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Westerly School District, RI: schools, enrollment and spending
Westerly School District runs 6 public schools with 2,139 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the Rhode Island figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "Westerly".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,139
- Teachers (FTE)
- 207
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- RI: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 23 Highland Avenue Babcock Hall, Westerly, RI 02891
- Phone
- (401)315-1500
- County
- Washington County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4401170
- State district ID
- RI-36
- Total staff (FTE)
- 416
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 428 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.3
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 (2,433), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $66.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.4 million
- State revenue
- $13.1 million
- Local revenue
- $49.2 million
- Total spending
- $65.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,046
- Salaries
- $32.6 million49.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $67.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.6%
- State: 19.6%
- Local: 73.8%
Rhode Island overall
- Federal: 9.6%
- State: 41.5%
- Local: 48.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,046
Rhode Island$20,707
United States$16,826
Schools in Westerly School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dunn's Corners School | Elementary | K to 4 | 264 | 10.2 |
| Springbrook Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 243 | 9.3 |
| State Street School | Elementary | K to 4 | 212 | 9.6 |
| Westerly High School | High | 9 to 12 | 650 | 9.6 |
| Westerly Inclusion Preschool P | Prekindergarten | PK | 87 | 12.4 |
| Westerly Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 639 | 11.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Washington County
- North Kingstown School District 3,786 students
- Chariho School District 2,966 students
- South Kingstown School District 2,253 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.