Wawaloam School

Set in Exeter, Rhode Island, Wawaloam School is a low-enrollment elementary campus, overseen by Exeter-West Greenwich. It hosts 215 students across grades K through 1. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 332 students each, so Wawaloam School sits 35% below that benchmark.

Exeter-West Greenwich runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,529 students. Wawaloam School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Wawaloam School records that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wawaloam School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $106,638 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Wawaloam School is one of 38 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 13,313 students).

Metcalf School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wawaloam School has edged down 10%, going from 240 students in 2018 to 215 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 88% to 83%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.