Notable Public Schools in Rhode Island

This directory-style guide highlights 50 public schools in Rhode Island. Each institution is identified by its full profile name and location so similarly named organizations are easier to distinguish. “Notable” is a directory label, not an evaluation of quality or an endorsement.

Entries were selected and ordered using enrollment values available in COSMIQ profiles. Enrollment figures are intentionally omitted. The order is an estimate of institution size, not a ranking of academic quality, outcomes, or fit.

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Institutions in this guide

Cranston High School West — Cranston, Rhode Island. Public school.
East Providence High — East Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Woonsocket High School — Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Public school.
Cranston High School East — Cranston, Rhode Island. Public school.
Cumberland High School — Cumberland, Rhode Island. Public school.
North Kingstown Sr. High — North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Public school.
Central High School — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Coventry High School — Coventry, Rhode Island. Public school.
Toll Gate High School — Warwick, Rhode Island. Public school.
Mount Pleasant High — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Pilgrim High School — Warwick, Rhode Island. Public school.
Barrington High School — Barrington, Rhode Island. Public school.
Classical High School — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Warwick Veterans Middle School — Warwick, Rhode Island. Public school.
North Providence High — North Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
John F. Deering Middle — West Warwick, Rhode Island. Public school.
William E. Tolman High — Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Public school.
West Warwick High School — West Warwick, Rhode Island. Public school.
Chariho High School — Wood River Junction, Rhode Island. Public school.
Lincoln Senior High School — Lincoln, Rhode Island. Public school.
Alan Shawn Feinstein MS of Cov — Coventry, Rhode Island. Public school.
Ponaganset High School — North Scituate, Rhode Island. Public school.
Davies Career-Tech High School — Lincoln, Rhode Island. Public school.
Hope High School — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Mt. Hope High School — Bristol, Rhode Island. Public school.
Charles E. Shea High School — Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Public school.
Chariho Regional Middle School — Wood River Junction, Rhode Island. Public school.
Central Falls Sr High — Central Falls, Rhode Island. Public school.
Nathanael Greene Middle — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Johnston Senior High — Johnston, Rhode Island. Public school.
Pothier-Citizens Elem Campus — Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Public school.
Portsmouth High School — Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Public school.
Barrington Middle School — Barrington, Rhode Island. Public school.
South Kingstown High — Wakefield, Rhode Island. Public school.
Lincoln Middle School — Lincoln, Rhode Island. Public school.
Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Smithfield High School — Smithfield, Rhode Island. Public school.
Nicholas A. Ferri Middle — Johnston, Rhode Island. Public school.
East Greenwich High — East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Public school.
Governor Christopher DelSesto — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Winman Middle School — Warwick, Rhode Island. Public school.
Western Hills Middle School — Cranston, Rhode Island. Public school.
Park View Middle School — Cranston, Rhode Island. Public school.
Westerly High School — Westerly, Rhode Island. Public school.
Claiborne Pell Elementary — Newport, Rhode Island. Public school.
Westerly Middle School — Westerly, Rhode Island. Public school.
Gilbert Stuart Middle School — Providence, Rhode Island. Public school.
Burrillville High School — Harrisville, Rhode Island. Public school.
Community School — Cumberland, Rhode Island. Public school.
Kickemuit Middle School — Warren, Rhode Island. Public school.

Selection and source notes

Where enough eligible profiles were available, this guide includes the top 50, 25, or 10 by available enrollment; smaller groups include all eligible profiles. Profile source year: 2022. Check each institution directly for current information.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by COSMIQ, and it does not mean that any listed institution endorses COSMIQ.