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Peacedale School Fall 2013


 * Michael Auten **

Peacedale Elementary Website:
@http://pd.skschools.net/

Mission Statement of Peacedale Elementary:

"We envision Peace Dale School as a community of learners in which the social, emotional, physical and academic needs of its members are fully met. Parents, students and staff will be equal partners in our success. The highest standards of cooperative, collaborative and collegial behavior will be the norm. Educational excellence will be the standard achieved by encouraging students and adults to take risks and to expand on traditional ideas. Children will be prepared for the demands of tomorrow and for life in a technological society. The experience at Peace Dale School is characterized by diversity within our school community. We will celebrate this diversity for it strengthens community and enriches our learning."

=**Introduction **=  Peacedale elementary school is a Kindergarten through  fourth grade school in the South Kingstown school district. Peacedale elementary is located in Peace Dale village in the town of South Kingstown in Rhode Island. Peacedale is fairly well off with only 7.2% of its population under the poverty line. Peacedale Elementary boasts around four hundred students for its grades of kindergarten through fourth grade with twenty teachers and six special educators. Peacedale elementary school is on 109 Kersey Road and is less than five miles from the University of Rhode Island giving children a motivation to strive for a higher education. This context statement is aimed at people who want to either seek employment at Peacedale Elementary or parents who are thinking of sending their child there. The statement will go through data on the community, the South Kingstown school district, and Peacedale Elementary itself.


 * Community Background **



 The village of Peacedale commonly put together in the US census with Wakefield is located in South Kingstown in the state of Rhode Island. Peacedale got its name from Mary Peace; who is Rowland Hazard’s wife. Rowland Hazard was a member of a powerful plantation family that were members of the “Narragansett Planters” in the late seventeenth century ( http://www.peacedale.net/). Peacedale likes to keep the traditional small village vibe for all its visitors. 6.5% of Peacedale’s families are under the poverty line, which is better than the state percentage of 8.9% and the national percentage of 10.5%. That ties in with the per capita income of Peacedale being a little higher than the state and national average of $29,685 and $27,915 respectively. Peacedale is a primarily white community with 90.3% of the population being white and the next largest percentage being Native American at 2.6%. The child population of this small village is 5416 children. 20% of them have single parents and 5.7% of Peacedale children live below the poverty line.


 * || Pacedale/Wakefield || Rhode Island || US ||
 * Families Under Poverty Line || 6.5% || 8.9% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">10.5% ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Per Capita Income || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">$31,618 || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">$29,685 || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">$27,915 ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">White || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">90.3% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">81.4% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">72.4% ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Black || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">1.8% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">5.7% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">12.6% ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">American Indian || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">2.6% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">0.4% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">0.7% ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">District Summary **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> The NECAP or New England common assessment program is a state exam that begins being taken by students in the third grade. Students take it from third to eighth grade and finally they take it in eleventh grade. South Kingstown scored above the state average in every category for every grade in the chart below. Compared to Barrington and Central Falls, South Kingstown has a slightly lower average than Barrington, but higher NECAP scores than Central Falls. The amount of teacher with emergency certification in South Kingstown is less than one percent of all staff. Where the state’s average is one percent and Barrington and Central Falls have 0% and 2% respectively. Only 1% of South Kingstown teachers are considered not highly qualified compared to the state average of 3%. This shows that South Kingstown has a fairly highly qualified staff for the education of its students. The ratio of teachers to students is 1:10, meaning most students will get the attention they need from their highly qualified teaching staff.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">NECAP Assesment || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">State || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">South Kingstown || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Barrington || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Central Falls ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3rd Grade Math || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">60% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">78% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">78% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">35% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3rd Grade Reading || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">70% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">85% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">86% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">46% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4th Grade Math || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">65% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">87% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">85% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">35% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4th Grade Reading || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">69% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">82% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">91% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">42% ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4th Grade Science || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">45% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">69% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">77% || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">10% ||

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Peacedale Elementary compared to the state average for the NECAP scores, in all subjects for grades third to fourth, are around sixteen to twenty percent higher than the state’s average. When compared to Hampden meadows in Barrington School district Peacedale elementary scores slightly lower for fourth grade math, science, and reading. Ella Risk School in Central falls scores far below Peacedale for third through fourth grade on the NECAP in all categories. Peacedale like Hampden Meadows and Ella Risk School have no teachers with emergency certification or non-highly qualified teachers compared to the states average of 1% with emergency certification and 3% non-highly qualified teachers. Peacedale elementary has a teacher student ratio of 1:9 where Hampden Meadows and Ella Risk have teacher to student ratios of 1:13 and 1:9 respectively. Peacedale has a 96% attendance rate compared to the state average of 95% and Hampden Meadows rate of 97%. The property value per student versus tax rate on owner occupied property of Peacedale Elementary is around 1.3 million dollars compared to Hamden Meadows’ 894 thousand dollars and Ella Risk School’s 196 thousand dollars.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">School Analysis **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">NECAP Assesment || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">State || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Peacedale || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Hampden Meadows || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Ella Risk ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3rd grade math || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">60% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">78% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">- || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">38% ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3rd grade reading || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">70% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">86% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">- || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">55% ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">4th grade math || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">65% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">82% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">85% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">33% ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">4th grade reading || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">69% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">79% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">91% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">45% ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">4th grade science || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">45% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">67% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">78% || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">6% ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Conclusion **

Peacedale elementary is a small elementary school for kindergarten through fourth located in the village of Peacedale. Peacedale is a primarily white upper middle class area that gives off a small town kind of vibe. Peacedale elementary is located in the South Kingstown district which usually scores above average scores on the NECAP exams and has an overall 97% highly qualified teaching staff. The analysis of the data above shows that Peacedale elementary is an above average school in context to other schools in Rhode Island. The school district of South Kingstown is slightly above the average NECAP scores in comparison to the state average, Barrington's scores and Central Falls' scores. The data explained above should show a potential parent of a student or applicant that they will be in a well off teaching environment with higher scores than the most of the state, and with a higher tax rate and more wealthy people.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">References **

Infoworks! Rhode Island Education Data Reporting. (2013). //School and District Data//. Retrieved November 4, 2013, from @http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/search/schools-and-districts

Rhode Island Kidscount. (2013). //School and District Data//. Retrieved November 4, 2013, from @http://rikidscount.org/matriarch/default.asp

US Census Bureau. (2010). Retrieved November 4, 2013, from census.gov