Peace Dale School

Peace Dale School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, run under South Kingstown, with 412 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% larger than the typical public school in Rhode Island, which averages around 332 students.

South Kingstown comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,213 students; Peace Dale School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Peace Dale School shows that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Native American, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $106,638 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,313 students), Peace Dale School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Kingstown High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Peace Dale School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peace Dale School has expanded 10%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 80% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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