Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Foster

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
B

Foster Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades PK–5

Serves Foster.

Foster’s School Grade B+ better than 65% of Rhode Island school districts

Students
241
Schools
1
Spent per student
$27,580
RI $23,945
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
25%
The gist

What stands out about Foster Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B: results better than 62% of Rhode Island districts
  • Math proficiency 10 pts above the state
  • Spends 15% more per student than the RI average
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 15.9% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B: better than 62% of the 60 Rhode Island school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
B
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Foster 4,628

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Foster. Grade by grade →

PK–5Capt. Isaac Paine El. SchoolThis district
6–8Ponaganset Middle SchoolFoster-Glocester Regional School District
9–12Ponaganset High SchoolFoster-Glocester Regional School District

Test scores vs. RI

2021–22
Math proficiency35–39%
State average 26.6% · 101 students tested
Reading / language arts35–39%
State average 33.1% · 101 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 92% at Foster-Glocester, which runs the high school (state 84.1%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$27,580 per student · 15% above RI
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 41%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 70%State 23%Federal 7%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
208’20
221’21
221’22
226’23
241’24

Up 15.9% since 2020–21.

Students
White 95%Hispanic 3%Black 1%Asian <1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Rhode Island’s other public schools.

Capt. Isaac Paine El. School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Foster
B+
241 students11:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Coventry School DistrictCoventry
$20,535per student
Foster-Glocester Regional School DistrictGlocester
$21,493per student
Glocester Elementary School DistrictGlocester
$21,924per student
Killingly School DistrictKillingly
$22,657per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Rhode Island.