Public schools in Central Falls, RI

Central Falls has 10 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 3 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 3,766 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Central Falls runs 7 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Central Falls's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Central FallsDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Central Falls72,596$21,971
Learning Community1579$22,294
Segue Institute for Learning1307$19,971
Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy12,197$17,511

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Central Falls, 788 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Central Falls Senior High78814.682.4%Central Falls

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Central Falls, 862 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Calcutt Middle School47613.683.0%Central Falls
Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High32313.561.3%Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy
Raices Upper Dual Language Acd6312.677.8%Central Falls

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 elementary schools in Central Falls, 1,954 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
The Learning Community56912.471.9%Learning Community
Ella Risk School41411.279.0%Central Falls
Veterans Memorial Elementary40612.786.9%Central Falls
Segue Inst for Learning35913.371.3%Segue Institute for Learning
Raices Dual Language Academy20612.181.6%Central Falls

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Central Falls, 162 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
G. Harold Hunt School16213.571.6%Central Falls

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Central Falls's public schools compare with Rhode Island's

The median Central Falls school has 13.0 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Rhode Island median of 12.9. 89% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 46% across the state. Its median school enrolls 383 students (state 376).

Central Falls against Rhode Island, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Central FallsRhode Island
Median students per teacher13.012.9
Median school size (students)383376
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)89%46%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%36%
Charter schools30%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 10 Central Falls schools and the 302 Rhode Island schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Central Falls

  1. Central FallsRuns 7 of Central Falls's 10 public schools and spent $21,971 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$21,971
  2. Central Falls Senior High, the largest high school in Central Falls788 students in 2024-25, 14.6 per teacher.788
  3. Compare Central Falls with Learning CommunityCentral Falls's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in Rhode IslandRhode Island's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Central Falls addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Rhode Island

  1. Providence57 schools
  2. Cranston24 schools
  3. Pawtucket18 schools
  4. Warwick18 schools
  5. Cumberland13 schools
  6. Woonsocket12 schools
  7. North Providence9 schools
  8. East Providence8 schools

Questions about schools in Central Falls

  1. How many public schools are in Central Falls, RI?
    10 public schools with an address in Central Falls were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 3 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 3,766 students. 3 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Central Falls?
    Central Falls Senior High, with 788 students in 2024-25 (Central Falls).
  3. Which districts run Central Falls's schools?
    Central Falls (7 schools), Learning Community (1 school), Segue Institute for Learning (1 school), Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .