Ella Risk School

Ella Risk School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 414 students. The average among elementary schools in Rhode Island is roughly 332 students; this school is 25% larger than that.

Ella Risk School is in Central Falls, a district with 2,515 students across 7 schools.

Ella Risk School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 48%. The rest of enrollment is 21% White, 14% Black, 7% Native American, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Providence County's population at about 26%. Ella Risk School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.2:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.6:1 average for elementary schools in Rhode Island. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Ella Risk School is 90%. It compares with 64% for public schools in Providence County.

In the county around the school, Providence County, the median household income is $78,787, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 206 public schools in Providence County, enrolling about 88,799 students in all.

The next-closest public school is Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High, about 0.1 miles away. Ella Risk School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

Federal data place Ella Risk School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment at Ella Risk School climbed 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 366 to 414 students.

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