Total enrollment
8,442
-860 (-9%) vs SY 2017-18
18 schools in Pawtucket
Rhode Island · Public K-12
Pawtucket hosts 18 public K-12 schools inside Rhode Island, collectively enrolling about 8,442 students (around 469 per campus).
7-year change in Pawtucket
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
18
0 (0%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
20%
was 35%
% Hispanic
38%
was 30%
% Black
26%
was 27%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
| Name | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes E. Little School | Elementary | KG-05 | 320 |
| Blackstone Academy Charter | High | 09-12 | 357 |
| Charles E. Shea High School | High | 09-12 | 770 |
| Cunningham School | Elementary | KG-05 | 355 |
| Curvin-McCabe School | Elementary | PK-05 | 353 |
| Elizabeth Baldwin School | Elementary | KG-05 | 320 |
| Fallon Memorial School | Elementary | PK-05 | 520 |
| Flora S. Curtis School | Elementary | PK-05 | 331 |
| Francis J. Varieur School | Elementary | PK-05 | 270 |
| Henry J. Winters School | Elementary | PK-05 | 550 |
| International Charter School | Elementary | KG-05 | 377 |
| Jacqueline M. Walsh School | High | 09-12 | 173 |
| Joseph Jenks Middle School | Middle | 06-08 | 697 |
| Lyman B. Goff Middle School | Middle | 06-08 | 637 |
| Nathanael Greene School | Elementary | PK-05 | 397 |
| Potter-Burns School | Elementary | KG-05 | 430 |
| Samuel Slater Middle School | Middle | 06-08 | 590 |
| William E. Tolman High | High | 09-12 | 995 |
About Pawtucket
Pawtucket, Rhode Island is home to 18 public schools, with combined enrollment of approximately 8,442 students. By school count, it is an average-sized city.
For a sense of the school types, the city is built around 11 elementary, 3 middle, and 4 high.
Five-year track record. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment declined 9%: 9,302 students in SY 2017-18 versus 8,442 in SY 2024-25. Demographically, the White share of enrollment declined from 35% to 20%.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Pawtucket discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.