Rhode Island · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Rhode Island
The 39 Rhode Island districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $25,802
- Top per-pupil spend
- $19,758
- Avg across top 39
- 39
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Narragansett spends $25,802 per student, the most of any Rhode Island district listed, against an average of $19,758 across the top 39.
- $25,802
- top spend (Narragansett)
- $15,629
- lowest on this list
- 1.7×
- spread across the listed districts
- 1,128
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narragansett Narragansett | $25,802 |
| 2 | Newport Newport | $24,290 |
| 3 | Westerly Westerly | $24,106 |
| 4 | South Kingstown Wakefield | $23,583 |
| 5 | Warwick Warwick | $22,540 |
| 6 | Providence Providence | $22,536 |
| 7 | Scituate Clayville | $22,330 |
| 8 | Paul Cuffee Charter Sch Providence | $21,357 |
| 9 | Davies Career and Tech Lincoln | $21,221 |
| 10 | Exeter-West Greenwich West Greenwich | $21,191 |
| 11 | Glocester Chepachet | $21,134 |
| 12 | Learning Community Central Falls | $20,608 |
| 13 | Met Career and Tech Providence | $20,523 |
| 14 | Middletown Middletown | $20,483 |
| 15 | Foster-Glocester North Scituate | $20,168 |
| 16 | Central Falls Central Falls | $20,070 |
| 17 | Bristol Warren Bristol | $19,503 |
| 18 | Chariho Wood River Junction | $19,456 |
| 19 | West Warwick West Warwick | $19,354 |
| 20 | Tiverton Tiverton | $19,221 |
| 21 | Johnston Johnston | $19,162 |
| 22 | East Providence East Providence | $19,156 |
| 23 | Highlander Providence | $19,094 |
| 24 | Coventry Coventry | $18,961 |
| 25 | North Kingstown North Kingstown | $18,855 |
| 26 | Lincoln Lincoln | $18,794 |
| 27 | Portsmouth Portsmouth | $18,687 |
| 28 | Woonsocket Woonsocket | $18,236 |
| 29 | Cranston Cranston | $17,810 |
| 30 | North Smithfield North Smithfield | $17,779 |
| 31 | East Greenwich East Greenwich | $17,766 |
| 32 | Burrillville Harrisville | $17,729 |
| 33 | North Providence North Providence | $17,717 |
| 34 | Smithfield Smithfield | $17,677 |
| 35 | Achievement First Rhode Island Providence | $17,311 |
| 36 | Barrington Barrington | $17,236 |
| 37 | Pawtucket Pawtucket | $17,139 |
| 38 | Blackstone Valley Prep a Ri Mayoral Academy Cumberland | $16,334 |
| 39 | Cumberland Cumberland | $15,629 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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