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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 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
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
861
Classroom Teachers
73

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Rhode Island

9

(10 is best)

Better than 90.9% of all RI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
64%
36%
75%
46%
53%
25%
    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 9 191 22.2%
Grade 10 227 26.4%
Grade 11 214 24.9%
Grade 12 229 26.6%
Total 861 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.6% 86.9% 56.0%
Black 2.7% 2.2% 9.4%
Hispanic 5.1% 6.3% 30.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.7% 2.0% 3.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.9% 2.5% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 11.3% 12.7% 40.2%
Free lunch eligible 10.6% 11.8% 36.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.7% 1.0% 4.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 31,576 1,093,734
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 500.5 1,059
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.8% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 26.3% 17.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.0% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.9% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 20.9% 17.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,790 432,219
Single Parent Households With Children 4.1% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.0% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 56.6% 36.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.9% 21.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.2% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.2% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.3% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.5% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.5% 10.0%
$15,000 or less 6.4% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,991 $34,294,260 53.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,042 $5,840,120 9.2%
Staff $784 $2,242,240 3.5%
General Administration $269 $769,340 1.2%
School Administration $1,280 $3,660,800 5.8%
Operation $1,394 $3,986,840 6.3%
Transportation $934 $2,671,240 4.2%
Other $857 $2,451,020 3.9%
Total Support $7,559 $21,618,740 34.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,679 $7,661,940 12.1%
Total Expenditures $22,229 $63,574,940 100.0%
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%