Kingston Hill Academy

Kingston Hill Academy is a K-5 school of small scale in Saunderstown, Rhode Island, one of the schools within Kingston Hill Academy, teacheing 260 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 332.

Kingston Hill Academy is the operating authority for Kingston Hill Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Kingston Hill Academy lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. Roughly 19% of students at Kingston Hill Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $106,638, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kingston Hill Academy is one of 38 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 13,313 students).

The closest other public school is The Compass School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site. Kingston Hill Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 37%: 190 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment expanded from 0% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Kingston Hill Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.