Frank D. Spaziano Elem School

Frank D. Spaziano Elem School is a roomy primary school in Providence, Rhode Island, operated by Providence. The school enrolls 588 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 332 students each, so Frank D. Spaziano Elem School sits 77% bigger than that benchmark.

Providence comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 20,645 students; Frank D. Spaziano Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Frank D. Spaziano Elem School logs that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Frank D. Spaziano Elem School records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Providence County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Providence County put median household earnings sit near $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Providence County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), Frank D. Spaziano Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary E. Fogarty El. School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Frank D. Spaziano Elem School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Frank D. Spaziano Elem School's enrollment has expanded 43% since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 588). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 80% to 86%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Frank D. Spaziano Elem School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.