Centredale School

Centredale School is a K-5 school of compact scale in North Providence, Rhode Island, run under North Providence, instructing 221 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 332 students each, so Centredale School sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in North Providence (3,401 students total), Centredale School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Centredale School records that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Centredale School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, census data for Providence County shows median household income runs about $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 Centredale School is one.

Excel Academy Rhode Island is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Centredale School's enrollment has edged down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 289 (now 221). White enrollment moved from 53% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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