Clayville School

Clayville School is a K-5 school of compact scale in Clayville, Rhode Island, overseen by Scituate, educateing 140 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 332 students each, so Clayville School sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Clayville School is one of 5 schools operated by Scituate, a district that serves 1,188 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clayville School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Clayville School shows 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at Clayville School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Providence County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Clayville School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Capt. Isaac Paine El. School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 142 students in 2018 compared to 140 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Clayville School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.