About Smithfield School District
Smithfield School District is a public school system serving Providence County, Rhode Island, based in Smithfield. It serves 2,361 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #20 largest of Rhode Island’s 64 school systems.
Size and structure
Smithfield School District enrolls 2,361 students in 5 schools — an average of about 472 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #20 of 64 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Smithfield School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,361 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
Smithfield School District employs about 187 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1 — below the Rhode Island average of about 12.9:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 349.
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 Smithfield 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 Smithfield 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 Smithfield School District’s schools in the NEASC directory.
Smithfield School District vs. Rhode Island
See every Rhode Island district side by side in the Rhode Island directory.
Look up Smithfield 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):