Absentee Teachers: See Which RI Districts Have the Most
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Absentee Teachers: See Which RI Districts Have the Most
Teacher Absences in RI
36.
Coventry
Total Number of Students: 5,012
Total Number of Teachers: 449
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 1
% Absent: 0.2%
35.
Scituate
Total Number of Students: 1,586
Total Number of Teachers: 124.8
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 11
% Absent: 8.8%
34.
Narragansett
Total Number of Students: 1,433
Total Number of Teachers: 152.9
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 21
% Absent: 13.7%
33.
Portsmouth
Total Number of Students: 2,687
Total Number of Teachers: 214.5
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 33
% Absent: 15.4%
32.
East Greenwich
Total Number of Students: 2,412
Total Number of Teachers: 367
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 74.5
% Absent: 20.3%
NOTE: Figures for this district were omitted from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights database. Alternative figures were obtained from other sources. The number of students and teachers was obtained from the InfoWorks database maintained by the Rhode Island Department of Education. The number of absentee teachers provided here is a rough estimated average calculated indirectly using the statewide average and information available for the other districts. Federal authorities East Greenwich had been left out of their database because the data it provided had not been certified. Local officials were not able to respond to a records request in time for publication.
31.
South Kingstown
Total Number of Students: 3,389
Total Number of Teachers: 282.5
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 61
% Absent: 21.6%
30.
Little Compton
Total Number of Students: 299
Total Number of Teachers: 36
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 9
% Absent: 25.0%
29.
North Kingstown
Total Number of Students: 4,340
Total Number of Teachers: 370.1
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or MoreDays: 95
% Absent: 25.7%
28.
Tiverton
Total Number of Students: 1,883
Total Number of Teachers: 177
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 48
% Absent: 27.1%
27.
Burrillville
Total Number of Students: 2,438
Total Number of Teachers: 199.4
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 56
% Absent: 28.1%
26.
North Smithfield
Total Number of Students: 1,775
Total Number of Teachers: 254
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 74.5
% Absent: 29.3%
NOTE: Figures for this district were omitted from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights database. Alternative figures were obtained from other sources. The number of students and teachers was obtained from the InfoWorks database maintained by the Rhode Island Department of Education. The number of absentee teachers provided here is a rough estimated average calculated indirectly using the statewide average and information available for the other districts.
However, the district was able to provide alternative figures for the 2013-2014 school year. They indicate that out of a full-time equivalent of 137.5 teachers, 11, or 8 percent, were absent 10 or more days. (The figure for teachers provided by the district is significantly lower than InfoWorks because InfoWorks includes certified in-classroom teachers while the InfoWorks number represents all certified teachers whether or not they are in the classroom.) The district did not have the corresponding figures for the 2011-2012 school year. Federal authorities said the district was omitted because the data it provided had not been certified.
25.
Cumberland
Total Number of Students: 4,667
Total Number of Teachers: 331.15
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 98
% Absent: 29.6%
24.
Lincoln
Total Number of Students: 3,308
Total Number of Teachers: 282.6
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 84
% Absent: 29.7%
23.
Chariho
Total Number of Students: 3,479
Total Number of Teachers: 270.8
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 81.6
% Absent: 30.1%
22.
Jamestown
Total Number of Students: 521
Total Number of Teachers: 47
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 14.5
% Absent: 30.9%
21
Central Falls
Total Number of Students: 2,699
Total Number of Teachers: 200
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 64
% Absent: 32.0%
20.
Warwick
Total Number of Students: 9,854
Total Number of Teachers: 850.5
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 291
% Absent: 34.2%
19.
East Providence
Total Number of Students: 5,342
Total Number of Teachers: 406.3
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 143
% Absent: 34.2%
18.
Foster- Glocester
Total Number of Students: 1,193
Total Number of Teachers: 113.2
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 40
% Absent: 35.3%
NOTE: The figures for Foster-Glocester initially appeared far higher, with 102 teachers absent. The district said the number had been inflated because every single type of absence was erroneously included in the data the district submitted to federal authorities. Included in Foster-Glocester’s filing were: field trips, professional development, curriculum writing, out-of-school meetings, state Department of Education meetings, and in-school meetings for special education students. Other districts did not necessarily include all these absences in their filings. The above figure is a corrected amount the district provided.
17.
Foster
Total Number of Students: 275
Total Number of Teachers: 16
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 6
% Absent: 37.5%
16.
Johnston
Total Number of Students: 3,083
Total Number of Teachers: 259.6
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 99
% Absent: 38.1%
15.
West Warwick
Total Number of Students: 3.329
Total Number of Teachers: 290
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 115
% Absent: 39.7%
14.
Cranston
Total Number of Students: 10,661
Total Number of Teachers: 894
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 370.6
% Absent: 41.5%
13.
Exeter-West Greenwich
Total Number of Students: 1,577
Total Number of Teachers: 148.34
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 62
% Absent: 41.8%
12.
Newport
Total Number of Students: 1,997
Total Number of Teachers: 197.35
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 87
% Absent: 44.1%
11.
North Providence
Total Number of Students: 3,410
Total Number of Teachers: 295
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 131
% Absent: 44.4%
10.
Westerly
Total Number of Students: 3.050
Total Number of Teachers: 258.6
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 121
% Absent: 46.8%
9.
Barrington
Total Number of Students: 3,539
Total Number of Teachers: 279.06
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 132
% Absent: 47.3%
8.
Glocester
Total Number of Students: 581
Total Number of Teachers: 29.5
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 15
% Absent: 50.8%
7.
Pawtucket
Total Number of Students: 8,831
Total Number of Teachers: 413
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 223
% Absent: 54%
6.
Bristol-Warren
Total Number of Students: 3,614
Total Number of Teachers: 239.2
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 136
% Absent: 56.9%
5.
Providence
Total Number of Students: 23,519
Total Number of Teachers: 1661.2
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 1661.2
% Absent: 63.3%
4.
Smithfield
Total Number of Students: 2,525
Total Number of Teachers: 144.7
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 95
% Absent: 65.7%
NOTE: The Smithfield School District told GoLocalProv that its rate of teacher absenteeism is actually lower that what the federal database indicates because it includes professional development days. The error originated with Smithfield itself: the district says the software program it uses to track absences includes professional development days. However, the district was unable to provide a revised figure in time for publication. The above figures are those available from the database maintained by Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education.
3.
Middletown
Total Number of Students: 2,339
Total Number of Teachers: 205
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 142
% Absent: 69.3%
2.
Woonsocket
Total Number of Students: 5,897
Total Number of Teachers: 407.36
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 285
% Absent: 70.0%
1.
New Shoreham
Total Number of Students: 113
Total Number of Teachers: 26.8
Total Number of Teachers Absent 10 or More Days: 20
% Absent: 74.6%
NOTE: New Shoreham’s high absentee rate appears to be connected to the school district’s small size. Federal data does not appear to correct for this factor.
