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Pawtucket, Rhode Island - 16 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Pawtucket #17 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,041 per pupil, Pawtucket ranks #44 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Pawtucket operates 16 public schools serving 8,056 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 4 combined, 3 high, 3 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $19,041 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 20.0% local, 63.7% state, and 16.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 60/100, ranked #17 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 3 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 287.2:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 46.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 39.1% Hispanic or Latino, 28.2% African American, 24.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Agnes E. Little School, with a diversity index of 71.4/100.
Its largest campus is William E. Tolman High, enrolling 995 students (13% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jacqueline M. Walsh School, at 173 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pawtucket school enrollment ranges from 173 students (lowest) to 995 students (highest), a spread of 822 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.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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 Pawtucket is typically wider than the Pawtucket-aggregate figure suggests.
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.
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 16 schools in Pawtucket.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Pawtucket's schools, above the Rhode Island average of 47.0.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| William E. Tolman High | 995 |
| Charles E. Shea High School | 770 |
| Joseph Jenks Middle School | 697 |
| Lyman B. Goff Middle School | 637 |
| Samuel Slater Middle School | 590 |
| Henry J. Winters School | 550 |
| Fallon Memorial School | 520 |
| Potter-Burns School | 430 |
| Nathanael Greene School | 397 |
| Cunningham School | 355 |
| Curvin-Mccabe School | 353 |
| Flora S. Curtis School | 331 |
| Agnes E. Little School | 320 |
| Elizabeth Baldwin School | 320 |
| Francis J. Varieur School | 270 |
| Jacqueline M. Walsh School | 173 |
The Rhode Island districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick | Similar size | Higher spending | More locally funded |
| Cranston | Larger | Similar spending | More locally funded |
| Woonsocket | Smaller | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| East Providence | Smaller | Similar spending | More locally funded |
| Cumberland | Smaller | Lower spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Pawtucket's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Providence →Pawtucket has 16 schools, including 3 high, 3 middle, 4 combined, 6 elementary. Total enrollment is 8,056 students.
Pawtucket spends $19,041 per student. The district has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #17 in Rhode Island.
Pawtucket students are 39.1% Hispanic or Latino, 28.2% African American, 24.3% White, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 16 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Pawtucket has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #17 out of 53 districts in Rhode Island.
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