South Kingstown High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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 2017 – 2018 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2016
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
215 Columbia Street
Wakefield, RI 02879
Phone
(401) 360-1000
District
SOUTH KINGSTOWN
County
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
940
Classroom Teachers
77

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Rhode Island

9

(10 is best)

Better than 83.3% of RI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

9

(10 is best)

South Kingstown High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
62%
45%
75%
59%
49%
31%
    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
12
12
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 0 0.0%
Grade 1 0 0.0%
Grade 2 0 0.0%
Grade 3 0 0.0%
Grade 4 0 0.0%
Grade 5 0 0.0%
Grade 6 0 0.0%
Grade 7 0 0.0%
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 237 25.2%
Grade 10 239 25.4%
Grade 11 230 24.5%
Grade 12 234 24.9%
Total 940 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.1% 87.4% 59.0%
Black 3.0% 1.9% 9.2%
Hispanic 3.2% 5.2% 27.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 2.5% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.9% 3.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 16.5% 16.8% 46.8%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 15.0% 15.7% 41.1%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 1.5% 1.1% 5.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 30,735 1,059,361
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 487.1 1,025
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.2% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 28.0% 17.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.9% 32.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.1% 27.5%
65 OR OLDER 18.9% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,314 410,489
Single Parent Households With Children 7.0% 10.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.1% 88.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 52.6% 34.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.8% 14.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.5% 16.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.4% 13.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.1% 16.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.8% 14.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.1% 12.5%
$15,000 or less 8.3% 11.3%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,439 $35,415,144 55.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,918 $5,938,128 9.2%
Staff $579 $1,792,584 2.8%
General Administration $187 $578,952 0.9%
School Administration $1,138 $3,523,248 5.5%
Operation $1,354 $4,191,984 6.5%
Transportation $1,138 $3,523,248 5.5%
Other $913 $2,826,648 4.4%
Total Support $7,227 $22,374,792 34.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,144 $6,637,824 10.3%
Total Expenditures $20,810 $64,427,760 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,237 $1,324,894,902 51.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,789 $256,676,732 9.9%
Staff $652 $93,485,315 3.6%
General Administration $246 $35,252,134 1.4%
School Administration $820 $117,587,821 4.5%
Operation $1,296 $185,829,993 7.2%
Transportation $694 $99,538,496 3.8%
Other $666 $95,560,015 3.7%
Total Support $6,162 $883,905,154 34.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,661 $381,748,070 14.7%
Total Expenditures $18,061 $2,590,527,483 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,838 $346,122,956,267 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $679 $34,352,975,349 5.0%
Staff $546 $27,656,793,506 4.0%
General Administration $224 $11,359,077,651 1.7%
School Administration $657 $33,237,901,128 4.9%
Operation $1,054 $53,333,273,914 7.8%
Transportation $473 $23,948,272,674 3.5%
Other $420 $21,254,923,139 3.1%
Total Support $4,053 $205,142,872,671 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,612 $132,190,575,207 19.3%
Total Expenditures $13,503 $683,455,649,655 100.0%

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