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Portsmouth School District, RI: schools, enrollment and spending
Portsmouth School District runs 4 public schools with 2,134 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Rhode Island figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "Portsmouth".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,134
- Teachers (FTE)
- 176
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- RI: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 29 Middle Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871
- Phone
- (401)683-1039
- County
- Newport County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4400870
- State district ID
- RI-27
- Total staff (FTE)
- 328
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 267 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (2,294), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.5 million
- State revenue
- $6.5 million
- Local revenue
- $36.1 million
- Total spending
- $45.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,904
- Salaries
- $24.2 million52.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.6%
- State: 14.5%
- Local: 79.9%
Rhode Island overall
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 41.5%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,904
Rhode Island$20,707
United States$16,826
Schools in Portsmouth School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Howard Hathaway School | Elementary | K to 4 | 409 | 13.6 |
| Melville School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 316 | 12.2 |
| Portsmouth High School | High | 9 to 12 | 785 | 11.4 |
| Portsmouth Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 604 | 11.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Newport County
- Middletown School District 1,860 students
- Newport County Public Schools 1,795 students
- Tiverton School District 1,520 students
- Jamestown School District 406 students
- Little Compton School District 218 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.