Best public high schools in Rhode Island

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Tiverton School District, RI
- Enrollment: 495 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#30. Tiverton High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Cranston Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 1,540 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#29. Cranston High School East
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Burrillville School District, RI
- Enrollment: 666 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#28. Burrillville High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Westerly Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 726 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#27. Westerly High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Cranston Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 173 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#26. NEL/CPS Construction Career
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Newport Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 639 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#25. Rogers High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: North Providence School Department, RI
- Enrollment: 1,095 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#24. North Providence High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: West Warwick Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 1,044 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#23. West Warwick High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Pawtucket, RI
- Enrollment: 343 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#22. Blackstone Academy Charter School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Providence, RI
- Enrollment: 815 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#21. Metropolitan Career Tech Center
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Chariho Regional School District, RI
- Enrollment: 1,084 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B
#20. Chariho High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Cranston Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 1,684 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#19. Cranston High School West
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Lincoln, RI
- Enrollment: 895 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#18. William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Smithfield Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 791 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#17. Smithfield High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: North Smithfield School Department, RI
- Enrollment: 528 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#16. North Smithfield High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Middletown Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 620 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#15. Middletown High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: South Kingstown School District, RI
- Enrollment: 861 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#14. South Kingstown High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Cumberland School Department, RI
- Enrollment: 1,479 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#13. Cumberland High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Foster-Glocester Regional School District, RI
- Enrollment: 949 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#12. Ponaganset High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District, RI
- Enrollment: 458 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade B+
#11. Exeter-West Greenwich Regional
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Lincoln Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 953 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#10. Lincoln Senior High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Portsmouth School District, RI
- Enrollment: 824 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#9. Portsmouth High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Pawtucket School District, RI
- Enrollment: 191 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#8. Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing & Visual Arts
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Blackstone Valley Prep, RI
- Enrollment: 403 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#7. Blackstone Valley Prep High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Narragansett School System, RI
- Enrollment: 489 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#6. Narragansett High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: West Greenwich, RI
- Enrollment: 208 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#5. The Greene School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: North Kingstown School District, RI
- Enrollment: 1,451 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#4. North Kingstown Senior High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: East Greenwich Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 774 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#3. East Greenwich High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Providence Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 1,103 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#2. Classical High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Barrington Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 1,119 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Barrington High School
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