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Warwick, Rhode Island - 18 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Warwick #19 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,182 per pupil, Warwick ranks #16 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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 $23,182 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 58/100, ranked #19 of 53 in Rhode Island against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across 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.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (7,860 to 7,771 students, -1.1%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $207,810,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 52.4% went to instruction, 35.1% to support services, and 1.7% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
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.
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
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 18 schools in Warwick.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Warwick's schools, above the Rhode Island average of 47.0.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Pilgrim High School | 1,137 |
| Toll Gate High School | 1,104 |
| Warwick Veterans Middle School | 1,059 |
| Winman Middle School | 706 |
| Oakland Beach School | 326 |
| Sherman School | 324 |
| Cedar Hill School | 299 |
| Warwick Neck School | 290 |
| Holliman School | 280 |
| Hoxsie School | 278 |
| Norwood School | 265 |
| Wyman School | 262 |
| Robertson School | 259 |
| Greenwood School | 255 |
| Park School | 225 |
| Lippitt School | 223 |
| Warwick Early Learning Center | 207 |
| Scott School | 189 |
The Rhode Island districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawtucket | Similar size | Lower spending | Less locally funded |
| Cranston | Larger | Lower spending | Less locally funded |
| Woonsocket | Smaller | Similar spending | Less locally funded |
| East Providence | Smaller | Lower spending | Less locally funded |
| Cumberland | Smaller | Lower spending | Similar funding mix |
Comparisons are relative to Warwick'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 →Warwick has 18 schools, including 2 high, 2 middle, 2 combined, 12 elementary. Total enrollment is 8,005 students.
Warwick spends $23,182 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #19 in Rhode Island.
Warwick students are 67.2% White, 17.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% Asian, 3.5% African American, averaged across 18 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Warwick has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #19 out of 53 districts in Rhode Island.
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