Schools
Pawtucket School Department compared with the state, from the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE).
Summary
- Graduation rate 74.4% Class of 2025 · State 85.5%
- Chronically absent 29.3% 2025–26
- State test, English, grades 3–8 16.7% Spring 2026, met or exceeded · State 33.1%
- State test, math, grades 3–8 15.9% Spring 2026, met or exceeded · State 31.9%
- Spending per pupil $20,842 2024–25 · State $23,634
Graduation rate
Share of students who graduated high school within four years of starting ninth grade.
| Class of | Pawtucket | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.4% | 85.5% |
| 2024 | 71.2% | 84.1% |
| 2023 | 72.3% | 84.1% |
| 2022 | 69.2% | 83.5% |
| 2021 | 72.2% | 83.7% |
| 2020 | 77.4% | 83.6% |
| 2019 | 80.8% | 83.9% |
| 2018 | 79.0% | 84.0% |
The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate.
Chronic absenteeism
Share of students who missed 10% or more of the school days they were enrolled, for any reason.
| School year | Pawtucket |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 29.3% |
| 2024–25 | 31.5% |
| 2023–24 | 35.2% |
| 2022–23 | 35.7% |
| 2021–22 | 38.6% |
The district's rate as RIDE's school accountability system counts it. RIDE's data files have no statewide rate for all students, so the state's isn't shown.
State test results
Share of students in grades 3 to 8 who met or exceeded expectations on the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS), in English language arts and math.
English
| Spring | Pawtucket | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16.7% | 33.1% |
| 2025 | 18.5% | 33.7% |
| 2024 | 16.3% | 30.8% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | 33.1% |
| 2022 | 18.6% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 17.8% | 33.2% |
| 2019 | 24.3% | 38.5% |
| 2018 | 20.5% | 33.7% |
Math
| Spring | Pawtucket | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15.9% | 31.9% |
| 2025 | 17.8% | 31.4% |
| 2024 | 17.5% | 30.1% |
| 2023 | 16.9% | 29.6% |
| 2022 | 15.6% | 26.9% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | 20.1% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | 29.8% |
| 2018 | 17.2% | 27.3% |
No tests were given in spring 2020. RICAS is adapted from Massachusetts's MCAS tests and uses the same achievement levels, so its results can be compared with Massachusetts's only loosely.
Spending per pupil
What the district spends for each student, from local, state, and federal funds together, as RIDE reports it on its school report cards.
| School year | Pawtucket | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | $20,842 | $23,634 |
| 2023–24 | $20,938 | $23,571 |
| 2022–23 | $21,208 | $22,690 |
| 2021–22 | $19,171 | $21,295 |
| 2020–21 | $16,653 | $19,677 |
| 2019–20 | $15,885 | $18,039 |
| 2018–19 | $15,602 | $17,955 |
| 2017–18 | $15,400 | $17,327 |
– means no figure for that year: the state hasn't published it, or, for a change, there's no earlier year to compare with.
About this page
Checked . The Department of Education updates each figure once a year.
Source: RIDE report card data files (opens in new tab) (Graduation Rates).
Source: RIDE report card data files (opens in new tab) (Accountability).
Source: RIDE assessment data portal (opens in new tab).
Source: RIDE report card data files (opens in new tab) (Finance, total per pupil).
All figures as published by the Rhode Island Department of Education (opens in new tab), on its school report cards (opens in new tab) and assessment data portal.