Narragansett+High+School+Fall+2012

= = = Narragansett High School =

By: Courtney Sutherland
Introduction: Welcome to the home of the Narragansett Mariners! Narragansett High School, est. 1970 is one of the highest performing public high schools in Rhode Island. Located in the heart of Narragansett, students are given the opportunity and encouraged to try out for school sports during all three seasons, take challenging courses, and become active members of the community. Narragansett is a beach community, with public, private, and state beaches ten minutes in any direction of the town. Along with the high school, Narragansett's school district tends to also be a leading district in the state. In the upcoming analysis, one will be able to judge for themselves if the community, district, and school deserves its rank in the state.

Mission Statement: Empowering all members of the learning community through a rigorous, inquiry based, integrated, and standards-driven curriculum. Creating a collaborative culture that inspires confidence through active participation, reflection, and accountability from all members. Establishing and maintaining a personalized culture for teaching and learning, that is respectful, safe, and encourages life-long learning.

Community Background: Narragansett is a fortunate community. In this small beach town, the median household income exceeds the median household income of the states by $57,906 to $54,902. The median family income in comparison also exceeds the median family income of the state by $85,020 to $70,663. Going by the numbers, the families below poverty level in Narragansett is not accounted for, while the state's percentage of families below poverty level is at 8.4%; with results from 2010. income || $57,906 || $54,902 || $51,914 || income || $85,020 || $70,663 || $62,982 || poverty level || (x) || 8.4% || 10.1% || the poverty level || (x) || 12.2% || 13.8% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">payment || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$2,427 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$1,619 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">N/A ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">US ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Median household
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Median family
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">All families below
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">All people below
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Per capita income || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$37,159 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$28,707 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$27,334 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Typical monthly housing

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Being such a small town, Narragansett is not as racially diverse of a community. Data collected in 2010/ 2011 presents Narragansett's community making up; 95.7% White, 0.8% African American, and 1.7% Hispanic or Latino; out of the State consisting of 81.4% White, 5.7% African American, and 12.4% hispanic or latino. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The census-based indicators of the town, collected in 2010-2011, are looking positive for Narragansett. Narragansett is home to 2,269 children (under 18) who make up the town, of those children, 24% live in single-parent families. Of the families with children in this community, a low 4.3% are living in families below the federal poverty threshold.Typically, the average monthly housing payment for a Narragansett resident is $2,427/mo. as opposed to the Rhode Island typical monthly house payment of $1,619/mo.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Alaska Native || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0.2% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0.6% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0.9% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">families || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">24% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">31% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">below federal poverty <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">threshold || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4.3% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">16.7% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">cash assistance || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Participation || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">304 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">63,783 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Participation || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">19% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2010 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">US ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">White || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">95.7% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">81.4% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">72.4% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">African American || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0.8% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5.7% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">12.6% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Asian || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0.8% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2.9% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4.8% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Hispanic or Latino || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1.7% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">12.4% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">16.3% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">American Indian/
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Child population || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2,269 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">223,956 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Children in single-parent
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Children living in families
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Children in families recieving
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Food Stamp Program
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">School Breakfast Program

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">While the states percentage of teens not in school and not working sits around 5%, Narragansett's is not available. Narragansett high school has a 2% higher high school attendance rate (94%) than Rhode Islands 92% rate. As of 2011, the schools making insuficcent progress at Narragansett was 0%, compared to the state's 14%. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> In the Narragansett community, the high school graduation rate was at 84%; compared to the State graduation rate of 83.7% and the 85% U.S rate; during 2011. The abuse of alcohol by teens in Narragansett is at a high 30% compared with the state level at 21%; however when looking at the abuse of weed, the state comes in higher with a 39:34%ratio.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">not working || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">(x) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5% ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teens not in school and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Alcohol abuse in teens || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">30% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">21% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Marijuana abuse in teens || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">34% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">39% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Births to teens || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5.8% (per 1000) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">27% (per 1000) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In- school suspension || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">68 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">24,685 ||

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett is a safe community for children. Child abuse and neglect; at a rate per 1,000 children; in Narragansett is at 8.4% while the State is at a percentage of 14%. In Narragansett, there is also low juvenile criminal activity taking place. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">JUV. arrests for: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">of Weapon || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Assault || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Physical Fights <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">in school || Education is also an important part of the community. The data in the chart below regarding the education in the community was collected in 2010/ 2011. As shown through the data table, Narragansett offers early intervention participation, and special education courses available. Narragansett does it part to contribute to the needs of every student, regardless of age. With the extra programs available, it is quite apparent that there is a positive beneficial outcome in the long run; proved by the scores in both reading and math being well over the state average. The programs also help add to the motivation of the students, which is shown through the percentage of students who plan to attend college from this town compared to the percentage of students who plan to attend college from the state. Participation (under age 3) || 8% || 11% || in special education (grades k-12) || 18% || 18% || Reading || 94% || 77% || Math || 54% || 30% ||
 * ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Posession
 * ~  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">144 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">741 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">11% ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">5 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">18% ||
 * || Narragansett || Rhode Island ||
 * Early Intervention
 * Children enrolled
 * 11th grade Proficent in
 * 11th grade proficent in
 * Plan to attend college || 95% || 90% ||



District Summary: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Narragansett high school, not just its accompanying middle and elementary schools rank higher than the state in almost all of their testing, such as the test from the New England Common Assessment Program. In the chart below, Narragansett tends to always do better than the state, yet not quite as well as the number one ranked public high school in the state, Barrington. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">The importance of this is expressed while looking at the <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> proficiency continuation to keep up with, if not do better than the state average, in multiple grade levels. For example 4th grade math scores out-did the states scores by 65:43, then in 8th grade Narragansett still out-did the state with math NECAP scores by 78:58, finally jumping to 11th grade math scores, continuing to do well with scores of 54 for Narragansett, to 30 in the state. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">(2011-2012) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Barrington || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Math (2010-2011) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">43 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">65 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">65 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Math || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">58 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">78 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">90 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">78 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">89 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">95 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Writing || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">59 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">78 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">83 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Science (2010-2011) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">25 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">42 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">69 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Math || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">30 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">54 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">69 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">76 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">94 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">92 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Writing || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">51 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">66 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">69 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Science (2010-2011) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">26 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">41 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">57 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">NECAP Assessments
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<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">While looking at the student to teacher ratio. The student ratio is found by dividing the number of students by the number of full-time teachers. As you will notice, in Narragansett, there is one teacher per 9 students, which is three less students than the average of the state, and is typically four less students than the average student to teacher ratio in Barrington. Resulting in more student attention at Narragansett than other districts. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teacher-student <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">ratio (2010-2011) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Barrington || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Certification || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">0% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teachers || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Qualifications and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teachers with Emergency
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Not Highly Qualified
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teacher-student Ratio || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1:11 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1:9 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1:12 ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Characteristics || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Barrington || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">subsidized lunch || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">44% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">7% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">6% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Bilingual Education Services || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">6% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><1% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Education Services || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">17% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">16% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">13% || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">As mentioned before, Narragansett could be considered a community that is "better off." Because the meidan family income and property value in Narragansett is generally high, Narragansett is able to spend more on each individual student. In the chart below, Narragansett is compared with the highest performing public high school in the state, with Central Falls, the lowest performing high school in the state.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Student
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Student eligibility for
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students recieving Special

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">per student || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Per pupil <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">expenditure || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Median family <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">income ||
 * || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Property value
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$3,115,960.59 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$17,982 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$67,571 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Barrington || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$894,098.00 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$12,379.00 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$84,657 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Central Falls || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$196, 417.72 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$14, 347.00 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">$26,811.00 ||

School Analysis: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">As a school, Narragansett High School, does well on most testing, including SAT for college admittance. Those who enroll to take such tests are more plentiful from Narragansett High School than most Rhode Island high schools. Aside from exams, Narragansett also offers AP classes. For an AP class, a student must take a test on the material learned at the end of the year, and score a three or above for college credit. For charts with specific numbers as opposed to percentages, it is important to remember that Narragansett high school has less students than almost every high school in the state. It is the second smallest high school in the state next to Block Island High School yet, they still have more students taking the AP Exams than some high schools in the state. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sat Exams: AP Exams: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">taken || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4955 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">94 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">490 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">68 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">take exam || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3102 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">57 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">264 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">54 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">college-level mastery || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2875 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">70 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">437 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">10 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">College-level mastery || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">58% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">74% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">89% || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">15% ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2010-2011 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Barrington || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Central Falls ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Mathematics Average || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">482 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">535 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">576 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">374 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Reading Average || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">482 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">509 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">554 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">381 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Writing Average || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">474 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">506 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">547 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">376 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2010-2011 || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rhode Island || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Narragansett || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Barrington || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Central Falls ||
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Conclusion: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">From the data collected above, I believe Narragansett High School is a well performing school, where there is success in the majority of the students. Narragansett is generally a highly-ranked school for public high schools, and deserves the rank it holds. The community of Narragansett is tightly knit, and not very diverse in its populations. Narragansett's beach county is a wealthier community and is very costal, with beaches at almost every end of the town. There are many extracirriculars offered to the students, and students are lucky to have more inter-personal relationships with their teachers due to the few students that attend the high school. As a district, Narragansett performs well on the major testing, including NECAPS, SATs, AP and college level courses.

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