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Is Your State Providing Equal Access to Education?

This database was last updated in January 2013 and should only be used as a historical snapshot of data from the 2009-10 school year. For more recent data on public and charter schools, check out Miseducation.

ProPublica analyzed federal education data from the 2009-2010 school year to examine whether states provide high-poverty schools equal access to advanced courses and special programs that researchers say will help them later in life. This is the first nationwide picture of exactly which courses are being taken at which schools and districts across the country. More than three-quarters of all public school children are represented. Read our story and our methodology.

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Educational Access in Rhode Island

Districts with 3,000 or more students.
110K
Students
7,794
Teachers
19
Districts
217
Schools

Percentage of relevant students who...

 
National Average

AP Pass Rate

55%

43%

Take Chemistry

18%

23%

Take Physics

8%

13%

Are

1%

1% Am Indian
6%

4% Asian
18%

10% Black
25%

20% Hispanic
49%

65% White

At a Glance

Choose a type of district and a school measure to update the map.

  • Unified Districts
  • Elementary Districts
  • Secondary Districts
  • Free/Reduced Lunch
  • AP Enrollment
  • AP Pass Rate
  • Advanced Math Enrollment
  • Gifted/Talented Enrollment