NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools RI

Best-Resourced Schools in Central Falls, RI

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10 public K-12 schools in Central Falls from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
3,766
Students
28.8/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Central Falls has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Central Falls's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Central Falls's list includes 4 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Central Falls lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 63 to 788 students, a 13-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 60%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
10th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Central Falls Sr High accounts for 20.9% of all Central Falls public-school enrollment

That concentration means Central Falls-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Central Falls school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Central Falls school enrollment ranges from 63 students (lowest) to 788 students (highest), a spread of 725 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Central Falls reports 80.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Central Falls student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Central Falls is typically wider than the Central Falls-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Central Falls's 10 listed schools are charters

30% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Segue Inst for Learning 42
2. Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High 37
3. Veterans Memorial Elementary 35
4. Raices Dual Language Academy 35
5. Calcutt Middle School 32
6. Central Falls Sr High 29
7. G. Harold Hunt School 28
8. Ella Risk School 26
9. The Learning Community 24
10. Raices Upper Dual Language Acd -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Central Falls

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Calcutt Middle School 71.6/100
  2. 2 Ella Risk School 68.4/100
  3. 3 Veterans Memorial Elementary 67.2/100
  4. 4 Central Falls Sr High 65.6/100
  5. 5 Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High 48.6/100

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Which Central Falls school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Segue Inst for Learning has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Central Falls schools in this federal-data comparison at 42/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Central Falls, RI? ▼

Central Falls has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,766 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.