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Westerly

Westerly, Rhode Island · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,139
Students enrolled
6
Public schools
207
Classroom teachers (FTE)
10.3:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 87
  • Kindergarten 126
  • Grade 1 139
  • Grade 2 143
  • Grade 3 168
  • Grade 4 147
  • Grade 5 158
  • Grade 6 155
  • Grade 7 168
  • Grade 8 167
  • Grade 9 169
  • Grade 10 172
  • Grade 11 178
  • Grade 12 162

By race/ethnicity

  • White 77%
  • Hispanic/Latino 10%
  • Two or more races 8%
  • Asian 3%
  • Black or African American 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 902 of 2,095 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 35%
  • Reduced-price lunch 8%

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

$27,086 spent per student on day-to-day operations Rhode Island median: $21,127 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $14,635
  • Support services $12,016
  • Other (food service, etc.) $436

Where the money comes from

  • Local 72%
  • State 19%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $69.8 milliontotal spending $72.5 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)

Town: Fringe

Total staff (FTE)

416

District office

23 Highland Avenue, Westerly RI 02891

County

Washington County

Official website

NCES District ID

4401170

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About Westerly

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

Westerly Public Schools … a place where learning has no limits and academic excellence is measured one child at a time. Core Beliefs: 1. Learning is the heart and soul of what we do. 2. All children are unique individuals with special gifts and talents. 3. Teaching is hard work in an organization where all children are expected to learn at high levels. 4. All people in the organization, both children and adults, should be valued and respected. 5. Risk taking, problem solving and creativity are traits we embrace. 6. The community is our “customer” and their ideas and opinions are listened to and acted upon.
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