Enrollment
241
Rhode Island · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Foster, RI
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School
Federal NCES profile for Capt. Isaac Paine El. School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 49/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 440039000114
👥 S:T ratio 49
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 69
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Rhode Island median. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Rhode Island schools.
- 49
- Resource Index · Higher
- 12.7:1
- students per teacher
- 23.5%
- free-lunch eligible
- 241
- students enrolled
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School has class sizes near the Rhode Island median. Computed live against every Rhode Island school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
12.7:1
vs 13.8:1 Rhode Island avg
-8% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
23.5%
vs 39.6% Rhode Island avg
-41% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Capt. Isaac Paine El. School compares with Rhode Island and U.S. medians
What stands out at Capt. Isaac Paine El. School
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Foster, Rhode Island, enrolling 241 students.
At 12.7:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Rhode Island median, within a few percentage points of the 13.8:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 23.5% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 241 puts it in the smaller third of Rhode Island schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 308 scored Rhode Island schools.
Among 66 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Rhode Island schools statewide, it ranks #7, a top-tier result once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (95% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 10/100).
12.4% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
Foster operates only this one school, so Capt. Isaac Paine El. School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Capt. Isaac Paine El. School compares
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School on the metrics families compare, against Rhode Island and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Rhode Island | Rhode Island avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 12.7:1 | ▼ 8% | 13.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 23.5% | ▼ 41% | 39.6% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 241 | top 81% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
12.7:1
Leaner classes than 69% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
241
Bigger than 24% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
23.5%
free-lunch eligible
- 41% below the Rhode Island average of 39.6%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
12.7:1
students per teacher
- 8% below state mean
Top 44% in Rhode Island - lower ratio than 56% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
12.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$22,032
per pupil, district-wide
- above Rhode Island avg of $20,315
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 4 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 1.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 95.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
African American 1.2%
Asian 0.4%
Largest group: White at 95.0% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 9.6/100
Simpson diversity index - at 9.6, Capt. Isaac Paine El. School is less mixed than the Rhode Island school average of 47.0.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Foster, which includes Capt. Isaac Paine El. School.
$22,032
Per student
+8%
vs Rhode Island
Avg $20,315
+33%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 66.6%
State 23.1%
Federal 10.3%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Rhode Island, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~241 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~12.7:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Capt. Isaac Paine El. School
How many students attend Capt. Isaac Paine El. School?
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School has 241 students enrolled. It is a public school in Foster, RI.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Capt. Isaac Paine El. School?
The student-teacher ratio at Capt. Isaac Paine El. School is 12.7:1, which is 8% lower than the Rhode Island average of 13.8:1 and 19% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Capt. Isaac Paine El. School?
23.5% of students at Capt. Isaac Paine El. School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Rhode Island average of 39.6%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Capt. Isaac Paine El. School?
The largest demographic group at Capt. Isaac Paine El. School is White at 95.0% of enrollment, in Foster, RI.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Capt. Isaac Paine El. School?
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School has a Resource Investment Index of 49/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Capt. Isaac Paine El. School a good school?
Capt. Isaac Paine El. School earns 49/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Rhode Island median. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Rhode Island schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Foster?
None reported; Foster operates only Capt. Isaac Paine El. School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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