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Providence

Providence, Rhode Island · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

20,250
Students enrolled
37
Public schools
1,359
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.9:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 563
  • Kindergarten 1,338
  • Grade 1 1,452
  • Grade 2 1,398
  • Grade 3 1,501
  • Grade 4 1,391
  • Grade 5 1,483
  • Grade 6 1,451
  • Grade 7 1,370
  • Grade 8 1,408
  • Grade 9 1,547
  • Grade 10 1,696
  • Grade 11 1,872
  • Grade 12 1,780

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 68%
  • Black or African American 15%
  • White 8%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Asian 3%
  • 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

83% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 16,513 of 19,816 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 74%
  • 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

$27,473 spent per student on day-to-day operations Rhode Island median: $21,127 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $12,669
  • Support services $13,807
  • Other (food service, etc.) $997

Where the money comes from

  • Local 23%
  • State 53%
  • Federal 24%

Total revenue $649.9 milliontotal spending $640.4 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)

City: Midsize

Total staff (FTE)

2,904

District office

797 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903

County

Providence County

Official website

NCES District ID

4400900

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About Providence

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

Vision: The Providence Public School District will be a national leader in educating urban youth. Mission: The Providence Public School District will prepare all students to succeed in the nation’s colleges and universities, and in their chosen professions.
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