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Dunn's Corners School

Serves grades KG - 4

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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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
8 1/2 Plateau Road
Westerly, RI 02891
Phone
(401) 348-2320
District
WESTERLY
County
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
282
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Rhode Island

9

(10 is best)

Better than 84.1% of all RI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Dunn's Corners School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
60%
42%
67%
48%
52%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
55%
35%
57%
37%
52%
33%
55%
35%
57%
37%
52%
33%
    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
11
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 47 16.7%
Grade 1 58 20.6%
Grade 2 52 18.4%
Grade 3 58 20.6%
Grade 4 67 23.8%
Total 282 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.9% 84.4% 56.9%
Black 2.0% 1.2% 9.4%
Hispanic 7.8% 10.5% 29.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 2.4% 3.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.3% 1.6% 1.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 28.0% 33.6% 44.9%
Free lunch eligible 23.4% 28.6% 39.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.6% 4.9% 5.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,501 1,095,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 703.2 1,060
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.3% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.9% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.5% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 33.1% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 23.1% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,375 426,769
Single Parent Households With Children 6.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.0% 89.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.1% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.5% 17.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.6% 18.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.9% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.6% 15.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.5% 13.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.6% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,580 $30,930,180 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,432 $9,166,872 14.2%
Staff $679 $1,813,609 2.8%
General Administration $276 $737,196 1.1%
School Administration $964 $2,574,844 4.0%
Operation $1,879 $5,018,809 7.8%
Transportation $931 $2,486,701 3.8%
Other $801 $2,139,471 3.3%
Total Support $8,962 $23,937,502 37.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,638 $9,717,098 15.0%
Total Expenditures $24,179 $64,582,109 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,157 $1,413,730,268 50.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,999 $278,279,833 10.0%
Staff $731 $101,680,287 3.6%
General Administration $265 $36,817,892 1.3%
School Administration $918 $127,771,288 4.6%
Operation $1,399 $194,651,761 7.0%
Transportation $793 $110,434,912 4.0%
Other $773 $107,535,248 3.9%
Total Support $6,877 $957,156,512 34.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,988 $415,883,409 14.9%
Total Expenditures $20,022 $2,786,768,446 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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