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North Scituate, Rhode Island - 2 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Foster-Glocester #29 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,168 per pupil, Foster-Glocester ranks #24 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,359
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$20,168
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Foster-Glocester operates 2 public schools serving 1,359 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle 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 Providence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,168 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 65.3% local, 27.8% state, and 6.9% 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 52/100, ranked #29 of 53 in Rhode Island against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 158.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.8% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ponaganset High School, enrolling 869 students (69% of the district's total enrollment).
Ponaganset High School accounts for 63.9% of all Foster-Glocester student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Foster-Glocester a distant remainder — means Foster-Glocester-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.
Foster-Glocester student-counselor ratio is 158:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Foster-Glocester chronic absenteeism rate is 21.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Foster-Glocester is typically wider than the Foster-Glocester-aggregate figure suggests.