Burrillville Middle School

Burrillville Middle School operates as an average-sized 6-8 campus in Harrisville, Rhode Island, run under Burrillville. Current enrollment sits at 469 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within Burrillville, which oversees 5 schools and 1,935 students, Burrillville Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Burrillville Middle School reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Burrillville Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at Burrillville Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Providence County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Providence County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,787 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Burrillville Middle School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Nearest neighbor: Burrillville High School, around 2.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 537 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 87% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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