Elementary · Rhode Island

Potter-Burns School

Free meals for all

Potter-Burns School, a public elementary school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island: grades k–5, 430 students, 14.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pawtucket.

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
430
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
14.3
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 13.4 · 172 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 78% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 317 · 172 schools compared

Larger than 53% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Rhode Island's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Rhode Island: 34%

27%proficient

+3.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 63% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 32% · 167 elementary schools compared

221 students tested, grades 3–8 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Rhode Island: 31%

26%proficient

−3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 66% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 35% · 167 elementary schools compared

223 students tested, grades 3–8 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb
Run by
Pawtucket

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Pawtucket.

Location

Address
973 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02861
Phone
(401)729-6250
City or town
Pawtucket

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Elizabeth Baldwin SchoolFree meals for all
K–532011.914%18%
Curvin-McCabe SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–535311.428%39%
Flora S. Curtis SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–533113.225%41%
Fallon Memorial SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–552012.421%21%
Agnes E. Little SchoolFree meals for all
K–532011.427%25%
Henry J. Winters SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–555015.716%17%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 440084000196