James R. D. Oldham School

James R. D. Oldham School is an elementary campus of cozy scale in Riverside, Rhode Island, one of the schools within East Providence, enrolling 210 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 332 students each, so James R. D. Oldham School sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

East Providence runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,136 students. James R. D. Oldham School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, James R. D. Oldham School lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder reads as 14% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, James R. D. Oldham School shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Providence County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Providence County) logs that median household income runs about $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. James R. D. Oldham School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Nearest neighbor: Riverside Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.