Chariho Regional Middle School

Chariho Regional Middle School is a well-populated 6-8 campus in Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, run under Chariho. The school serves 834 students in grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 523 students each, so Chariho Regional Middle School sits 59% above that benchmark.

Within Chariho, which oversees 7 schools and 2,951 students, Chariho Regional Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chariho Regional Middle School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Washington County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,638 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Chariho Regional Middle School is one of 38 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 13,313 students).

Chariho Alternative Learning An is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Chariho Regional Middle School's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 933 (now 834). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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