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Pawtucket

Pawtucket, Rhode Island · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

7,816
Students enrolled
16
Public schools
578
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.5:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 335
  • Kindergarten 548
  • Grade 1 585
  • Grade 2 569
  • Grade 3 642
  • Grade 4 581
  • Grade 5 607
  • Grade 6 643
  • Grade 7 646
  • Grade 8 645
  • Grade 9 393
  • Grade 10 490
  • Grade 11 525
  • Grade 12 607

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 35%
  • Black or African American 27%
  • White 22%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported 10%

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

76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,896 of 7,708 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 65%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

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

$18,860 spent per student on day-to-day operations Rhode Island median: $21,127 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $10,722
  • Support services $7,453
  • Other (food service, etc.) $684

Where the money comes from

  • Local 18%
  • State 67%
  • Federal 15%

Total revenue $188.8 milliontotal spending $186.3 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)

1,051

District office

286 Main Street, Pawtucket RI 02860

County

Providence County

Official website

NCES District ID

4400840

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About Pawtucket

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

Educating nearly 9,000 students in three high schools, three junior high schools, and ten elementary schools, the administration, faculty, and staff of the Pawtucket School Department strive for excellence in instruction and learning.
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