Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset

Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset is an elementary-level community of small scale in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, part of North Kingstown, enrolling 212 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 332.

Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset is one of 8 schools operated by North Kingstown, a district that works with 3,748 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset shows that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest looks like 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washington County (around 30%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,638, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Washington County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,313 students), of which Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset is one.

The closest other public school is Forest Park El. School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 212). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.