📍 4 School Street, Johnston, Providence County, 02919
Thornton School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Johnston, Providence County. The school has 335 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. 30% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thornton School enrolls 335 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 43% White and 6.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 152 | 45% |
| White | 143 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 15 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
206 of the school's 335 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 165 qualify for free lunch and 41 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.
Thornton School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district RI-20, state senate district 25, state house district 42.
Thornton School is one of 8 schools in Johnston, based in Johnston, Rhode Island. The district serves 3,191 students district-wide and employs 270 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 335 students, Thornton School is smaller than the district average of about 399 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large