An equity score of 87/100 ranks Newport #1 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $27,134 per pupil, Newport ranks #4 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,906
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$27,134
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Newport operates 3 public schools serving 1,906 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 $27,134 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 51.5% local, 31.8% state, and 16.7% 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 87/100, ranked #1 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 (11 AP courses district-wide), a 368.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 52.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.0% Hispanic or Latino, 32.1% White, 9.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rogers High School, with a diversity index of 69.8/100.
Its largest campus is Claiborne Pell Elementary, enrolling 657 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Claiborne Pell Elementary accounts for 34.5% of all Newport student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Newport-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Newport student-counselor ratio is 369:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Newport chronic absenteeism rate is 52.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.