Webster Avenue School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Providence, Rhode Island, Webster Avenue School enrolls 308 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Providence.

Providence runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 20,645 students. Webster Avenue School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Webster Avenue School lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% White, 6% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, Webster Avenue School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at Webster Avenue School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Providence County's rate of about 64%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Providence County put the typical household earns roughly $78,787 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Providence County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), Webster Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Frank D. Spaziano Elem School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Webster Avenue School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Webster Avenue School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 337 (now 308). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 72% to 82%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Webster Avenue School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.