Achievement First Iluminar

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in Cranston, Rhode Island, Achievement First Iluminar instructs 465 students from grades K through 4, overseen by Achievement First Rhode Island. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 332 students each, so Achievement First Iluminar sits 40% above that benchmark.

Achievement First Iluminar is one of 7 schools operated by Achievement First Rhode Island, a district that works with 3,200 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Achievement First Iluminar shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder consists of 14% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Providence County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Providence County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Providence County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), of which Achievement First Iluminar is one.

The closest other public school is AF Iluminar Mayoral Middle Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. As a public charter, Achievement First Iluminar runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Achievement First Iluminar's enrollment has rose 27% since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 465). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 23% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Achievement First Iluminar community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.