Hoxsie School

Hoxsie School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Warwick, Rhode Island. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 278 students.

The Warwick system has 18 schools and 7,688 students.

Hoxsie School is 69% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 85% White among all Kent County residents. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.6:1 average for elementary schools in Rhode Island. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 55%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kent County is 42%.

Among Kent County residents, the median household income is $94,345, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hoxsie School is one of 43 public schools in the county.

The shortest distance from Hoxsie School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Sherman School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

For locale, NCES codes Hoxsie School as City: Small.

Enrollment at Hoxsie School grew 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 265 to 278 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.

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