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Chariho School District, RI: schools, enrollment and spending
Chariho School District runs 9 public schools with 2,966 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.9 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Rhode Island figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "Chariho".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 2,966
- Teachers (FTE)
- 249
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- RI: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 455A Switch Road, Wood River Junction, RI 02894
- Phone
- (401)364-7575
- County
- Washington County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4400150
- State district ID
- RI-98
- Total staff (FTE)
- 476
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 297 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.9
Rhode Island13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,143), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $67.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.4 million
- State revenue
- $18.9 million
- Local revenue
- $46.6 million
- Total spending
- $65.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,855
- Salaries
- $34.5 million52.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $29.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.5%
- State: 27.8%
- Local: 68.6%
Rhode Island overall
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 41.5%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,855
Rhode Island$20,707
United States$16,826
Schools in Chariho School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ashaway Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 212 | 15.1 |
| Chariho Alternative Learning ACEP school | Other | 1 to 12 | 71 | 7.1 |
| Chariho Career and Tech Center | High | 9 to 12 | ||
| Chariho High School | High | 9 to 12 | 991 | 12.7 |
| Chariho Regional Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 834 | 12.4 |
| Charlestown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 246 | 12.9 |
| Hope Valley Elementary Annex | Prekindergarten | PK | ||
| Hope Valley Elementary School | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 226 | 18.8 |
| Richmond Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 371 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Washington County
- North Kingstown School District 3,786 students
- South Kingstown School District 2,253 students
- Westerly School District 2,139 students
- Narragansett School District 977 students
- Kingston Hill Academy 260 students
- The Compass School 217 students
- New Shoreham School District 126 students
More in Rhode Island
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.