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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Rhode Island

58 public middle schools in Rhode Island appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Urban Collaborative Program leads the list at 100%, against a median of 57.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Rhode Island

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

57.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Urban Collaborative Program	Providence, RI	Urban Collaborative	Middle	145	100%
2	Providence Preparatory Charter	Providence, RI	Providence Preparatory Charter	Middle	244	99.6%
3	Calcutt Middle School	Central Falls, RI	Central Falls	Middle	476	93.3%
4	Nathanael Greene Middle	Providence, RI	Providence	Middle	815	90.1%
5	Paul Cuffee Middle School	Providence, RI	Paul Cuffee Charter Sch	Middle	189	89.9%
6	Roger Williams Middle	Providence, RI	Providence	Middle	786	89.8%
7	West Broadway Middle School	Providence, RI	Providence	Middle	516	89.5%
8	Esek Hopkins Middle	Providence, RI	Providence	Middle	398	88.9%
9	Hugh B. Bain Middle School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Middle	527	88.2%
10	Governor Christopher DelSesto	Providence, RI	Providence	Middle	818	87.8%
11	Samuel Slater Middle School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	Middle	590	86.9%
12	AF Providence Mayoral Middle	Providence, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	Middle	405	85.9%
13	AF Iluminar Mayoral Middle Sch	Cranston, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	Middle	406	80.8%
14	Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High	Central Falls, RI	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	Middle	323	80.5%
15	Joseph Jenks Middle School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	Middle	697	80.5%
16	Nathan Bishop Middle	Providence, RI	Providence	Middle	719	80.1%
17	Excel Academy Rhode Island	North Providence, RI	Excel Academy Rhode Island	Middle	312	79.8%
18	Frank E. Thompson Middle	Newport, RI	Newport	Middle	499	77.8%
19	Gilbert Stuart Middle School	Providence, RI	Providence	Middle	469	74.6%
20	Blackstone Valley Prep Upper E	Lincoln, RI	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	Middle	380	73.9%
21	Woonsocket Middle at Hamlet	Woonsocket, RI	Woonsocket	Middle	537	73.0%
22	Lyman B. Goff Middle School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	Middle	637	71.4%
23	Founders Academy	Woonsocket, RI	Beacon Charter School	Middle	158	70.3%
24	Woonsocket Middle @ Villa Nova	Woonsocket, RI	Woonsocket	Middle	542	68.3%
25	Park View Middle School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Middle	711	65.8%
26	John F. Deering Middle	West Warwick, RI	West Warwick	Middle	976	62.9%
27	Dr. Edward Ricci School	North Providence, RI	North Providence	Middle	378	60.1%
28	Nicholas A. Ferri Middle	Johnston, RI	Johnston	Middle	720	59.2%
29	Riverside Middle School	Riverside, RI	East Providence	Middle	549	57.9%
30	Birchwood Middle School	North Providence, RI	North Providence	Middle	390	56.4%
31	Edward Martin Middle	East Providence, RI	East Providence	Middle	564	55.0%
32	Warwick Veterans Middle School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	Middle	1,059	50.0%
33	Western Hills Middle School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Middle	727	47.3%
34	Joseph L. McCourt MS	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Middle	482	44.6%
35	Westerly Middle School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	Middle	639	43.8%
36	Burrillville Middle School	Harrisville, RI	Burrillville	Middle	469	43.7%
37	Winman Middle School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	Middle	706	42.9%
38	Gaudet Middle School	Middletown, RI	Middletown	Middle	431	39.9%
39	Kickemuit Middle School	Warren, RI	Bristol Warren	Middle	633	39.2%
40	Lincoln Middle School	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	Middle	773	38.3%
41	Davisville Middle School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Middle	477	36.9%
42	Alan Shawn Feinstein MS of Cov	Coventry, RI	Coventry	Middle	944	36.9%
43	Tiverton Middle School	Tiverton, RI	Tiverton	Middle	499	34.7%
44	Chariho Regional Middle School	Wood River Junction, RI	Chariho	Middle	834	30.2%
45	Narragansett Pier School	Narragansett, RI	Narragansett	Middle	263	30.0%
46	Broad Rock Middle School	Wakefield, RI	South Kingstown	Middle	554	28.7%
47	North Smithfield MS	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	Middle	502	25.9%
48	Ponaganset Middle School	North Scituate, RI	Foster-Glocester	Middle	396	25.3%
49	Wickford Middle School	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	Middle	339	24.8%
50	Scituate Middle School	North Scituate, RI	Scituate	Middle	260	21.9%

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