Average Teacher Salary in Rhode Island
The average teacher salary in Rhode Island was $67,060 in 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Rhode Island average teacher’s salary was $62,380 in 2008, demonstrating a dramatic 7.5 percent increase in just one year. The average teacher salary in Rhode Island actually decreased from 2007 to 2008, although by a very slim 0.12 percent, making the total two-year percentage increase from 2007 to 2009 a less impressive 7.37 percent, a figure closer to the national average.
Teaching salaries in Rhode Island have been consistently above the national average of $49,720 in 2009 and $48,353 in 2008. Additionally, the percentage increase in Rhode Island teacher salaries was far greater than the increase in the average salary for teachers nationally, which was 2.8 percent increase from 2008 to 2009.
Rhode Island teacher salary rankings have also been strong and steadily rising. Teaching salaries in Rhode Island ranked 2nd in the nation in 2007 and 2008. However, this ranking went up to 1st in the nation in 2009.
Rhode Island teacher salaries, though already well above the national average, hit a sharp increase in only the last year, as shown by the Rhode Island Teacher Salary Schedule below:
| Average Salary | Percent Change | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2009 | Rank | 2008 | Rank | 2007 | 2008 to 2009 | 2007 to 2008 | 2007 to 2009 | ||
| Rhode Island | 1 | $67,060.00 | 2 | $62,380.00 | 2 | $62,456.67 | 7.50% | -0.12% | 7.37% | |
Read our article on becoming a teacher in Rhode Island if you are interested in teaching in Rhode Island.
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Financial Data for Rhode Island
State Spending on Teachers
- Salary expenditure on all teachers (including home schoolers, special education, non-certified teachers): $824,987,382
- Benefits expenditures for teachers: $351,928,834
- Instructional expenditures for teaching supplies: $23,408,280
- Total current instructional expenditures per student (teacher salary and curriculum): $8,781
- Total current expenditures per student: $14,439
Revenue Per Student From Various Sources
- State revenue per student: $6,013
- Federal revenue per student: $1,172
State Sources of Revenue for Schools
- Revenue by state property tax: $-1
- Revenue by local government property tax: $1,124,285,136
- Federal grants direct to local districts: $3,808,457
- Federal grants through state: $166,596,829
Rhode Island School Districts
| School District | Full Time Teachers | Student to Teacher Ratio | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | 242 | 14 to 1 | 283 County Rd
Barrington, RI 2806 401-245-5000 |
| Beacon Charter School | 12 | 16 to 1 | 320 Main St
Woonsocket, RI 2895 401-671-6261 |
| Blackstone Academy | 3 | 53 to 1 | 334 Placeeasant St
Pawtucket, RI 2860 401-726-1750 |
| Bristol Warren | 269 | 13 to 1 | 151 State St
Bristol, RI 2809 401-253-4000 |
| Burrillville | 173 | 15 to 1 | 2300 Bronco Hwy
Harrisville, RI 2830 401-568-1301 |
| Central Falls | 285 | 11 to 1 | 21 Hedley Ave
Central Falls, RI 2863 401-727-7700 |
| Chariho | 303 | 12 to 1 | 455a Switch Rd
Wood River Junction, RI 2894 401-364-7575 |
| Coventry | 391 | 14 to 1 | 1675 Flat River Rd
Coventry, RI 2816 401-822-9400 |
| Cranston | 881 | 12 to 1 | 845 Park Ave
Cranston, RI 2910 401-270-8170 |
| Cumberland | 365 | 14 to 1 | 2602 Mendon Rd
Cumberland, RI 2864 401-658-1600 |
| Davies Career And Technical High School | 67 | 12 to 1 | 50 Jenckes Hill Rd
Lincoln, RI 2865 401-728-1500 |
| Dcyf Alternative Education Program | 27 | 4 to 1 | 300 New London Ave
Cranston, RI 2920 401-462-7251 |
| East Greenwich | 188 | 13 to 1 | 111 Peirce St
East Greenwich, RI 2818 401-398-1201 |
| East Providence | 429 | 13 to 1 | 80 Burnside Ave
East Providence, RI 2915 401-433-6222 |
| Exeter-west Greenwich | 170 | 11 to 1 | 940 Nooseneck Hill Rd
West Greenwich, RI 2817 401-397-5125 |
| Foster | 22 | 12 to 1 | 160 Foster Ctr Rd/isaac
Foster, RI 2825 401-647-5100 |
| Foster-glocester | 100 | 14 to 1 | 1145 Putnam Pike
Chepachet, RI 2814 401-568-4175 |
| Glocester | 50 | 13 to 1 | 160 Foster Center Rd
Foster, RI 2825 401-647-5100 |
| Highlander | 12 | 23 to 1 | 45 Greeley St
Providence, RI 2904 401-277-2600 |
| International Charter | 22 | 14 to 1 | 334 Placeeasant St
Pawtucket, RI 2860 401-721-0824 |
| Jamestown | 50 | 10 to 1 | 76 Melrose Ave
Jamestown, RI 2835 401-423-7020 |
| Johnston | 246 | 13 to 1 | 10 Memorial Ave
Johnston, RI 2919 401-233-1900 |
| Kingston Hill Academy | 7 | 26 to 1 | 850 Stony Foroute Rd
Saunderstown, RI 2874 401-783-8282 |
| Learning Community | 23 | 15 to 1 | 21 Lincoln Ave
Central Falls, RI 2863 401-722-9998 |
| Lincoln | 292 | 11 to 1 | 1624 Lonsdale Ave
Lincoln, RI 2865 401-721-3313 |
| Little Compton | 28 | 11 to 1 | The Commons
Little Compton, RI 2837 401-635-2351 |
| Met Career And Technical | 57 | 11 to 1 | 325 Public St
Providence, RI 2905 401-752-2600 |
| Middletown | 186 | 13 to 1 | 26 Oliphant Ln
Middletown, RI 2842 401-849-2122 |
| Narragansett | 131 | 11 to 1 | 25 Fifth Ave
Narragansett, RI 2882 401-792-9450 |
| New Shoreham | 48 | 3 to 1 | High St
Block Island, RI 2807 401-466-7732 |
| Newport | 197 | 11 to 1 | 437 Brdway
Newport, RI 2840 401-847-2100 |
| North Kingstown | 326 | 14 to 1 | 100 Fairway Dr
North Kingstown, RI 2852 401-268-6403 |
| North Providence | 285 | 12 to 1 | 2240 Mineral Spring Ave
North Providence, RI 2911 401-233-1100 |
| North Smithfield | 150 | 12 to 1 | 83 Greene St
Slatersville, RI 2876 401-769-5492 |
| Paul Cuffee Charter School | 47 | 9 to 1 | 459 Promenade St
Providence, RI 2908 401-453-2626 |
| Pawtucket | 649 | 13 to 1 | 286 Main St
Pawtucket, RI 2860 401-729-6315 |
| Portsmouth | 211 | 14 to 1 | 29 Middle Rd
Portsmouth, RI 2871 401-683-1039 |
| Providence | 1,620 | 15 to 1 | 797 Westminster St
Providence, RI 2903 401-456-9211 |
| Rhode Island School For The Deaf | 24 | 3 to 1 | One Corliss Park
Providence, RI 2908 401-222-3525 |
| Scituate | 131 | 13 to 1 | 197 Danielson Pike
North Scituate, RI 2857 401-647-4100 |
| Smithfield | 204 | 13 to 1 | 49 Farnum Pike
Esmond, RI 2917 401-231-6606 |
| South Kingstown | 300 | 12 to 1 | 307 Curtis Corner Rd
Wakefield, RI 2879 401-360-1300 |
| The Compass School | 11 | 14 to 1 | 537 Old North Rd
Kingston, RI 2881 401-788-8322 |
| Tiverton | 161 | 12 to 1 | 100 North Brayton Rd
Tiverton, RI 2878 401-624-8475 |
| Warwick | 943 | 12 to 1 | 34 Warwick Lake Ave
Warwick, RI 2889 401-734-3100 |
| West Warwick | 287 | 12 to 1 | 10 Harris Ave
West Warwick, RI 2893 401-821-1180 |
| Westerly | 253 | 13 to 1 | 15 Highland Ave
Westerly, RI 2891 401-348-2700 |
| Woonsocket | 438 | 14 to 1 | 108 High St
Woonsocket, RI 2895 401-767-4600 |
