Early Childhood Center

Early Childhood Center is a small elementary school in Johnston, Rhode Island, (ZIP code 02919). Enrollment totals 201 students across kindergarten. On average, elementary schools in Rhode Island enroll around 332, and this school is 39% below that mark.

Early Childhood Center sits within Johnston, which has 8 schools and 3,136 students.

The largest group at Early Childhood Center is White students, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Providence County overall, about 60% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.

A staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Rhode Island, 13.6:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%. Among public schools in Providence County, the average eligibility rate is 64%.

In Providence County, home to about 664,854 people, the median household earns about $78,787 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Early Childhood Center shares Providence County with 205 other public schools.

The closest school to Early Childhood Center is Nicholas A. Ferri Middle, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Early Childhood Center.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 201, up from 195 in 2020-21.

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