Elementary · Rhode Island

William D'Abate Elem. School

Free meals for all

William D'Abate Elem. School, a public elementary school in Providence, Rhode Island: grades k–5, 398 students, 17.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of 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
398
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Students per teacher
17.3
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 13.4 · 172 schools compared

More students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 69% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 317 · 172 schools compared

Smaller than 54% 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%

16%proficient

−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 32% · 167 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Rhode Island: 31%

22%proficient

+2.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 73% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 35% · 167 elementary schools compared

211 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
Midsize city

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

Location

Address
60 Kossuth Street, Providence, RI 02909
Phone
(401)456-9416
City or town
Providence

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Achievement First ProvidenceCharterFree meals for all
K–446013.531%44%
Achievement First Envision EleCharterFree meals for all
K–445814.825%22%
Asa Messer El. SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–455718.030%22%
Mary E. Fogarty El. SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–543017.918%18%
George J. West El. SchoolFree meals for all
K–550212.922%24%
Pre-K–558819.013%16%

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 440090000248