Elizabeth Baldwin School

Elizabeth Baldwin School is a mid-sized elementary school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, part of Pawtucket. The school caters to 320 students in grades K through 5.

Pawtucket comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,708 students; Elizabeth Baldwin School is among them.

Demographically, Elizabeth Baldwin School logs that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Providence County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Providence County) records that 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. Elizabeth Baldwin School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Potter-Burns School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elizabeth Baldwin School.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 52%: 670 students in 2018 compared to 320 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.