📍 100 Victory Highway, Exeter, Washington County, 02822
Wawaloam School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Exeter, Washington County. The school has 191 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Exeter-West Greenwich school district. It serves grades K–1 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Wawaloam School enrolls 191 students across grades K–1. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 4.2% Two or more races and 3.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 171 | 90% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 4.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 4 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
23 of the school's 191 students (12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 21 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wawaloam School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district RI-20, state senate district 34, state house district 39.
Wawaloam School is one of 5 schools in Exeter-West Greenwich, based in West Greenwich, Rhode Island. The district serves 1,544 students district-wide and employs 128 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 191 students, Wawaloam School is smaller than the district average of about 309 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe