South Kingstown High

Set in Wakefield, Rhode Island, South Kingstown High is a moderately sized senior high, one of the schools within South Kingstown. It hosts 688 students across grades 9 through 12.

South Kingstown runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,213 students. South Kingstown High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, South Kingstown High reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, South Kingstown High shows 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Washington County) records that the typical household earns roughly $106,638 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Washington County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,313 students), of which South Kingstown High is one.

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

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. South Kingstown High's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 936 (now 688). The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.