Oak Lawn School

Oak Lawn School is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Cranston, Rhode Island, part of Cranston, with 247 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 332.

Within Cranston, which oversees 22 schools and 9,861 students, Oak Lawn School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Oak Lawn School shows that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.6:1, putting Oak Lawn School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at Oak Lawn School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Providence County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Around the school, Providence County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Providence County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), of which Oak Lawn School is one.

The closest other public school is Glen Hills School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Oak Lawn School's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 205 (now 247). White enrollment moved from 85% to 74% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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