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Jamestown, Rhode Island - 2 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Jamestown #14 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,025 per pupil, Jamestown ranks #5 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
418
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$25,025
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jamestown operates 2 public schools serving 418 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Newport County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,025 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 6 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 85.8% local, 6.3% state, and 7.9% 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 63/100, ranked #14 of 53 in Rhode Island against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 315:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 12.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.7% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Jamestown School-Melrose, enrolling 207 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Jamestown School-Melrose accounts for 49.5% of all Jamestown student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Jamestown a distant remainder — means Jamestown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Jamestown student-counselor ratio is 315:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Jamestown is typically wider than the Jamestown-aggregate figure suggests.
Jamestown chronic absenteeism rate is 12.4% — 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.