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The public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Rhode Island

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest student-to-teacher ratios in Rhode Island, drawn from 54 qualifying public high schools. Classical High School leads the list at 17.2:1, against a median of 12.3:1 across the ranked schools.

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Top Students/teacher

17.2:1

Median Students/teacher

12.3:1

HIGHEST RATIO · RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Classical High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	1,116	17.2:1
2	Central High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	1,050	16.7:1
3	Mount Pleasant High	Providence, RI	Providence	High	997	16.1:1
4	East Providence High	East Providence, RI	East Providence	High	1,691	15.5:1
5	Highlander Secondary Charter S	Warren, RI	Highlander	High	340	15.4:1
6	Cranston High School West	Cranston, RI	Cranston	High	1,653	15.4:1
7	Woonsocket High School	Woonsocket, RI	Woonsocket	High	1,646	15.2:1
8	Lincoln Senior High School	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	High	973	14.7:1
9	William E. Tolman High	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	High	995	14.6:1
10	Central Falls Sr High	Central Falls, RI	Central Falls	High	788	14.6:1
11	Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS	Providence, RI	Providence	High	447	14.4:1
12	Blackstone Academy Charter	Pawtucket, RI	Blackstone Academy	High	357	14.3:1
13	Cumberland High School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	High	1,428	13.6:1
14	Blackstone Valley Prep High	Cumberland, RI	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	High	405	13.5:1
15	W B Cooley & Acad Internationa	Providence, RI	Providence	High	685	13.4:1
16	Charles E. Shea High School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	High	770	13.3:1
17	Cranston High School East	Cranston, RI	Cranston	High	1,525	13.2:1
18	West Warwick High School	West Warwick, RI	West Warwick	High	1,081	13.0:1
19	Ponaganset High School	North Scituate, RI	Foster-Glocester	High	869	12.8:1
20	North Providence High	North Providence, RI	North Providence	High	1,085	12.8:1
21	Achievement First Providence H	Providence, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	High	458	12.7:1
22	Chariho High School	Wood River Junction, RI	Chariho	High	991	12.7:1
23	360 High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	360	12.6:1
24	Barrington High School	Barrington, RI	Barrington	High	1,098	12.6:1
25	Mt. Hope High School	Bristol, RI	Bristol Warren	High	787	12.5:1
26	East Greenwich High	East Greenwich, RI	East Greenwich	High	742	12.4:1
27	Times2 Middle/High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	383	12.3:1
28	Hope High School	Providence, RI	Providence	High	775	12.3:1
29	Coventry High School	Coventry, RI	Coventry	High	1,201	12.3:1
30	Providence Career Technical	Providence, RI	Providence	High	759	12.2:1
31	RINI Middle College	Providence, RI	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	High	462	12.2:1
32	North Smitfield HS	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	High	532	12.1:1
33	Toll Gate High School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	High	1,104	12.0:1
34	Burrillville High School	Harrisville, RI	Burrillville	High	634	12.0:1
35	BEACON Charter School	Woonsocket, RI	Beacon Charter School	High	203	11.9:1
36	North Kingstown Sr. High	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	High	1,278	11.9:1
37	Davies Career-Tech High School	Lincoln, RI	Davies Career and Tech	High	898	11.8:1
38	Smithfield High School	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	High	729	11.8:1
39	Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr	Providence, RI	MET Career and Tech	High	817	11.7:1
40	E-Cubed Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	High	338	11.7:1
41	Exeter-West Greenwich Regional	West Greenwich, RI	Exeter-West Greenwich	High	452	11.6:1
42	Portsmouth High School	Portsmouth, RI	Portsmouth	High	785	11.4:1
43	Scituate High School	North Scituate, RI	Scituate	High	387	10.8:1
44	South Kingstown High	Wakefield, RI	South Kingstown	High	688	10.8:1
45	Middletown High School	Middletown, RI	Middletown	High	523	10.7:1
46	Pilgrim High School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	High	1,137	10.5:1
47	Johnston Senior High	Johnston, RI	Johnston	High	826	10.3:1
48	Rogers High School	Newport, RI	Newport	High	599	10.3:1
49	Tiverton High School	Tiverton, RI	Tiverton	High	430	10.0:1
50	Westerly High School	Westerly, RI	Westerly	High	650	9.6:1

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