About Newport School District
Newport School District is a public school system serving Newport County, Rhode Island, based in Newport. It serves 1,795 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #27 largest of Rhode Island’s 64 school systems.
Size and structure
Newport School District enrolls 1,795 students in 4 schools — an average of about 449 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #27 of 64 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Newport School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,795 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Newport School District employs about 173 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1 — below the Rhode Island average of about 12.9:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 357.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Rhode Island funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Newport School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Rhode Island rates schools and districts on a 1-to-5-star scale through the Rhode Island Report Card, covering achievement, growth, graduation, English-language proficiency and school-quality measures such as chronic absenteeism. Look up Newport School District on the Rhode Island Report Card.
Accreditation status
Rhode Island does not run a mandatory accreditation system for its public districts; accreditation is voluntary through NEASC (the New England Association of Schools and Colleges). Search Newport School District’s schools in the NEASC directory.
Newport School District vs. Rhode Island
See every Rhode Island district side by side in the Rhode Island directory.
Look up Newport School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):