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Garden City School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
70 Plantations Drive
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone
(401) 270-8073
District
CRANSTON
County
PROVIDENCE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
257
Classroom Teachers
17

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Rhode Island

8

(10 is best)

Better than 80.3% of all RI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Garden City School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
61%
36%
61%
37%
61%
35%
61%
36%
61%
37%
61%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
30%
53%
29%
33%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
44%
29%
48%
32%
40%
26%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 41 16.0%
Grade 1 43 16.7%
Grade 2 43 16.7%
Grade 3 40 15.6%
Grade 4 39 15.2%
Grade 5 51 19.8%
Total 257 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.7% 49.7% 56.0%
Black 1.2% 5.1% 9.4%
Hispanic 21.0% 34.8% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.1% 9.3% 3.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 1.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 23.0% 33.5% 40.2%
Free lunch eligible 21.8% 28.6% 36.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.2% 4.9% 4.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 82,654 1,093,734
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,860.7 1,059
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.6% 17.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.3% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 16.4% 17.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 31,917 432,219
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.5% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.9% 36.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.0% 21.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.5% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.9% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.5% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.8% 10.0%
$15,000 or less 9.9% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,647 $99,421,982 53.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,350 $24,219,100 13.1%
Staff $343 $3,534,958 1.9%
General Administration $146 $1,504,676 0.8%
School Administration $813 $8,378,778 4.5%
Operation $1,105 $11,388,130 6.1%
Transportation $693 $7,142,058 3.9%
Other $744 $7,667,664 4.1%
Total Support $6,194 $63,835,364 34.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,159 $22,250,654 12.0%
Total Expenditures $18,000 $185,508,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,204 $1,413,930,536 51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,066 $286,234,340 10.5%
Staff $695 $96,332,477 3.5%
General Administration $282 $39,040,094 1.4%
School Administration $910 $126,080,469 4.6%
Operation $1,383 $191,589,028 7.0%
Transportation $637 $88,277,524 3.2%
Other $785 $108,771,715 4.0%
Total Support $6,757 $936,310,804 34.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,757 $382,088,495 14.0%
Total Expenditures $19,719 $2,732,322,757 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%