Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods

As a sprawling elementary school in Providence, Rhode Island, Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods works with 635 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Providence. That puts it 91% larger than the typical public school in Rhode Island, which averages around 332 students.

Within Providence, which oversees 39 schools and 20,645 students, Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods logs that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 15% Black, 6% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Providence County's rate of about 64%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Providence County put median household earnings sit near $78,787, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Providence County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), of which Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roger Williams Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods has stayed largely flat, going from 627 students in 2018 to 635 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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