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Rhode Island School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 39
Median expenditures $55.1M
25th–75th percentile $34.1M  –  $75.6M
Total spend $2.94B
  1. #1
    Providence Public School District
    FY 2022 pop. 21,656
    Expenditures $585.0M
    Revenue $575.3M
  2. #2
    Cranston CITY SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 10,258
    Expenditures $207.2M
    Revenue $206.7M
  3. #3
    Warwick CITY SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 8,168
    Expenditures $204.9M
    Revenue $203.5M
  4. #4
    Pawtucket CITY SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 8,127
    Expenditures $177.8M
    Revenue $171.9M
  5. #5
    Woonsocket CITY SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 5,664
    Expenditures $128.5M
    Revenue $124.6M
  6. #6
    EAST Providence CITY Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 5,053
    Expenditures $113.7M
    Revenue $108.7M
  7. #7
    Coventry Public Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 4,392
    Expenditures $91.2M
    Revenue $87.2M
  8. #8
    Cumberland TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 4,724
    Expenditures $86.0M
    Revenue $82.8M
  9. #9
    North Kingstown TOWN Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 3,914
    Expenditures $81.7M
    Revenue $83.9M
  10. #10
    WEST Warwick District Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 3,562
    Expenditures $75.7M
    Revenue $77.3M
  11. #11
    North Providence SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 3,464
    Expenditures $75.5M
    Revenue $76.1M
  12. #12
    Lincoln TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 3,252
    Expenditures $74.7M
    Revenue $72.0M
  13. #13
    Johnston Public SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 3,067
    Expenditures $70.2M
    Revenue $69.8M
  14. #14
    Chariho Regional School District
    FY 2022 pop. 3,200
    Expenditures $70.1M
    Revenue $70.6M
  15. #15
    South Kingstown TOWN Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 2,608
    Expenditures $69.8M
    Revenue $69.5M
  16. #16
    Bristol-warren Regional School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,941
    Expenditures $66.9M
    Revenue $66.8M
  17. #17
    Westerly TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 2,378
    Expenditures $66.8M
    Revenue $67.7M
  18. #18
    Central Falls School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,701
    Expenditures $65.7M
    Revenue $63.6M
  19. #19
    Barrington TWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 3,377
    Expenditures $65.5M
    Revenue $65.5M
  20. #20
    Newport CITY SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 1,975
    Expenditures $55.1M
    Revenue $57.2M
  21. #21
    EAST Greenwich TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 2,552
    Expenditures $50.6M
    Revenue $49.7M
  22. #22
    Middletown TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 2,073
    Expenditures $48.4M
    Revenue $45.7M
  23. #23
    Portsmouth TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 2,247
    Expenditures $47.5M
    Revenue $47.3M
  24. #24
    Smithfield SCH DIST
    FY 2022 pop. 2,392
    Expenditures $46.2M
    Revenue $46.4M
  25. #25
    Exeter-west Greenwich Regional School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,572
    Expenditures $42.3M
    Revenue $38.2M
  26. #26
    Burrillville TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 2,128
    Expenditures $42.0M
    Revenue $42.0M
  27. #27
    Tiverton TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 1,678
    Expenditures $39.7M
    Revenue $38.7M
  28. #28
    Narragansett Schools System
    FY 2022 pop. 1,206
    Expenditures $35.8M
    Revenue $36.8M
  29. #29
    Foster-glocester Regional School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,396
    Expenditures $34.5M
    Revenue $33.3M
  30. #30
    North Smithfield SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 1,614
    Expenditures $33.7M
    Revenue $33.4M
  31. #31
    Scituate TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 1,196
    Expenditures $29.4M
    Revenue $28.6M
  32. #32
    Jamestown SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 444
    Expenditures $16.0M
    Revenue $14.8M
  33. #33
    Glocester SCH DEPT
    FY 2022 pop. 537
    Expenditures $11.7M
    Revenue $11.7M
  34. #34
    Little Compton TOWN SCHS
    FY 2022 pop. 209
    Expenditures $9.0M
    Revenue $9.0M
  35. #35
    NEW Shoreham School Department
    FY 2022 pop. 129
    Expenditures $6.5M
    Revenue $6.5M
  36. #36
    WEST BAY Collaborative
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $6.0M
    Revenue $5.7M
  37. #37
    Foster Elementary School District
    FY 2022 pop. 221
    Expenditures $5.0M
    Revenue $5.5M
  38. #38
    EAST BAY Educational Collaborative
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $4.1M
    Revenue $4.4M
  39. #39
    Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program
    FY 2022
    Expenditures $3.0M
    Revenue $3.3M