Summary:
The city of Manville, Rhode Island has only one public school serving grades PK-5: Northern Lincoln Elementary. As the sole school in the area, Northern Lincoln Elementary is the focus of this analysis, which examines its performance, demographics, and other key metrics.
Northern Lincoln Elementary is ranked 71 out of 166 Rhode Island elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on the RICAS exams, is generally below the Lincoln district and state averages. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 36.4% in English Language Arts, 34.6% in Mathematics, and 35.9% in Science, compared to the Lincoln district's rates of 44.8%, 47.3%, and 42.8%, respectively.
The school's student-teacher ratio of 13.2 is slightly lower than the state average, and its spending per student for the 2022-2023 school year was $21,349. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 39.43% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting potential socioeconomic challenges that may be impacting academic performance. Without additional comparative data from other schools in the area, it is difficult to draw definitive conclusions about Northern Lincoln Elementary's performance relative to its peers.
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