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Narragansett, Rhode Island - 3 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Narragansett #10 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $25,802 per pupil, Narragansett ranks #3 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,128
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$25,802
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Narragansett operates 3 public schools serving 1,128 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 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 Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $25,802 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 80.4% local, 13.3% state, and 6.2% 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 68/100, ranked #10 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 193.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.5% White, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Narragansett Elementary, with a diversity index of 32.1/100.
Its largest campus is Narragansett High School, enrolling 372 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Narragansett High School accounts for 33.0% of all Narragansett student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Narragansett-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.
Narragansett student-counselor ratio is 194:1 — 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.
Narragansett chronic absenteeism rate is 23.3% — 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 Narragansett is typically wider than the Narragansett-aggregate figure suggests.