Veazie Street School

Set in Providence, Rhode Island, Veazie Street School is a moderately sized elementary campus, part of Providence. It works with 440 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Rhode Island, which averages around 332 students.

Across the 39 schools in Providence (20,645 students total), Veazie Street School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Veazie Street School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 23% Black, 9% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Veazie Street School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.6:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at Veazie Street School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Providence County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Providence County) logs that median household earnings sit near $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Veazie Street School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

The closest other public school is E-Cubed Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Veazie Street School's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 549 (now 440). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 50% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.