NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools RI

Best-Resourced Schools in Wakefield, RI

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

1,961

Students

42.8/100

Avg Resource Index

13.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Wakefield has more public-school enrollment than 12% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. South Kingstown High enrolls 35.1% of Wakefield's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Wakefield's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. 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

Wakefield lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 61 to 688 students, a 11-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 88%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 60th percentile
Teacher staffing: 78th percentile

South Kingstown High accounts for 35.1% of all Wakefield public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Wakefield-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Wakefield school enrollment varies 11× across entities

Wakefield school enrollment ranges from 61 students (lowest) to 688 students (highest), a spread of 627 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Wakefield operates one school district — a single-district system

Wakefield's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Wakefield student-teacher ratio is 13.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Curtis Corner Middle School	50	412	middle	South Kingstown
2.	South Kingstown High	47	688	high	South Kingstown
3.	Matunuck School	45	246	elementary	South Kingstown
4.	Wakefield School	41	61	Combined	South Kingstown
5.	Broad Rock Middle School	31	554	elementary	South Kingstown

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Which Wakefield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Curtis Corner Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Wakefield schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Wakefield, RI? ▼

Wakefield has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,961 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.1:1.

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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.