Foster
A public school district in Foster, Rhode Island, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 241
- Students enrolled
- 21
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 46
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $22,977
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 241 in 2024–25
- Ranks 14,254th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 52nd of 64 in Rhode Island. Larger than 19% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $22,977 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 82% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Foster spent $22,977 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $12,434 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $22,977 | $5.1 million | 221 |
| FY2022 | $22,032 | $4.9 million | 221 |
| FY2021 | $20,471 | $4.3 million | 208 |
| FY2020 | $18,908 | $4.5 million | 239 |
| FY2019 | $17,081 | $4.6 million | 272 |
| FY2018 | $17,139 | $5.1 million | 295 |
| FY2017 | $15,940 | $4.2 million | 265 |
| FY2016 | $14,437 | $4.0 million | 277 |
| FY2015 | $14,585 | $4.1 million | 284 |
| FY2014 | $15,335 | $4.2 million | 272 |
| FY2013 | $14,847 | $4.1 million | 275 |
| FY2012 | $15,349 | $4.4 million | 284 |
| FY2011 | $13,847 | $3.8 million | 274 |
| FY2010 | $18,237 | $4.7 million | 257 |
| FY2009 | $18,668 | $4.7 million | 253 |
| FY2008 | $17,478 | $4.8 million | 272 |
| FY2007 | $15,133 | $4.5 million | 300 |
| FY2006 | $14,192 | $4.3 million | 302 |
| FY2005 | $12,434 | $4.1 million | 332 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $607.0 thousand | 10.4% |
| State | $1.4 million | 23.7% |
| Local | $3.9 million | 65.9% |
| Total | $5.8 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Capt. Isaac Paine El. School | 241 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 5
- NCES district ID
- 4400390
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Rhode Island — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Rhode Island — A to Z, each with its page.
- Rhode Island on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved