About Portsmouth School District
Portsmouth School District is a public school system serving Newport County, Rhode Island, based in Portsmouth. It serves 2,134 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #24 largest of Rhode Island’s 64 school systems.
Size and structure
Portsmouth School District enrolls 2,134 students in 4 schools — an average of about 534 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #24 of 64 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Portsmouth School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,134 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
Portsmouth School District employs about 176 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1 — below the Rhode Island average of about 12.9:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 328.
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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth School District’s schools in the NEASC directory.
Portsmouth School District vs. Rhode Island
See every Rhode Island district side by side in the Rhode Island directory.
Look up Portsmouth 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):