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Barrington, Rhode Island - 6 schools
An equity score of 15/100 ranks Barrington #53 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,236 per pupil, Barrington ranks #53 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,405
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,236
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Barrington operates 6 public schools serving 3,405 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bristol County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,236 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending. See how Rhode Island compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 75.0% local, 19.6% state, and 5.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 15/100, ranked #53 of 53 in Rhode Island against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 236.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 11.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.3% White, 8.2% Asian, 7.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Primrose Hill School, with a diversity index of 46.6/100.
Its largest campus is Barrington High School, enrolling 1,098 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sowams Elementary School, at 250 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Barrington High School accounts for 32.2% of all Barrington student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Barrington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Barrington school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Barrington school enrollment ranges from 250 students (lowest) to 1,098 students (highest), a spread of 848 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Barrington student-counselor ratio is 237:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Barrington chronic absenteeism rate is 11.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.