Melville School

Melville School is an average-sized K-5 school in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, one of the schools within Portsmouth. The school works with 316 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Portsmouth runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,114 students. Melville School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Melville School lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Melville School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at Melville School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Newport County's rate of about 38%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Newport County) records that the typical household earns roughly $103,514 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Newport County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,784 students), of which Melville School is one.

The closest other public school is Portsmouth Middle School, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Melville School.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Melville School has declined 11%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 84% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Melville School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.