Kids Count Data Center

Beginning with data for 2011, it is no longer possible to estimate the number of children eligible for Early Head Start for each city and town in Rhode Island because detailed family income data is no longer collected in the decennial census. The family income estimates available from the American Community Survey have large margins of error and are suppressed for many towns in Rhode Island.

Beginning with data for 2011, it is no longer possible to estimate the number of children eligible for Head Start for each city and town in Rhode Island because detailed family income data is no longer collected in the decennial census. The family income estimates available from the American Community Survey have large margins of error and are suppressed for many towns in Rhode Island.

Chronic school absence is the percentage of students who miss 10% or more of the school year (i.e., 18 days or more), including excused and unexcused absences.

Due to the adoption of a new survey tool by the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, data for 2011 and on cannot be compared with previous years' data.

Due to the adoption of a new survey tool by the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, data for 2011 and on reports only on marijuana use and not the use of other illicit drugs.

Due to the adoption of a new survey tool by the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, data for 2011 and on cannot be compared with previous years' data.

Children who screened positive for lead poisoning (blood lead level =10 mcg/dL) are counted if they screened positive with an unconfirmed capillary test at any time in their lives prior to the end of December. Children confirmed positive for lead poisoning (blood lead level =10 mcg/dL) are counted if they screened positive with a venous test and/or had a confirmed capillary test at any time in their lives prior to the end of December. The Rhode Island Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program recommends that children under age six with a capillary blood lead level of =10 mcg/dL receive a confirmatory venous test.

 

Youth violence refers to a variety of harmful behaviors that youth can experience as victims, witnesses or offenders and that can cause emotional harm, injury, disability or death. Violence and the threat of violence can impact the well-being of youth, families, schools and communities, and can generate high social and economic costs.

The Youth violence indicator is the number of arrests of youths under age 18 in Rhode Island for assault and weapons offenses and the percentage of high school students who report “ever experiencing violence at school.” These two measures of youth violence are used to account for violence that leads to arrest as well as violence between youth that may not come to the attention of the police.