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ED 274 489 AUTHOR TITLE INSTITUTION PUB DATE NOTE PUB TYPE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT RC 015 932 Romain, Louise U.S. Virgin Islands 1982-83 School Statistical Summary. Virgin Islands Government Dept. of Education, Charlotte Amalie. 83 32p.; For the 1983-84 summary, see RC 015 933. Reports - Descriptive (141) -- Statistical Data (110) MFO1/PCO2 Plus Postage. Average Daily Attendance; Dropout Rate; Elementary Secondary Education; *Enrollment; Graduates; *Private Schools; *Public Schools; *School Demography; School Holding Power; *School Statistics; Small Schools; *Student Characteristics; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Student Ratio *Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands School Statistical Summary presents narratives, 26 tables, and 7 graphic illustrations of education in- public and private elementary and secondary schools during the 1982-83 school year. Tables provide data on public and private student enrollments, average daily attendance, student nationality and citizenship, dropouts, withdrawals, retentions, graduates, and post-graduation plans. Graphs show public and private school enrollments for 1970-82, student place of birth, public school retention, and graduates. Comparisons of 1982-83 data with prior years show fluctuation and mirror the socioeconomic and political Situations of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Public school enrollment totaled 25,699 or 78.4 percent of enrollment with 70.5 percent of students born in the Virgin Islands and 17.1 percent claiming non-citizen status. Private school enrollment totaled 7,097 or 21.6 percent. The Department of Education operated 26 elementary and 9 secondary schools; 26 private schools operated during the year. Public school dropout rate was 1.0 percent. Post-graduation plans included 67.2 percent higher education, 11 percent military, 6.5 percent jobs, and 15.4 percent undecided. 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TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES NFORMATION CENTER (ERIC = US OfPAFTWENT OF EOUCATION wee of EQucatore Semmerct anc improwemern EDUCATIONAL ae ine ORATION CENTER (ERIC RC 015932 “Se Gocwn™mern Ses Deer reproduced as eve’ for ee DerTsor oF orge™retor rmrenng * CO Menor CONI™NQ OS “eee DOr ede Ic morove OD Ou OF Gumi y ‘ va © Pores of ee OF OG THONs SIBIED [hs Gotu Graphics & Cover Design by Louise Romain 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Special thanks are extended to everyone in the staff of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation for contributions to the development of this publication. During the course of six months, the office operated without a director. Despite the ab- sence, the staff continued to work, completing major works, in- cluding this summary. Special thanks is extended to Ms. Louise Romain, Research and Statistical Officer, for taking leadership and providing yeo- man’s service in compiling the data and preparing this summary. Credit is given to Mrs. Rita Brady-Creque and Ms. Velsina George who act as indispensable source in the acquisition of data from St. Croix. The efforts of the school principals and their clerical staff in submitting data to the Office of Planning, Research and Evalu- ation in a more accurate and timely basis, is to be commended. Any endeavor of this kind requires the typing of original and final drafts. Therefore, thanks are extended to the Administrative Officer, Mrs. Sheila Todman. Additional thanks must go to the Coordinator, Computer Operations, Mr. Kurt Komives, for his contribution in providing timely computer services. Finally, the cooperation given by untold others in helping complete the U.S. Virgin Islands Annual School Summary, is appreciated. Dr. Luis R. Esquilin, Director Division of Planning, Research & Evaluation PREFACE This publication is prepared by the U.S. Virgin Islands De- partment of Education. The data is generated through the co- operation of the division heads within the public and non-public schools and the Division of Planning, Research and Evaluation is responsible for compiling, describing and graphically exhibiting the data in readable form. The statistical information published herein and tabulated in other forms is used as a reference source for government agencies, professional and lay person(s) on the current conditions and trends in the various aspects of the public and non-public school student popuiation. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement Preface Tables of Tables and Figures Introduction Virgin Islands Public and Non-Public Student Enrollment Daily Membership and Aosence District Student Place of Birth Non-Citizen Student Enrollment Comparison Public School Student Withdrawals Public School Student Retainees Retention by District Virgin Islands Secondary Level Public School Drop-outs Virgin Islands Public and Non-Public Graduates District Graduates TABLE OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table Student Enrollment in the Virgin Islands School System U.S. Virgin Islands Public and Non-Public Student Enrollment By School Level Non-Public Enrollment By Level and School Type Public School Enrollment By Level and District Non-Public Enrollment By Level and District Virgin Islands Public Schools Average Daily Attendance Membership Public Schools Absenteeism Percentage Differences Place of Birth By Districts Comparison of Virgin Islands Public School Place of Birth for School Years 1978—1982 Virgin Islands Public School Student Place of Birth by Geographic Location U.S. Virgin Islands Public School Student Place of Birth Distribution School Years 1981-82 to 1982-83 . Student Enrollment By District and Status Non-Citizen Student Enroliment By District and Level Virgin Islands Non-Citizen Student Population By Status Classification . Comparison of Withdrawals By Districts and Code . Comparison of Student Withdrawals . Student Retainees By Level and Category Table of Tables & Figures Continued: Table 18. 19, 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Student Retainees By District and Level Student Retainees By Level and Grade Public School Secondary Level Drop-outs By District Comparison of Drop-Out-Population 1981-1982 to 1982-1983 School Year Graduates By Type of School Graduates By Island Graduates Post Graduates Pians Non-Citizen Graduates by District Public and Private School Graduates By District 1978-1982 Figures 1. Public School Enrollment for School Years 1970-1982 Non-Public School Enrollment for School Years 1970-1982 Percent Distribution of Non-Citizen Public School Students By Status U.S. Virgin Islands Public School Retention Report Elementary Level U.S. Virgin Islands Public School Retention Report Secondary Level Public, Non-Public School Graduates - School Years 1978-1979 to 1982-1983 INTRODUCTION The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Education’s Annual School Statistical Summary is prepared by the Division of Plann- ing, Research and Evaluation. The Division, created in the 1971-72 school year, has major responsibility in providing the Department each year, information pertinent to the Virgin Islands public and non-public schoo! systems. The Summary is a compendium of student information collected through instruments prepared by the Division, from the two school systems, to provide the Department with knowledge on current conditions. The Summary is separated into two major categories; public and non-public schools. These categories are further divided into districts and levels of education which in- cludes enrollments, graduates, dropouts, retention, nationality and citizenship. A narration of these data is provided, including tables and figures. When considered informative, the Summary also provides comparisons of prior school years student data with present data. The intent is to show the fluctuations and mirror them to the socio-economic and political standings of the U.S. Virgin Islands, past and present. In conclusion, the Summary provides the Department with a tool to use in setting priorities and facilitating those efforts striving to achieve educational, social, and economic opportunities for the children of the Virgin Islands. V.1. PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC STUDENT ENROLLMENT During the school year 1982-83, 32,796 students were enrolled in the U.S. Virgin Islands school system. The public school en- rollment of 25,699 represented 78.4 percent of the enrollment, while the non-public enrollment of 7,097 or 21.6 percent (See Table 1). Figures 1 and 2 provide in graphic form, the public and non- public school enrollment for the school year 1970-82. As shown in Figure 1, the percentage increases in the public student enrollment were significant during the school years 1970-71 through 1976-77, peaking in the school year 1977-78. Since that time the student enrollment per- centages have fluctuated between a 1 per cent increase and a 1.2 percent decrease. As can be seen in Figure 2, the percentage increases in the non- public student enrollment sector have risen steadily over the same period but not as dramatic as the public sector. Also as can be seen, the school years between 1979-83 percentages have fluctuated between +4.6 and -2.6 percent. Pubiic Enrollment Thirty five public schools were in operation during the school year 1982-83. The student enrollment showed 25,699 students. Of the 35 schools, 26 were elementary with a student enrollment of 14,722 or 57.3 percent. At the secondary level 9 public schools were under operation with a student enrollment of 10,977 or 42.7 percent. (See Table 2). Non-Public Enrollment In the non-public school sector, 7,097 students were enrolled in the Virgin Islands 26 non-public schools. The non-public schools con- sist of two types, church and private related. The church related schools enrolled 5,150 or 72.6 percent of the non-public student enrollment. The private related schools enrolled 1,947 students or 27.4 percent (See Table 3) District Public Enrollment The St. Thomas districts public school enrollment of 12,133 students constituted 47.2 percent of the total student enrollment in the United States Virgin Islands. Of the enroll- ment, 55.1 percent of the students were at the elementary level while 44.9 percent were at the secondary level. In the district of St. Croix, 10 13,566 students attended the pub- lic school system representing 52.8 percent of the public school enroll- ment. The sudent elementary en- roliment totalled 8,031 or 59.2 per- cent while the secondary totalled 5,535 or 40.8 percent (See Table 4). The non-public school enroll- ment for the St. Thomas district totalled 3,030 students. Of that enrollment 1,852 or 61.1 percent were at the elementary level while 1,178 or 38.9 percent were at the secondary level. In the district of St. Croix 4,067 students were enrolled. Of this total, 2371 or 58.3 percent were elementary level while 1,696 or 41.7 percent were at the secondary level. (See Table 5). TABLE 1 STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL YEAR 1982-83 Public Non-Public Total 25,699 7,097 32,796 Figure 1 Public School Enrollment for School Year 1970 - 1982 * Enrol iment ee + Diff. from previous year *** Percentage change 12,000 10,000 +. +. 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1996-77 1977-78 97e'7S IS7S-SO IGSO-SI ISet SD IESE *17,080 19,123 20,656 22,243 23,741 24,644 25,160 25,643 25,346 25,550 25,339 25,585 45,699 +2043 #1533 «+1587 0s +1498 +903 +516 +483 -27 +20 -211 +286 +114 sos +12.0 +8.0 47.7 46.7 + 3.8 + 2.1 + 1.9 - 1.2 + 0.8 - 0.8 + 1.6 + 0.4 12 zi c? Lome } “Ss as = < = c= es wo r= vu FIGURE 2 NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1970-1982 eg LEGEND * Enrol iment + Difference from previous year Percentage change 0 + + + a o , - . 7 7 o~ +> +. ~ + s 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-7% 1976-77 1977-78 1979-80 1980-61 1081-62 1982-83 5,74 5,667 5,991 6,047 6,202 6,623 6,695 6,72 7,211 7,08 7,160 7,037 aa -87 +3 + 6 +155 +421 + 73 +33 +317 -185 414K - 63 ose -1.5 +5.7 +0.9 +2.6 +6.8 +1.1 +0.5 +4.6 -2.6 +1.9 - 9 13 TABLE 2 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC STUDENT ENPOLLMENT BY SCHOOL LEVEL - SCHOOL YEAR 1982-83 Public Non-Public Total 14,722 (67.3%) (59.512) 10,977 2,874 (42.7%) (40.52) 25,699 7,097 (1007) (10012) 4,223 18,945 (57.82) 13,851 (42.22) 32,796 (10072) Elementary Secondary TABLE 3 NON-PUBLIC ENROLLMENT BY LEVEL AND SCHOOL TYPE SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 Church-Related Private-Related Total Elementary 3,052 1,171 4,223 Secondary 2,098 776 2,874 Total 5,150 1,947 7,097 TABLE 4 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY LEVEL AND DISTRICT 1982-83 St. Thomas St. Croix Total Elementary 6,691 8,031 14,722 (45.412) Secondary 5,442 (49.612) Total 12,133 (47.22%) (54.612) 5,535 (50.42) 13, 566 (52.82) (100%) 10,977 (1007) 25,699 (10072) TABLE 5 NON-PUBLIC ENROLLMENT BY LEVEL AND DISTRICT SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 St. Thomas St. Croix Total Elementary 1,852 2,371 4,223 (43.972) (56.12) (10072) Secondary 1,178 1,696 2,874 (41.072) (59.02) (1002) Total 3,030 4,067 7,097 (42.72) (57.32) (1002) 14 DAILY MEMBERSHIP AND ABSENCE The daily membership for the The flood disaster in April school year 1982-83 public schools 1983 escalated the public school averaged 25,747 students. The student absenteeism to a high of student in attendance averaged 9.2 percent. (See Table 7). 23,374 of 90.8 percent during the school year. (See Table 6). TABLE 6 VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE MEMBERSHIP FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1978-1983 Percentage 1978-79 1979-80 23,400 1980-81 23,150 1981-82 1982-83 TABLE 7 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ABSENTEEISM PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1978-1982 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 8.8 8.5 . .8 9.2 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT PLACE OF BIRTH, SCHOOL YEAR 1982-83 For the school year 1982-83, 25,363 of 98.7 percent of the 25,699 students enrolled in the public schools had their place of birth identified. Of those identified, 70.5 percent were students born in the Virgin Islands and 29.5 percent were born outside of the Virgin islands. (See Figure 3). District Student Place of Birth In the district of St. Thomas 11,925 students were place-of-birth identifiable. A total of 8,415 or 70.6 percent were born in the Virgin islands while 3,510 or 29.4 percent were born outside of the Virgin Islands. TABLE PLACE OF BIRTH BY DISTRICTS, St. Thomas-St. Virgin Islands Birth Outside V.I. Birth Total 8,415 (47%) 3,510 (472) 11,925 (472%) In the St. Croix district, 13,438 students’ place of birth was identified. A total of 9,477 or 70.5 percent were born in the Virgin islands. While 3,961 or 29.5 percent were born outside of the Virgin islands. The place of birth popula- tion percentages of the two districts were strikingly similar. (See Table 8). Table 9 shows that the place of birth figures for each of the school years 1978-79 through 1982-83 had a slight increase in both Virgin islands and outside of Virgin Islands births, except for the school year 1979-80. Table 10 and 11 show the geographical and individual place of birth of students enrolled in the Virgin Islands public schools. SCHOOL YEAR 1982-83 John ‘ Total 17,892 (100%) 7,471 (100%) 25,363 (100%) TABLE 9 COMPARISON OF VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL PLACE OF BIRTH FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1978 - 1982 Virgin Island Outside of Birth V.1.Birth 1978-79 16,772 8,213 24,985 (67.12%) (32.9%) (100%) 15,642 7,808 23,150 (67.62) (32.42) (1002) 16,114 7,146 23, 260 (69.32%) (30.72%) (100%) 17,320 7,386 24,706 (70.12%) (29.9%) (100%) 1982-83 17,892 7,471 25,363 (70.5%) (29.52%) (100%) * Data incomplete, Charlotte Amalie High School figures not received. TABLE 10 VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT PLACE OF BIRTH BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION SCHOOL YEAR 1982-83 US Virgin U.S. Eastern Greater Islands Mainland Caribbean Antilles Europe Other Total 17,687 . 4,719 733 36 393 Percentage 70.5% ° 18.6% 2.9% 141 1.51 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 17 FIGRE 3 - 3 PUBLIC SCHOOL PLACE OF BIRTH STUDENT DISTRIBUTION - SCHOCL YEAR 1982-198: Qutside of V. I. Birth 7,471 Students (2.5%) V.I. Births 17,892 Students (70.5%) St. Croix District St. Thomas District Qutside of V.1I. Births Outside of V.I Births 3,961 Students 3,510 Students (29.51) V.1. Births (29.41%) V.1I. Births ——— a 9,477 Students 8,415 Students (70.5%) (70.6%) 1g BEST COPY AVAILABLE TABLE 11 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT PLACE OF BIRTH DISTRIBUTION SCHOOL YEAR 1981-82 to 1982-83 1982-83 ORIGIN Antigua Anguilla Barbados British VI Dominica Europe Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Nevis Puerto Rico St. Croix St. John St. Kitts St. Lucia St. Martin St. Thomas St. Vincent Santo Domingo Trinidad U.S. Mainland Other Non-Response Total NON—CITIZEN STUDENT ENROLLMENT SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 During the 1982-83 school year, 25,699 students were enrolled in the U.S. Virgin Islands public schools. Of this figure, 4,389 or 17.1 percent of the enrollment were Students with a non-citizen status. Table 12 shows that out of the non-citizen enrollment of 4,389 students, 2,217 or 50.5 percent of the students were enrolled in the St. Croix district. The non-citizen stu- dent enrollees of 2,217 represented 16.3 percent of the districts student enroliment of 13,566. In the district, 794 or 35.8 percent were enrolled at the elementary level, while 1,423 or 64.2 percent were enrolled at the secondary level. The non-citizen student popu- lation for the St. Thomas district totalled 2,172 or 49.5 percent, rep- resenting 17.9 percent of the dis- tricts 12,133 student enrollment. Of the 2,172, 883 or 40.7 percent were enrolled at the elemenatry level and 1,298 or 59.3 percent were enrolled 3 - secondary level. (See Table NON—CITIZEN STUDENT ENROLLMENT COMPARISON The U.S. Virgin Islands non- citizen student population decreased by 11.4 per cent when compared to the 1981-82 school years non-citizen population. A further statistical note shows that in comparing the 1982-83 non-citizen student population to, 11 that of the 1978-79 school year, a decrease of 25.3 percent has occur- red. In comparing the latter periods by district, the St. Croix non-citizen student population has decreased by 38 per cent while the St. Thomas dis- tricts population decreased by 5.9 per cent. (See Table 14). In comparing the H-4 bonded student enrollees for the school year 1981-82 to that of the school year 1982-83, the H-4 bonded student population decreased by 434. This decrease constituted a 49:1 percent change from the school year 1981- 82. The population of non-im migrant workers and their families who entered the U.S. Virgin Islands under the Temporary Worker Pro- gram and who have since resided were given the opportunity to change their H-4 bonded status standards to that of permanent residency within a period of 1 year “Virgin Islands Non-Immigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1981.” the Interestingly student permanent resident popu- lation did not show evidence of the altered H-4 bonded student popu- lation. It may, therefore, be safe to assume that once a number of the altered H4 bonded to permanent enough, residence student population received their change, a number of families negotiated to areas outside of the Virgin Islands. Figure 4 shows the percent distribution of the non-citizen stu- dent population by status classifica- tion. 20 FIGURE 4 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF NON-CITIZEN PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS BY STATUS 1982-1983 79.7 % Permanent Residents TABLE 12 STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY DISTRICT AND STATUS SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 Citizen Non-Citizen Total St. Thomas-St. John 9,961 2,172 12,133 (82.12%) (17.9%) (1007) St. Croix 11,349 2,217 13, 566 (83.72) (16.32) (1002) 21,310 4,389 25,699 (82.9%) (17.12%) (100%) TABLE 13 NON-CITIZEN STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY DISTRICT AND LEVEL SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 St. Thomas-St. John St. Croix Total Elementary 883 794 1,677 (40.72%) (35.82%) (38.22) Secondary 1,289 1,423 2,713 (59.32) (64.2%) (61.82) Total 2,172 2,217 4,389 (1002) (1002) (1002) TABLE 14 VIRGIN ISLANDS NON-CITIZEN STUDENT POPULATION RY STATUS CLASSIFICATION Perm. Residents H-4 F-1 R-2 Other © NR Total 1978-79 3128 2167 39 10 529 5873 (53.2%) (26.9%) (. 7%) (.2%) (9.0% ( 100$) 1979-80 3336 1404 a3 4 550 5377 (62. 0) (26.1%) (1.5%) (. 1) (10.29) (100%4 1980-81 3624 1176 320 5217 89 8 (69.5%) (22.5%) (1.79% (0.2% (6.19) (100% 1981-82 3563 884 73 7 426 4953 (71.99) (17. 8® (1.5% (0.1%) (8.64) ( LOO®) 1982-83 3499 4389 450 17 5 418 (79.% (10.3) 60.4% (.1%) (9.5, (100%) oo BEST COPY AVAILABLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENT WITHDRAWALS 1982-83 Of the Virgin Islands public school enroliment of 25,699 stu- dents, 397 students officially with- drew. This represented 1.5 percent of the student enroliment. As shown in Table 15, the withdrawing pop- ulation were also subdivided into four categories. These were: the W4 category (students leaving the Virgin Islands), totalling a with- drawal posulation of 285 or 71.8 percent, those of the W-2, W-3 (in house transfers) category totalled 108 of 27.2 percent of the W4 Category (deceased students) totalled 4 or 1 percent. District Withdrawals During the school year 1982- TAB LE 83, of the 397 total withdrawals the district of St. Thomas saw 200 or 50.4 percent students withdrawing from their public schools. in the district of St. Croix, 197 or 49.6 per- cent of the students were considered official withdrawals from the public school system. In comparing the two Districts the withdrawal patterns are o to be very similar. (See Table 16). In looking at Table 16, the largest proportion of withdrawals were due to students leaving the Virgin Islands, 71.8 percent. Investigative research is being continued with the objective of iden- tifying which of the following t} economical, (2) educational, (3 social or (4) a combination of the respective factors are the reasons for family out migration. 15 COMPARISON OF WITHDRAWALS BY DISTRICTS AND CODE, SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 W-2 23 (11.52) 27 (13.72) 50 (12.62) Grand Total TABLE W-3 32 (16.072) 26 (13.22) 58 (14.672) Total 141 (70.5%) 200 (1002) 144 (73.17) 197 (1907) 285 (71.8%) 397 (1002) 16 COMPARISON OF STUDENT WITHDRAWALS BY SCHOOL YEAR 1981-82 AND 1982-83 School Ye«er 1981-82 1982-83 Enrollment 25,585 Withdrawals Percentage 390 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT RETAINEES 198283. The student retention popula- tion represented 4,761 or 18.5 per- cent of the 25,699 student enroll- ment. Of the retention population 33.8 percent or 1,608 retained students were at the elementary level. Student retainees at the secon- dary level totalled 3,153 or 66.2 per- cent. (See Table 17) Figures 5 and 6 show in graphic torm the levels and grades of student retainees for the school year 1982-83. Retention By District Out of a total of 12,133 stu dents enrolled in the district of St Thomas 2,774 or 22.9 percent ot the students were retained. The 2,774 retainees represented 58.3 per- cent of the total Virgin Islands student retention population. Of the 2,774 student retention population 736 or 26.5 percent were at the TABLE elementary level, and 2,038 or 73.5 percent were at the secondary level. In the St. Croix district, 1,987 students were retained representing 41.7 percent of the Virgin Islands student retention population. Of the 1,987 retainees, 872 or 43.9 percent were at the elementary level, while 1,115 or 56.1 percent student retain- ees were at the secondary level. (See Table 18). As seen in Table 19, it is inter- esting to note the secondary reten- tion population was nearly three times the size of the elementary ret- ention population. In comparing the retention population of the two districts, the St. Thomas district’s retention popu- lation of 3,153 exceeded that of the St. Croix retention population by 787 students. 17 STUDENT RETENTION BY LEVEL AND CATEGORY SCHOOL YEAR 1982-1983 Non-Retainees Retainees Total Elementary 13,114 1,698 14,722 Secondary 7,824 3,153 10,977 Total 20 , 938 4,761 25.699 15 24 FIGURE 5 VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL RETENTION REPORT Elementary level- St. Thomas, St. Croix June 1983 St. St. Thomas Croix FIGURE 6 U.S. VIRGIN IS SOS RETENTION SPORT SEOREMAY LEVEL St. Thomas-St. Croix June 1983 TABLE STUDENT RETENTION BY SCHOOL YEAR v 7 .* Elementary TABLE 19 [ON BY LEVEL AND ELEMENTARY 212 304 245 GRADE = ~ ECONDARY VIRGIN ISLANDS SECONDARY LEVEL PUBLIC SCHOOL DROP-— OUTS 198283 During the SY 1962-83, nearly 10 percent of 225 students of the 25,699 student enroliment drop ped from the public school syster. prior to completion of the mandated subgect credits. Drop Outs by Daricss Of the 225 drop-outs, 2 total of 116 or 51.6 percent were from the St. Thomas district. This represented 2.1 percent of the district’s secon dary student enroliment of 5,442. In the district of St. Croix, 109 or 484 percent of the secondary students dropped from the school system. This represented 2 percent of the dstrict’s 5,535 secondary student enroliment. (See Table 20). 1981-82 school year, 2 decrease of 24 students dropping out was evi dent. In the Gswict of St. Thoma, the drop-out population decreased by 17 students or 12.8 percent while im the dswict of St. Croix the drop- owt population decreased by 17 students or 123 percent while im the district of St. Crom the dropout pop- ulation decreased by 7 of 6.0 per- cent. (See Table 21). ih Pe ny ween Say 3 hb ili ed “i il “ili VIRGIN ISLANDS PUBLIC AND NON—PUPLIC GRADUATES a Hey iat TABLE 22 #RADUATES BY TYPE OF SCHOOL TOTAL POTENTIAL pRADUATES NON -GRADUATES GRADUATES 182 1075* 1229 195 1424 niy students enrolled in the 12th grade assigned to the 9th, 10th & lith grade potential to be graduates for that year. TABLE 23 GRADUATES BY ISLAND Public Private FIGURE 7 PUBLIC, NON-PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES SCHOOL YEAR 1978-79 to 1982-83 Publ ic L) Non-Pub lic | o | a 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 } 22 31 ‘TABLE 24 GRADUATES POST GRADUATES PLANS Public Private Higher Education 534 292 Military 18 Employment 13 Other 13 893 336 TABLE 25 NON-CITIZEN GRADUATE BY DISTRICT Private St. Thomas 18 St. Croix TABLE 26 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL GRAMWATES BY DISTRICT 1978-1982 PUBLIC PRIVATE ST. THOMAS ST. CADIx - THOMAS ST. CROIZ 337 306 ~ 162 (33.32) (11.0%) (17.92) 414 3e8 108 163 (38.31) (38.8%) (9.8%) (15.12) 457 31 115 178 (41.12) (32.52) (16.42) (16.0%) 1983-82 9 121 237 sos 41 (39.42) (32.7%) (9.42) (18.52) 472 421 138 180 (3m.4t) (s.3T) (t2.72) (14.61) 32 BEST COPY AVAILABLE .