Lippitt School

Set in Warwick, Rhode Island, Lippitt School is a small K-5 school, overseen by Warwick. It educates 223 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 332 students each, so Lippitt School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Warwick runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 7,688 students. Lippitt School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Lippitt School shows that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kent County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Kent County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,345, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Lippitt School is one of 43 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 18,578 students).

Warwick Veterans Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lippitt School.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lippitt School's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 271 (now 223). White enrollment moved from 76% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Lippitt School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.