Wakefield Hills El. School

Wakefield Hills El. School operates as an average-sized primary school in West Warwick, Rhode Island, one of the schools within West Warwick. Current enrollment sits at 373 students spanning grades K through 4.

West Warwick comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,423 students; Wakefield Hills El. School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Wakefield Hills El. School lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kent County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, Kent County reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,345 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wakefield Hills El. School is one of 43 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 18,578 students).

The closest other public school is John F. Horgan School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wakefield Hills El. School has ticked down 7%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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