Mary E. Fogarty El. School

Mary E. Fogarty El. School, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Providence, Rhode Island, one of the schools within Providence, hosts 430 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 332 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

Mary E. Fogarty El. School is one of 39 schools operated by Providence, a district that works with 20,645 students overall.

On demographics, Mary E. Fogarty El. School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 19% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, Mary E. Fogarty El. School shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. An estimated 90% 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 north of typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Providence County put median household earnings sit near $78,787, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Mary E. Fogarty El. School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Frank D. Spaziano Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary E. Fogarty El. School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mary E. Fogarty El. School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 430). Class-load math has widened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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