Best High Schools in Rhode Island for White Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Rhode Island!

Every year, the Rhode Island Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, White students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Rhode Island test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSAT10 and SAT and NGSA test scores by the Rhode Island Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, October 18, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 43)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
440090000218	1	Classical High School	Public	9-12	770 Westminster Street	Providence	02903	Providence County	Providence	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 456-9145	1,119	63	17.7	54.3%	212 (18.9%)	179 (16.0%)	543 (48.5%)	94 (8.4%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	52 (4.6%)	$12,489			$511			$11,978	97.7%	95.1%	2.59%
440003000001	2	Barrington High School	Public	9-12	220 Lincoln Avenue	Barrington	02806	Bristol County	Barrington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 247-3150	1,101	84	13.1	6.6%	871 (79.1%)	18 (1.6%)	65 (5.9%)	92 (8.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (4.8%)	$15,306			$101			$15,206	95.3%	98.4%	3.01%
440030000086	3	East Greenwich High	Public	9-12	300 Avenger Drive	East Greenwich	02818	Kent County	East Greenwich	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 398-1300	742	59	12.5	5.4%	569 (76.7%)	12 (1.6%)	57 (7.7%)	69 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.7%)	$14,933			$292			$14,641	93.0%	96.7%	3.70%
440075000168	4	North Kingstown Senior High	Public	9-12	150 Fairway Drive	North Kingstown	02852	Washington County	North Kingstown	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 268-6236	1,294	104	12.4	16.8%	1,067 (82.5%)	23 (1.8%)	99 (7.7%)	31 (2.4%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (5.3%)	$14,220			$150			$14,071	90.7%	93.4%	2.74%
440081000186	5	North Smitfield High School	Public	9-12	412 Greenville Road	North Smithfield	02896	Providence County	North Smithfield	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 766-2500	547	43	12.7	18.8%	434 (79.3%)	11 (2.0%)	71 (13.0%)	9 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.8%)	$16,367			$645			$15,723	88.4%	90.2%	1.79%
440057000135	6	Lincoln Senior High School	Public	9-12	135 Old River Road	Lincoln	02865	Providence County	Lincoln	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 334-7500	989	67	14.7	25.2%	749 (75.7%)	49 (5.0%)	112 (11.3%)	32 (3.2%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.6%)	39 (3.9%)	$15,536			$924			$14,611	86.0%	85.2%	0.80%
440087000207	7	Portsmouth High School	Public	9-12	120 Education Lane	Portsmouth	02871	Newport County	Portsmouth	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 683-2124	790	69	11.4	12.9%	668 (84.6%)	15 (1.9%)	53 (6.7%)	16 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	28 (3.5%)	$17,227			$422			$16,805	83.7%	91.8%	8.08%
440102000265	8	South Kingstown High	Public	9-12	215 Columbia Street	Wakefield	02879	Washington County	South Kingstown	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 360-1000	735	67	10.9	17.6%	584 (79.5%)	12 (1.6%)	55 (7.5%)	13 (1.8%)	20 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (6.8%)	$17,177			$365			$16,812	81.4%	83.6%	2.21%
440066000151	9	Narragansett High School	Public	9-12	245 South Pier Road	Narragansett	02882	Washington County	Narragansett	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 792-9400	427	45	9.4	9.6%	379 (88.8%)	6 (1.4%)	17 (4.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	$20,095			$804			$19,291	79.1%	86.9%	7.82%
440015000029	10	Chariho High School	Public	9-12	453 Switch Road	Wood River Junction	02894	Washington County	Chariho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 364-7778	1,012	79	12.8	17.2%	916 (90.5%)	5 (0.5%)	45 (4.4%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	32 (3.2%)	$14,465			$226			$14,239	76.7%	88.5%	11.78%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSAT10 English Language Arts, PSAT10 Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts, SAT Mathematics, NGSA Science test scores released by the Rhode Island Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Rhode Island Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Rhode Island Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Rhode Island Department of Education.