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The highest-poverty public schools in Washington County, Rhode Island

Across Washington County, Rhode Island, 32 public schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset leads the list at 65.1%, against a median of 28.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Washington County, Rhode Island

Top % FRL

65.1%

Median % FRL

28.0%

HIGHEST POVERTY · WASHINGTON COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Elementary	212	65.1%
2	Springbrook Elementary School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	Elementary	243	62.1%
3	State Street School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	Elementary	212	46.2%
4	Westerly Middle School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	Middle	639	43.8%
5	Block Island School	Block Island, RI	New Shoreham	Combined	126	39.7%
6	Westerly High School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	High	650	38.5%
7	Peace Dale School	Peace Dale, RI	South Kingstown	Elementary	412	37.6%
8	Davisville Middle School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Middle	477	36.9%
9	Ashaway Elementary School	Ashaway, RI	Chariho	Elementary	212	35.4%
10	Dunn's Corners School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	Elementary	264	33.7%
11	Charlestown Elementary School	Charlestown, RI	Chariho	Elementary	246	31.3%
12	Richmond Elementary School	Wyoming, RI	Chariho	Elementary	371	31.3%
13	Fishing Cove El. School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Elementary	346	31.2%
14	Chariho Regional Middle School	Wood River Junction, RI	Chariho	Middle	834	30.2%
15	Narragansett Pier School	Narragansett, RI	Narragansett	Middle	263	30.0%
16	Broad Rock Middle School	Wakefield, RI	South Kingstown	Middle	554	28.7%
17	Chariho High School	Wood River Junction, RI	Chariho	High	991	27.3%
18	Narragansett Elementary	Narragansett, RI	Narragansett	Elementary	331	26.6%
19	South Kingstown High	Wakefield, RI	South Kingstown	High	688	25.7%
20	Metcalf School	Exeter, RI	Exeter-West Greenwich	Elementary	522	25.1%
21	Matunuck School	Wakefield, RI	South Kingstown	Elementary	246	24.8%
22	Wickford Middle School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Middle	339	24.8%
23	Forest Park El. School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Elementary	264	24.6%
24	Narragansett High School	Narragansett, RI	Narragansett	High	372	23.9%
25	North Kingstown Sr. High	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	High	1,278	22.5%
26	West Kingston School	West Kingston, RI	South Kingstown	Elementary	313	21.4%
27	Wawaloam School	Exeter, RI	Exeter-West Greenwich	Elementary	215	19.5%
28	Kingston Hill Academy	Saunderstown, RI	Kingston Hill Academy	Elementary	260	18.8%
29	Hope Valley Elementary School	Hope Valley, RI	Chariho	Elementary	226	18.6%
30	Stony Lane El. School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Elementary	385	18.2%
31	The Compass School	Kingston, RI	The Compass School	Elementary	217	18.0%
32	Hamilton School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Elementary	447	11.0%

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