6

East Providence

8.7%

66.9

6,648

6.6%

12%

63

76.7

77.7

Exeter-W. Greenwich

3.2%

78.0

1,882

NA

4%

60

89.2

87.5

Foster

7.6%

81.9

391

NA

1%

NA

NA

NA

Foster-Glocester

6.8%

82.5

1,380

NA

1%

60

92.1

87.1

Glocester

6.5%

82.8

877

NA

2%

NA

NA

NA

Jamestown

8.1%

89.0

633

NA

2%

NA

NA

NA

Johnston

8.4%

66.8

3,277

0.9%

4%

55

81.2

87.9

Lincoln

7.0%

76.1

3,141

0.5%

4%

74

81.8

91.0

Little Compton

2.7%

86.0

372

NA

0%

NA

NA

NA

Middletown

6.0%

85.0

2,760

1.5%

12%

70

88.8

92.6

Narragansett

4.5%

87.2

1,926

1.1%

4%

77

85.3

96.5

Newport

20.3%

84.1

3,052

1.0%

26%

70

87.8

84.8

New Shoreham

10.1%

94.0

114

NA

4%

100

100

100

North Kingstown

4.7%

86.2

4,310

1.3%

5%

71

89.9

88.3

North Providence

5.4%

70.8

3,570

3.0%

8%

67

96.2

85.1

North Smithfield

1.6%

71.5

1,698

NA

2%

62

95.5

93.9

Pawtucket

15.5%

61.6

9,394

11.0%

30%

51

64.8

61.8

Portsmouth

4.4%

86.3

2,686

NA

3%

81

95.2

96.2

Providence

34.5%

62.8

23,591

19.0%

73%

70

75.6

69.5

Scituate

3.7%

83.8

1,653

NA

2%

59

92.2

95.9

Smithfield

4.1%

80.8

2,684

0.1%

1%

77

97.3

95.2

South Kingstown

7.5%

85.5

3,810

1.2%

9%

89

87.3

90.0

Tiverton

6.4%

70.5

2,126

NA

1%

60

90.1

85.9

Warwick

5.9%

77.8

12,003

0.6%

4%

68

90.7

90.4

Westerly

8.7%

75.6

3,249

1.7%

4%

69

86.9

94.6

West Warwick

11.8%

70.3

3,973

3.5%

8%

73

54.0

78.0

Woonsocket

21.4%

56.2

6,478

4.6%

25%

48

73.0

65.6

Core Cities

27.3%

NA

45,357

14.8%

53%

NA

NA

NA

Remainder of State

6.5%

NA

101,247

1.9%

5%

NA

NA

NA

Rhode Island

13.5%

72.0

146,604

5.9%

20%

66

82.6

81.8

Percent of children in poverty, parent adults completing high school are from the 1990 Census of Population. All other data are from the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Rhode Island Public Schools; 1995 District Profiles.

NA: Community has a regional high school.

The denominator is the number of children enrolled in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12 grades in the fall of 1995.

Last Update: 5/9/97 by JDC