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Newport

Newport, Rhode Island · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,795
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
173
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.4:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 32
  • Kindergarten 110
  • Grade 1 137
  • Grade 2 137
  • Grade 3 117
  • Grade 4 129
  • Grade 5 146
  • Grade 6 113
  • Grade 7 132
  • Grade 8 119
  • Grade 9 152
  • Grade 10 153
  • Grade 11 151
  • Grade 12 167

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 42%
  • White 32%
  • Two or more races 13%
  • Black or African American 10%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,291 of 1,755 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 65%
  • Reduced-price lunch 9%

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

$28,912 spent per student on day-to-day operations Rhode Island median: $21,127 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $17,371
  • Support services $10,786
  • Other (food service, etc.) $756

Where the money comes from

  • Local 51%
  • State 32%
  • Federal 17%

Total revenue $59.9 milliontotal spending $64.4 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: Large

Total staff (FTE)

357

District office

15 Wickham Rd, Newport RI 02840

County

Newport County

Official website

NCES District ID

4400720

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About Newport

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

The Newport Public Schools are located in the scenic city of Newport, RI. Our school district includes Rogers High School and Newport Area Career & Technical Center (Grades 9 - 12), Thompson Middle School (Grades 5 - 8), Coggeshall Elementary (Grades K - 4), Cranston-Calvert Elementary (Grades K - 4), Sullivan Elementary at Triplett (Grades K - 4) and Underwood Elementary (Grades PK - 4). We are excited to be building the new Pell Elementary School on Dexter Street to be completed in 2013. Newport Public Schools offer many great programs to help your child learn and develop into a responsible, contributing citizen. We believe that every student should be challenged and supported throughout their educational career. Principals, teachers, and staff are dedicated to making a positive difference in your child’s life.
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