Greenwood School

Greenwood School is one of the cozy elementary schools in Warwick, Rhode Island, one of the schools within Warwick, with 255 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Rhode Island, which averages around 332 students.

Warwick comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 7,688 students; Greenwood School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Greenwood School logs that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Greenwood School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at Greenwood School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kent County) logs that median household income runs about $94,345, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Greenwood School is one of 43 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 18,578 students).

Robertson School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Greenwood School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 255). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 91% to 66% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.