Table 9:
Low-income Children Receiving School Breakfast, Rhode Island, Fall 1996

Public
School District

Number of low-income students in district

Number of Low-Income Students Attending Schools with Breakfast

Percent of Low-Income Students Attending Schools with Breakfast

 

1995 Percent of Low-Income Students Attending Schools with Breakfast

Barrington

94

0

0%

 

0%

Bristol-Warren

935

287

31%

 

31%

Burrillville

584

584

100%

 

100%

Central Falls

2,454

2,454

100%

 

100%

Chariho

467

190

41%

 

41%

Coventry

850

310

36%

 

31%

Cranston

2,108

1,180

56%

 

47%

Cumberland

532

298

56%

 

56%

East Greenwich

188

124

66%

 

66%

East Providence

1,829

1,577

86%

 

66%

Exeter-W. Greenwich

216

92

43%

 

43%

Foster

48

0

0%

 

0%

Foster-Glocester

117

0

0%

 

0%

Glocester

122

0

0%

 

0%

Jamestown

48

0

0%

 

0%

Johnston

436

0

0%

 

0%

Lincoln

351

41

12%

 

12%

Little Compton

48

0

0%

 

0%

Middletown

526

0

0%

 

0%

Narragansett

277

0

0%

 

0%

Newport

1,181

311

26%

 

17%

New Shoreham

4

0

0%

 

0%

North Kingstown

565

0

0%

 

0%

North Providence

569

0

0%

 

10%

North Smithfield

174

0

0%

 

0%

Pawtucket

5,030

1,042

21%

 

21%

Portsmouth

191

0

0%

 

0%

Providence

17,393

17,350

100%

 

100%

Scituate

145

0

0%

 

0%

Smithfield

208

0

0%

 

0%

South Kingstown

467

0

0%

 

0%

Tiverton

372

0

0%

 

0%

Warwick

2,112

247

12%

 

12%

Westerly

607

542

89%

 

89%

West Warwick

1,066

673

63%

 

29%

Woonsocket

3,375

2,882

85%

 

85%

Core Cities

29,433

24,039

82%

 

81%

Remainder of State

16,256

6,145

38%

 

32%

Rhode Island

45,689

30,184

66%

 

64%

Source; Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of School Food Services, Fall 1995 and 1996. Core cities are Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport, and Central Falls.

Number of low-income students is the number of students eligible for free or reduced price lunches in the Fall of 1995. Low-income students receiving breakfast is the percent of students eligible for free or reduced priced lunches who attend schools serving breakfast in the Fall of 1996. Half-day kindergarten, private schools and residential child care facilities may offer the Breakfast program, but are not included in these calculations.

The denominator is the number of children enrolled in public school who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches in the Fall of 1995, not including half-day kindergarten.

Last Update: 5/8/97 by JDC