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The highest-poverty public high schools in Rhode Island

Across Rhode Island, 61 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Sheila Skip Nowell leads the list at 99.5%, against a median of 60.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Rhode Island

Top % FRL

99.5%

Median % FRL

60.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Sheila Skip Nowell	Providence, RI	Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy	High	187	99.5%
2	Central Falls Sr High	Central Falls, RI	Central Falls	High	788	94.9%
3	Paul Cuffee Upper School	Providence, RI	Paul Cuffee Charter Sch	High	243	90.5%
4	Mount Pleasant High	Providence, RI	Providence	High	997	89.8%
5	Charette Charter School	Providence, RI	Charette Charter	High	168	88.1%
6	Highlander Secondary Charter S	Warren, RI	Highlander	High	340	87.4%
7	Providence Career Technical	Providence, RI	Providence	High	759	86.8%
8	Aventure Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	High	227	85.5%
9	Hope High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	775	85.0%
10	E-Cubed Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	High	338	84.3%
11	RINI Middle College	Providence, RI	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	High	462	84.2%
12	Apprenticeship Exploration Sch	Cranston, RI	Cranston	High	176	83.0%
13	W B Cooley & Acad Internationa	Providence, RI	Providence	High	685	82.9%
14	Central High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	1,050	82.7%
15	360 High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	360	82.5%
16	Achievement First Providence H	Providence, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	High	458	82.3%
17	Charles E. Shea High School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	High	770	81.3%
18	Blackstone Academy Charter	Pawtucket, RI	Blackstone Academy	High	357	81.2%
19	Trinity Academy Performing Art	Providence, RI	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	High	234	81.2%
20	Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS	Providence, RI	Providence	High	447	79.6%
21	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	Providence, RI	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	High	115	79.1%
22	Times2 Middle/High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	383	76.0%
23	Cranston High School East	Cranston, RI	Cranston	High	1,525	73.9%
24	Blackstone Valley Prep High	Cumberland, RI	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	High	405	73.8%
25	Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr	Providence, RI	MET Career and Tech	High	817	71.8%
26	William E. Tolman High	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	High	995	71.3%
27	Rogers High School	Newport, RI	Newport	High	599	69.3%
28	Woonsocket High School	Woonsocket, RI	Woonsocket	High	1,646	67.0%
29	BEACON Charter School	Woonsocket, RI	Beacon Charter School	High	203	66.0%
30	Bridge Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	High	117	65.0%
31	Classical High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	1,116	60.9%
32	Davies Career-Tech High School	Lincoln, RI	Davies Career and Tech	High	898	58.9%
33	West Warwick High School	West Warwick, RI	West Warwick	High	1,081	56.1%
34	Johnston Senior High	Johnston, RI	Johnston	High	826	55.7%
35	East Providence High	East Providence, RI	East Providence	High	1,691	52.7%
36	North Providence High	North Providence, RI	North Providence	High	1,085	52.4%
37	Pilgrim High School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	High	1,137	46.2%
38	Toll Gate High School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	High	1,104	45.9%
39	The Greene School	West Greenwich, RI	The Greene School	High	189	45.5%
40	Jacqueline M. Walsh School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	High	173	45.1%
41	Mt. Hope High School	Bristol, RI	Bristol Warren	High	787	40.0%
42	Westerly High School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	High	650	38.5%
43	Coventry High School	Coventry, RI	Coventry	High	1,201	37.6%
44	Burrillville High School	Harrisville, RI	Burrillville	High	634	37.2%
45	Cranston High School West	Cranston, RI	Cranston	High	1,653	36.2%
46	Tiverton High School	Tiverton, RI	Tiverton	High	430	35.1%
47	Lincoln Senior High School	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	High	973	33.5%
48	Middletown High School	Middletown, RI	Middletown	High	523	33.3%
49	Cumberland High School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	High	1,428	30.4%
50	Chariho High School	Wood River Junction, RI	Chariho	High	991	27.3%

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