Pawtucket
A public school district in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 7,816
- Students enrolled
- 578
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,051
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $19,041
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 7,816 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,190th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 4th of 64 in Rhode Island. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $19,041 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 69% 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
Pawtucket spent $19,041 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,638 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 | $19,041 | $153.4 million | 8,056 |
| FY2022 | $17,139 | $139.3 million | 8,127 |
| FY2021 | $15,090 | $127.5 million | 8,450 |
| FY2020 | $14,347 | $126.0 million | 8,784 |
| FY2019 | $15,238 | $134.5 million | 8,824 |
| FY2018 | $15,292 | $133.6 million | 8,738 |
| FY2017 | $13,130 | $118.0 million | 8,984 |
| FY2016 | $12,714 | $114.7 million | 9,022 |
| FY2015 | $12,220 | $110.7 million | 9,057 |
| FY2014 | $12,074 | $108.1 million | 8,953 |
| FY2013 | $12,092 | $105.6 million | 8,733 |
| FY2012 | $11,714 | $102.7 million | 8,769 |
| FY2011 | $11,501 | $102.2 million | 8,886 |
| FY2010 | $11,432 | $101.0 million | 8,838 |
| FY2009 | $12,003 | $104.6 million | 8,715 |
| FY2008 | $12,572 | $110.4 million | 8,781 |
| FY2007 | $11,794 | $107.0 million | 9,073 |
| FY2006 | $11,252 | $104.0 million | 9,241 |
| FY2005 | $10,638 | $100.8 million | 9,476 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $72.4 million | 20.2% |
| State | $216.0 million | 60.3% |
| Local | $69.9 million | 19.5% |
| Total | $358.2 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
16 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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 12
- NCES district ID
- 4400840
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