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The fastest-growing public schools in Providence County, Rhode Island

Across Providence County, Rhode Island, 61 public schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Garden City School leads the list at 80.9%, against a median of 10.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Providence County, Rhode Island

Top Enrollment growth

80.9%

Median Enrollment growth

10.4%

FASTEST GROWING · PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Garden City School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	293	530	80.9%
2	RINI Middle College	Providence, RI	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	264	462	75.0%
3	James L. McGuire School	North Providence, RI	North Providence	220	384	74.5%
4	Ashton School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	278	429	54.3%
5	Segue Inst for Learning	Central Falls, RI	Segue Institute for Learning	238	359	50.8%
6	Frank D. Spaziano Elem School	Providence, RI	Providence	410	588	43.4%
7	Raymond LaPerche School	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	242	337	39.3%
8	Stephen Olney School	North Providence, RI	North Providence	281	388	38.1%
9	W B Cooley & Acad Internationa	Providence, RI	Providence	500	685	37.0%
10	Henry J. Winters School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	411	550	33.8%
11	Edgewood Highland	Cranston, RI	Cranston	207	276	33.3%
12	Blackstone Valley Prep High	Cumberland, RI	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	317	405	27.8%
13	Achievement First Iluminar	Cranston, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	367	465	26.7%
14	Central Falls Sr High	Central Falls, RI	Central Falls	641	788	22.9%
15	Saylesville Elementary	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	254	312	22.8%
16	North Smithfield MS	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	409	502	22.7%
17	Alfred Lima Sr. El School	Providence, RI	Providence	542	662	22.1%
18	Oak Lawn School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	205	247	20.5%
19	Waddington School	Riverside, RI	East Providence	466	554	18.9%
20	Ponaganset High School	North Scituate, RI	Foster-Glocester	743	869	17.0%
21	Cranston High School West	Cranston, RI	Cranston	1,414	1,653	16.9%
22	Joseph Jenks Middle School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	614	697	13.5%
23	North Scituate School	North Scituate, RI	Scituate	210	238	13.3%
24	Lincoln Senior High School	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	860	973	13.1%
25	Lincoln Central Elem.	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	369	416	12.7%
26	John J. McLaughlin Cumberland	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	368	413	12.2%
27	William E. Tolman High	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	887	995	12.2%
28	Brown Avenue School	Johnston, RI	Johnston	224	251	12.1%
29	East Providence High	East Providence, RI	East Providence	1,517	1,691	11.5%
30	North Smithfield Elementary	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	525	583	11.0%
31	Trinity Academy Performing Art	Providence, RI	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	212	234	10.4%
32	Providence Career Technical	Providence, RI	Providence	689	759	10.2%
33	Riverside Middle School	Riverside, RI	East Providence	499	549	10.0%
34	Robert L. Bailey IV	Providence, RI	Providence	409	444	8.6%
35	Joseph L. McCourt MS	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	446	482	8.1%
36	West Broadway Middle School	Providence, RI	Providence	478	516	7.9%
37	Garvin Memorial	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	395	422	6.8%
38	Davies Career-Tech High School	Lincoln, RI	Davies Career and Tech	848	898	5.9%
39	North Smitfield HS	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	503	532	5.8%
40	Asa Messer El. School	Providence, RI	Providence	527	557	5.7%
41	Park View Middle School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	673	711	5.6%
42	Fogarty Memorial	North Scituate, RI	Glocester	302	318	5.3%
43	North Providence High	North Providence, RI	North Providence	1,034	1,085	4.9%
44	Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr	Providence, RI	MET Career and Tech	780	817	4.7%
45	Woonsocket High School	Woonsocket, RI	Woonsocket	1,572	1,646	4.7%
46	International Charter School	Pawtucket, RI	International Charter	362	377	4.1%
47	Leviton Dual Language School	Providence, RI	Providence	277	288	4.0%
48	Smithfield High School	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	704	729	3.6%
49	Mount Pleasant High	Providence, RI	Providence	963	997	3.5%
50	Arlington School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	203	209	3.0%

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