An equity score of 63/100 ranks Woonsocket #13 of 53 districts in Rhode Island (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,754 per pupil, Woonsocket ranks #39 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,690
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$19,754
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Woonsocket operates 9 public schools serving 5,690 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 combined, 2 middle, 1 high 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 $19,754 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 17.0% local, 65.1% state, and 18.0% 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 63/100, ranked #13 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 411.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 57.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.2% White, 27.6% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Woonsocket Middle at Hamlet, with a diversity index of 71.9/100.
Its largest campus is Woonsocket High School, enrolling 1,646 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Kevin K. Coleman School, at 256 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Woonsocket High School accounts for 28.9% of all Woonsocket student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Woonsocket-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Woonsocket school enrollment varies 6.4× across entities
Woonsocket school enrollment ranges from 256 students (lowest) to 1,646 students (highest), a spread of 1,390 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.
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.
Woonsocket student-counselor ratio is 412:1 — 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.
Woonsocket chronic absenteeism rate is 57.0% — 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.