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Claiborne Pell Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newport, Newport County. The school has 697 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Newport school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 66.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Claiborne Pell Elementary enrolls 697 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 66.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 268 | 38% |
| White | 243 | 35% |
| Two or more races | 86 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 66 | 9.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 18 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 14 | 2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
486 of the school's 697 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 439 qualify for free lunch and 47 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Claiborne Pell Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district RI-10, state senate district 13, state house district 73.
Claiborne Pell Elementary is one of 4 schools in Newport, based in Newport, Rhode Island. The district serves 1,795 students district-wide and employs 200 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 697 students, Claiborne Pell Elementary is larger than the district average of about 449 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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