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Sowams Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 3

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
364 Sowams Road
Barrington, RI 02806
Phone
(401) 247-3180
District
Barrington
County
BRISTOL 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

10

(10 is best)

Better than 100.0% of all RI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Sowams Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
75%
36%
72%
37%
78%
35%
    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
14
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 59 23.0%
Grade 1 69 26.8%
Grade 2 74 28.8%
Grade 3 55 21.4%
Total 257 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.6% 83.4% 55.1%
Black 2.1% 1.8% 9.5%
Hispanic 5.0% 6.0% 31.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.3% 8.7% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 6.6% 6.7% 45.4%
Free lunch eligible 4.3% 5.5% 39.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 1.2% 6.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,121 1,093,734
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,091.8 1,059
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.8% 17.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.1% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.0% 26.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.6% 17.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,053 432,219
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.0% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 73.3% 36.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 47.7% 21.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.6% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.5% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 9.3% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.4% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.8% 10.0%
$15,000 or less 3.8% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,500 $35,753,000 58.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,460 $4,973,000 8.1%
Staff $1,012 $3,446,000 5.6%
General Administration $182 $621,000 1.0%
School Administration $714 $2,432,000 4.0%
Operation $1,225 $4,172,000 6.8%
Transportation $423 $1,441,000 2.3%
Other $542 $1,846,000 3.0%
Total Support $5,560 $18,931,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,965 $6,690,000 10.9%
Total Expenditures $18,025 $61,374,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,721 $1,473,540,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,170 $298,256,000 10.3%
Staff $790 $108,635,000 3.8%
General Administration $306 $42,092,000 1.5%
School Administration $969 $133,201,000 4.6%
Operation $1,596 $219,360,000 7.6%
Transportation $700 $96,250,000 3.3%
Other $839 $115,349,000 4.0%
Total Support $7,371 $1,013,143,000 35.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,949 $405,285,000 14.0%
Total Expenditures $21,040 $2,891,968,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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