Regular local school district · Providence County
Foster School District, RI: schools, enrollment and spending
Foster School District runs 1 public school with 241 students in grades PK to 5. Its ratio of 11.5 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Rhode Island figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "Foster".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 241
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- RI: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 160 Foster Ctr Rd/Isaac, Foster, RI 02825
- Phone
- (401)647-5100
- County
- Providence County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 5
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4400390
- State district ID
- RI-12
- Total staff (FTE)
- 46
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.5
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 (208), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $377,000
- State revenue
- $1.3 million
- Local revenue
- $3.5 million
- Total spending
- $4.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,418
- Salaries
- $2.2 million50.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.2%
- State: 25.0%
- Local: 67.7%
Rhode Island overall
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 41.5%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,418
Rhode Island$20,707
United States$16,826
Schools in Foster School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Capt. Isaac Paine Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 241 | 11.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Providence County
- Providence County Public Schools 20,250 students
- Cranston School District 10,037 students
- Pawtucket School District 7,816 students
- Woonsocket School District 5,541 students
- East Providence School District 5,225 students
- Cumberland School District 4,881 students
- North Providence School District 3,488 students
- Lincoln School District 3,278 students
- Achievement First Rhode Island 3,209 students
- Johnston School District 3,191 students
- Central Falls School District 2,560 students
- Smithfield School District 2,361 students
- Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy 2,253 students
- Burrillville School District 1,993 students
- North Smithfield School District 1,637 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.