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Cranston

Cranston, Rhode Island · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

10,037
Students enrolled
23
Public schools
795
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 165
  • Kindergarten 630
  • Grade 1 599
  • Grade 2 658
  • Grade 3 712
  • Grade 4 744
  • Grade 5 707
  • Grade 6 785
  • Grade 7 771
  • Grade 8 801
  • Grade 9 770
  • Grade 10 852
  • Grade 11 874
  • Grade 12 969

By race/ethnicity

  • White 43%
  • Hispanic/Latino 37%
  • Asian 8%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Black or African American 5%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,445 of 9,861 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 43%
  • Reduced-price lunch 12%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,030 spent per student on day-to-day operations Rhode Island median: $21,127 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,023
  • Support services $7,571
  • Other (food service, etc.) $436

Where the money comes from

  • Local 49%
  • State 41%
  • Federal 10%

Total revenue $214.0 milliontotal spending $214.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: LargeStudents: 96% suburb, 5% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,594

District office

845 Park Avenue, Cranston RI 02910

County

Providence County

Official website

NCES District ID

4400240

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About Cranston

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The mission of Cranston Public Schools: The student completing an education program in Cranston Public Schools is an inquisitive, literate, culturally aware, life long learner, with positive self-esteem, who is able to think creatively and analyze information critically. The student is a resourceful technologically proficient worker, who contributes to team efforts. As a responsible citizen, the student is an ethical, self-reliant, and socially responsible member of the global community.
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