High School Explorer
Every public high school in RI, with federal-data depth: 4-year graduation rate, AP rigor, SAT/ACT participation, enrollment trend, NAEP state context, and more — translated for parents.
Public + private high schools, every state.
97
high schools (public + private)
71
public (48 districts)
26
private (NCES PSS)
10,659
public grade‑12 students (seniors, latest year)
RI public HS enrollment trend
Across the 43,332 students enrolled in RI brick-and-mortar public high schools in 2021, the state contracted -2.1% by 2024 (42,413 students, -919 net). That's the demographic tide every individual school is fighting or riding.
Charter share of public HS enrollment (latest year): 7.5% (3,193 of 42,413 students). Virtual / nonclassroom-based schools excluded.
🗺️ State context · NAEP 2024
How does RI compare nationally?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only test given the same way to students in every state — making it the benchmark for state-to-state academic comparison. Below, this state's 8th-grade averages and where it sits on the 50-state distribution.
8th-grade math
274
+1 vs national avg (273)
8th-grade reading
261
+1 vs national avg (260)
Each dot is one state's 2024 NAEP 8th-grade averages. RI is highlighted in gold. Dashed lines mark national averages — being upper-right of both = above national in both subjects. Source: NAEP State Snapshot Reports. NAEP doesn't produce per-school scores — this is state-level context.
Where the students are
Top 10 cities by public-HS enrollment
| Providence | 20 HS | 9,301 |
| Cranston | 3 HS | 3,354 |
| Pawtucket | 4 HS | 2,295 |
| Warwick | 2 HS | 2,241 |
| Lincoln | 2 HS | 1,871 |
| Woonsocket | 2 HS | 1,849 |
| Cumberland | 2 HS | 1,833 |
| East Providence | 1 HS | 1,691 |
| North Kingstown | 1 HS | 1,278 |
| North Scituate | 2 HS | 1,256 |
School-size distribution
Public, classroom-based · grades 9–12, latest year
Fastest-growing high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
| W B Cooley & Acad Internationa Providence |
319→685 | +114.7% |
| RINI Middle College Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College |
326→462 | +41.7% |
| Providence Career Technical Providence |
659→759 | +15.2% |
| Aventure Academy Providence |
200→227 | +13.5% |
| Sheila Skip Nowell Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy |
167→187 | +12.0% |
| Johnston Senior High Johnston |
748→826 | +10.4% |
| East Providence High East Providence |
1,585→1,691 | +6.7% |
| Blackstone Academy Charter Blackstone Academy |
343→357 | +4.1% |
| West Warwick High School West Warwick |
1,044→1,081 | +3.5% |
| E-Cubed Academy Providence |
330→338 | +2.4% |
Fastest-shrinking high schools
public, classroom-based · grade 9–12 · 2021→2024
| Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS Providence |
681→447 | -34.4% |
| Narragansett High School Narragansett |
489→372 | -23.9% |
| South Kingstown High South Kingstown |
861→688 | -20.1% |
| Hope High School Providence |
943→775 | -17.8% |
| Charles E. Shea High School Pawtucket |
925→770 | -16.8% |
| Middletown High School Middletown |
620→523 | -15.6% |
| Mount Pleasant High Providence |
1,174→997 | -15.1% |
| Mt. Hope High School Bristol Warren |
923→787 | -14.7% |
| Coventry High School Coventry |
1,384→1,201 | -13.2% |
| Tiverton High School Tiverton |
495→430 | -13.1% |
Every RI high school
Search by school, district, or city; sort any column. Trend = high-school enrollment change, first→latest year on file (public 2021→2024 via CCD grades 9–12; private 2018→2022 via PSS total). Omitted (—) for schools under 50 HS students, where a year-over-year percentage isn't reliable.
| High school | City | Type | HS enrollment (9–12) | 9–12 trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achievement First Providence H charter Achievement First Rhode Island |
Providence | Public | 458 | +472.5% |
| Apprenticeship Exploration Sch charter Cranston |
Cranston | Public | 176 | +1.7% |
| Aventure Academy Providence |
Providence | Public | 227 | +13.5% |
| BEACON Charter School charter Beacon Charter School |
Woonsocket | Public | 203 | -6.5% |
| Barrington Christian Academy K–12 Other religious |
Barrington | Private | 184 | -2.1% |
| Barrington High School Barrington |
Barrington | Public | 1,098 | -1.9% |
| Bishop Hendricken High School K–12 Catholic |
Warwick | Private | 658 | -28.4% |
| Blackstone Academy Charter charter Blackstone Academy |
Pawtucket | Public | 357 | +4.1% |
| Blackstone Valley Prep High charter Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy |
Cumberland | Public | 405 | +0.5% |
| Block Island School K–12 New Shoreham |
Block Island | Public | 44 | — |
| Bradley School Providence K–12 Nonsectarian |
Providence | Private | 142 | +24.6% |
| Bradley School-South K–12 Nonsectarian |
Wakefield | Private | 44 | — |
| Bridge Academy Providence |
Providence | Public | 117 | -21.5% |
| Burrillville High School Burrillville |
Harrisville | Public | 634 | -4.8% |
| Central Falls Sr High Central Falls |
Central Falls | Public | 788 | -2.0% |
| Central High School Providence |
Providence | Public | 1,050 | -6.4% |
| Charette Charter School charter Charette Charter |
Providence | Public | 168 | +0.0% |
| Chariho Alternative Learning A K–12 Chariho |
Wood River Junction | Public | 42 | — |
| Chariho Career and Tech Center Chariho |
Wood River Junction | Public | — | — |
| Chariho High School Chariho |
Wood River Junction | Public | 991 | -8.6% |
| Charles E. Shea High School Pawtucket |
Pawtucket | Public | 770 | -16.8% |
| Classical High School Providence |
Providence | Public | 1,116 | +1.2% |
| Coventry High School Coventry |
Coventry | Public | 1,201 | -13.2% |
| Cranston Career & Tech Center Cranston |
Cranston | Public | — | — |
| Cranston High School East Cranston |
Cranston | Public | 1,525 | -1.0% |
| Cranston High School West Cranston |
Cranston | Public | 1,653 | -1.8% |
| Cumberland High School Cumberland |
Cumberland | Public | 1,428 | -3.4% |
| Davies Career-Tech High School Davies Career and Tech |
Lincoln | Public | 898 | +0.3% |
| Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS Providence |
Providence | Public | 447 | -34.4% |
| E-Cubed Academy Providence |
Providence | Public | 338 | +2.4% |
| East Greenwich High East Greenwich |
East Greenwich | Public | 742 | -4.1% |
| East Providence Career Tech K–12 East Providence |
East Providence | Public | — | — |
| East Providence High East Providence |
East Providence | Public | 1,691 | +6.7% |
| Eleanor Briggs School K–12 Nonsectarian |
Warwick | Private | 27 | — |
| Exeter-West Greenwich Regional Exeter-West Greenwich |
West Greenwich | Public | 452 | -1.3% |
| George N Hunt Campus School K–12 Nonsectarian |
North Providence | Private | 24 | — |
| Harmony Hill School K–12 Nonsectarian |
Chepachet | Private | 40 | — |
| Highlander Secondary Charter S charter K–12 Highlander |
Warren | Public | 218 | -6.4% |
| Hillside Alternative Program K–12 Nonsectarian |
Woonsocket | Private | 28 | — |
| Hope High School Providence |
Providence | Public | 775 | -17.8% |
| Jacqueline M. Walsh School Pawtucket |
Pawtucket | Public | 173 | -9.4% |
| Johnston Senior High Johnston |
Johnston | Public | 826 | +10.4% |
| La Salle Academy K–12 Catholic |
Providence | Private | 1,460 | -6.8% |
| Lincoln School K–12 Other religious |
Providence | Private | 319 | -5.3% |
| Lincoln Senior High School Lincoln |
Lincoln | Public | 973 | +2.1% |
| Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr MET Career and Tech |
Providence | Public | 817 | +0.2% |
| Middlebridge School Nonsectarian |
Narragansett | Private | 70 | — |
| Middletown High School Middletown |
Middletown | Public | 523 | -15.6% |
| Mount Pleasant High Providence |
Providence | Public | 997 | -15.1% |
| Mount St Charles Academy K–12 Catholic |
Woonsocket | Private | 570 | +2.7% |
| Mt. Hope High School Bristol Warren |
Bristol | Public | 787 | -14.7% |
| Narragansett High School Narragansett |
Narragansett | Public | 372 | -23.9% |
| Newport Area Career Tech Ctr Newport |
Newport | Public | — | — |
| North Kingstown Sr. High North Kingstown |
North Kingstown | Public | 1,278 | -11.9% |
| North Providence High North Providence |
North Providence | Public | 1,085 | -0.9% |
| North Smitfield HS North Smithfield |
North Smithfield | Public | 532 | +0.8% |
| Ocean Tides School Nonsectarian |
Providence | Private | 18 | — |
| Pathways Strategic Teaching Center K–12 Nonsectarian |
Coventry | Private | 76 | -12.6% |
| Paul Cuffee Upper School charter Paul Cuffee Charter Sch |
Providence | Public | 243 | -8.3% |
| Pilgrim High School Warwick |
Warwick | Public | 1,137 | -3.3% |
| Ponaganset High School Foster-Glocester |
North Scituate | Public | 869 | -8.4% |
| Portsmouth Abbey School Catholic |
Portsmouth | Private | 334 | +0.6% |
| Portsmouth High School Portsmouth |
Portsmouth | Public | 785 | -4.7% |
| Providence Career Technical Providence |
Providence | Public | 759 | +15.2% |
| Providence Country Day School K–12 Nonsectarian |
East Providence | Private | 339 | +59.2% |
| Providence Hebrew Day School K–12 Other religious |
Providence | Private | 111 | -20.1% |
| R.I. School for the Deaf K–12 R.I. Sch for the Deaf |
Providence | Public | 26 | — |
| RINI Middle College charter Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College |
Providence | Public | 462 | +41.7% |
| Rocky Hill Country Day School K–12 Nonsectarian |
East Greenwich | Private | 276 | — |
| Rogers High School Newport |
Newport | Public | 599 | -6.3% |
| School One Nonsectarian |
Providence | Private | 74 | -3.9% |
| Scituate High School Scituate |
North Scituate | Public | 387 | -0.5% |
| Sheila Skip Nowell Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy |
Providence | Public | 187 | +12.0% |
| Smithfield High School Smithfield |
Smithfield | Public | 729 | -7.8% |
| South Kingstown High South Kingstown |
Wakefield | Public | 688 | -20.1% |
| St Andrews School K–12 Nonsectarian |
Barrington | Private | 211 | -4.1% |
| St Mary Academy-Bay View K–12 Catholic |
Riverside | Private | 402 | -31.0% |
| St Patrick Academy Catholic |
Providence | Private | 82 | -1.2% |
| St Raphael Academy Catholic |
Pawtucket | Private | 444 | -5.5% |
| The Greene School charter The Greene School |
West Greenwich | Public | 189 | -2.1% |
| The Groden Center K–12 Nonsectarian |
Providence | Private | 73 | -14.1% |
| The Regional Career and Tech Coventry |
Coventry | Public | — | — |
| The Spurwink School K–12 Nonsectarian |
Lincoln | Private | 19 | — |
| Times2 Middle/High School charter K–12 Providence |
Providence | Public | 187 | +2.2% |
| Tiverton High School Tiverton |
Tiverton | Public | 430 | -13.1% |
| Toll Gate High School Warwick |
Warwick | Public | 1,104 | -9.5% |
| Trinity Academy Performing Art charter K–12 Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts |
Providence | Public | 127 | -3.1% |
| Village Green Virtual charter virtual Village Green Virtual |
Providence | Public | 203 | -6.5% |
| W B Cooley & Acad Internationa Providence |
Providence | Public | 685 | +114.7% |
| Warwick Career and Tech Center Warwick |
Warwick | Public | — | — |
| West Warwick High School West Warwick |
West Warwick | Public | 1,081 | +3.5% |
| Westerly High School Westerly |
Westerly | Public | 650 | -10.5% |
| Wheeler School K–12 Nonsectarian |
Providence | Private | 736 | -5.8% |
| William E. Tolman High Pawtucket |
Pawtucket | Public | 995 | -8.8% |
| Woonsocket Career an Tech Ctr. Woonsocket |
Woonsocket | Public | — | — |
| Woonsocket High School Woonsocket |
Woonsocket | Public | 1,646 | +0.1% |
| YouthBuild Preparatory Academy YouthBuild Preparatory Academy |
Providence | Public | 115 | — |
Sources: Public — NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute API; "HS enrollment" = grades 9–12 (so K–12/combined records aren't inflated by their elementary grades); trend 2021–2024. Private — NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS); enrollment is total students (PSS has no grade detail); trend 2018→2022 (biennial). "High school" = offers grade 12. Winners/losers shown for public only (comparable annual span) and exclude very small/near-closure schools.