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Fastest-growing Rhode Island public schools, 2017-2024

Rhode Island public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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RHODE ISLAND · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Garden City School	Cranston	Cranston	293	530	80.9%
2	RINI Middle College	Providence	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	264	462	75.0%
3	James L. McGuire School	North Providence	North Providence	220	384	74.5%
4	Ashton School	Cumberland	Cumberland	278	429	54.3%
5	Segue Inst for Learning	Central Falls	Segue Institute for Learning	238	359	50.8%
6	Frank D. Spaziano Elem School	Providence	Providence	410	588	43.4%
7	Raymond LaPerche School	Smithfield	Smithfield	242	337	39.3%
8	Stephen Olney School	North Providence	North Providence	281	388	38.1%
9	W B Cooley & Acad Internationa	Providence	Providence	500	685	37.0%
10	Henry J. Winters School	Pawtucket	Pawtucket	411	550	33.8%
11	Edgewood Highland	Cranston	Cranston	207	276	33.3%
12	Hamilton School	North Kingstown	North Kingstown	341	447	31.1%
13	Blackstone Valley Prep High	Cumberland	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	317	405	27.8%
14	Winman Middle School	Warwick	Warwick	556	706	27.0%
15	Achievement First Iluminar	Cranston	Achievement First Rhode Island	367	465	26.7%
16	Warwick Veterans Middle School	Warwick	Warwick	848	1,059	24.9%
17	Central Falls Sr High	Central Falls	Central Falls	641	788	22.9%
18	Saylesville Elementary	Lincoln	Lincoln	254	312	22.8%
19	North Smithfield MS	North Smithfield	North Smithfield	409	502	22.7%
20	Alfred Lima Sr. El School	Providence	Providence	542	662	22.1%
21	Oak Lawn School	Cranston	Cranston	205	247	20.5%
22	Waddington School	Riverside	East Providence	466	554	18.9%
23	Ponaganset High School	North Scituate	Foster-Glocester	743	869	17.0%
24	Cranston High School West	Cranston	Cranston	1,414	1,653	16.9%
25	Broad Rock Middle School	Wakefield	South Kingstown	479	554	15.7%
26	West Kingston School	West Kingston	South Kingstown	273	313	14.7%
27	Joseph Jenks Middle School	Pawtucket	Pawtucket	614	697	13.5%
28	Forest Park El. School	North Kingstown	North Kingstown	233	264	13.3%
29	North Scituate School	North Scituate	Scituate	210	238	13.3%
30	Lincoln Senior High School	Lincoln	Lincoln	860	973	13.1%
31	Lincoln Central Elem.	Lincoln	Lincoln	369	416	12.7%
32	William E. Tolman High	Pawtucket	Pawtucket	887	995	12.2%
33	John J. McLaughlin Cumberland	Cumberland	Cumberland	368	413	12.2%
34	Brown Avenue School	Johnston	Johnston	224	251	12.1%
35	East Providence High	East Providence	East Providence	1,517	1,691	11.5%
36	North Smithfield Elementary	North Smithfield	North Smithfield	525	583	11.0%
37	George Hanaford School	East Greenwich	East Greenwich	249	276	10.8%
38	Trinity Academy Performing Art	Providence	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	212	234	10.4%
39	Providence Career Technical	Providence	Providence	689	759	10.2%
40	Nayatt School	Barrington	Barrington	323	356	10.2%
41	Riverside Middle School	Riverside	East Providence	499	549	10.0%
42	Peace Dale School	Peace Dale	South Kingstown	375	412	9.9%
43	Robert L. Bailey IV	Providence	Providence	409	444	8.6%
44	Warwick Neck School	Warwick	Warwick	267	290	8.6%
45	Frenchtown School	East Greenwich	East Greenwich	252	273	8.3%
46	Joseph L. McCourt MS	Cumberland	Cumberland	446	482	8.1%
47	West Broadway Middle School	Providence	Providence	478	516	7.9%
48	West Warwick High School	West Warwick	West Warwick	1,009	1,081	7.1%
49	Garvin Memorial	Cumberland	Cumberland	395	422	6.8%
50	Ashaway Elementary School	Ashaway	Chariho	200	212	6.0%

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