G. Harold Hunt School

G. Harold Hunt School is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Central Falls, Rhode Island, run under Central Falls, serveing 162 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 332.

G. Harold Hunt School is one of 7 schools operated by Central Falls, a district that educates 2,515 students overall.

On the student-mix side, G. Harold Hunt School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%); the rest comes out to 12% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 86% of students at G. Harold Hunt School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Providence County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Providence County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Providence County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), G. Harold Hunt School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Segue Institute Learning High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

G. Harold Hunt School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. G. Harold Hunt School's enrollment has expanded 189% since 2018, when it stood at 56 (now 162). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 34% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 6.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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