Frenchtown School

Frenchtown School, a compact elementary campus in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, one of the schools within East Greenwich, teaches 273 students, covering grades K through 2.

East Greenwich runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,476 students. Frenchtown School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Frenchtown School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Kent County's rate of about 42%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kent County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $94,345 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kent County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,578 students), Frenchtown School is one campus in the mix.

Meadowbrook Farms School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frenchtown School.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 252 students in 2018 compared to 273 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 82% to 75%.

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