Veterans Memorial Elementary

Veterans Memorial Elementary serves students in Central Falls, Rhode Island, as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 406 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Rhode Island enroll around 332, and this school is 22% bigger than that mark.

The 7 schools in Central Falls enroll 2,515 students altogether, Veterans Memorial Elementary among them.

At Veterans Memorial Elementary, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 49%. Enrollment also includes 20% White, 15% Black, 10% Native American, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Providence County, the Hispanic share is about 26%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.

The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Rhode Island average 13.6:1. Of all students at Veterans Memorial Elementary, 94% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 64% for public schools in Providence County.

In Providence County, median household income comes to about $78,787, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Providence County counts 206 public schools with about 88,799 students.

Segue Institute Learning High is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school's size has been steady, with 404 students in 2020-21 and 406 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.2:1 to 12.7:1 over the same years.

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