Mildred E. Lineham School

Mildred E. Lineham School is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, one of the schools within Exeter-West Greenwich, with 84 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 75% below the state mean of about 332.

Mildred E. Lineham School is one of 5 schools operated by Exeter-West Greenwich, a district that educates 1,529 students overall.

On demographics, Mildred E. Lineham School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kent County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 18% of students at Mildred E. Lineham School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kent County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, census data for Kent County shows median household income runs about $94,345, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mildred E. Lineham School is one of 43 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 18,578 students).

The closest other public school is Exeter-West Greenwich Regional, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 33%: 63 students in 2018 compared to 84 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 90% to 86%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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