Globe Park School

Globe Park School is an elementary school of expansive scale in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, overseen by Woonsocket, caters to 519 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% bigger than the state mean of about 332.

Woonsocket comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,325 students; Globe Park School is among them.

Demographically, Globe Park School lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.6:1, putting Globe Park School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Providence County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $78,787 per year, 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), Globe Park School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Kevin K. Coleman School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Globe Park School.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Globe Park School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 519). Hispanic enrollment moved from 32% to 28% across the same window.

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