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Warwick, Rhode Island - 18 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Warwick #16 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,540 per pupil, Warwick ranks #10 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,005
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$22,540
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Warwick operates 18 public schools serving 8,005 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle, 2 combined 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 Kent County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,540 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 64.4% local, 24.4% state, and 11.2% 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 61/100, ranked #16 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 2 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (25 AP courses district-wide), a 387.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.2% White, 17.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Oakland Beach School, with a diversity index of 61.9/100.
Its largest campus is Pilgrim High School, enrolling 1,137 students (15% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Scott School, at 189 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Warwick school enrollment varies 6.0× across entities
Warwick school enrollment ranges from 189 students (lowest) to 1,137 students (highest), a spread of 948 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.
Warwick student-counselor ratio is 388:1 — 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.
Warwick chronic absenteeism rate is 50.4% — 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.