Elementary · Rhode Island
Joseph A. Whelan School
Joseph A. Whelan School, a public elementary school in North Providence, Rhode Island: grades k–5, 252 students, 13.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of North Providence.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 252
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in Rhode Island
Median 13.4 · 172 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 76% of elementary schools in Rhode Island
Median 317 · 172 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- North Providence
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Location
- Address
- 1440 Mineral Spring Avenue, North Providence, RI 02904
- Phone
- (401)233-1180
- County
- Providence County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 388 | 13.9 | |
Veazie Street SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 440 | 15.2 |
| K–5 | 384 | 15.4 | |
Nathanael Greene SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 397 | 13.2 |
Robert F. Kennedy El. SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 451 | 19.6 |
| Pre-K–5 | 221 | 12.3 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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NCES 440078000182