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The public high schools with the most Black students in Rhode Island

Across Rhode Island, 60 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Charles E. Shea High School leads the list at 287, against a median of 53 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Rhode Island

Top Black students

287

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Charles E. Shea High School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	770	37.3%	287
2	William E. Tolman High	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	995	25.1%	250
3	Woonsocket High School	Woonsocket, RI	Woonsocket	1,646	14.5%	238
4	East Providence High	East Providence, RI	East Providence	1,691	12.8%	217
5	Classical High School	Providence, RI	Providence	1,116	15.8%	176
6	North Providence High	North Providence, RI	North Providence	1,085	15.4%	167
7	Davies Career-Tech High School	Lincoln, RI	Davies Career and Tech	898	18.0%	162
8	Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr	Providence, RI	MET Career and Tech	817	17.4%	142
9	Mount Pleasant High	Providence, RI	Providence	997	13.8%	138
10	Central Falls Sr High	Central Falls, RI	Central Falls	788	17.3%	136
11	Central High School	Providence, RI	Providence	1,050	12.1%	127
12	Hope High School	Providence, RI	Providence	775	15.9%	123
13	Cranston High School East	Cranston, RI	Cranston	1,525	7.3%	111
14	RINI Middle College	Providence, RI	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	462	21.9%	101
15	Times2 Middle/High School	Providence, RI	Providence	383	24.8%	95
16	Highlander Secondary Charter S	Warren, RI	Highlander	340	25.3%	86
17	W B Cooley & Acad Internationa	Providence, RI	Providence	685	12.6%	86
18	Achievement First Providence H	Providence, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	458	18.6%	85
19	Providence Career Technical	Providence, RI	Providence	759	10.9%	83
20	E-Cubed Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	338	22.5%	76
21	West Warwick High School	West Warwick, RI	West Warwick	1,081	6.9%	75
22	Blackstone Academy Charter	Pawtucket, RI	Blackstone Academy	357	20.2%	72
23	Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS	Providence, RI	Providence	447	13.4%	60
24	Cumberland High School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	1,428	4.1%	59
25	Cranston High School West	Cranston, RI	Cranston	1,653	3.5%	58
26	Johnston Senior High	Johnston, RI	Johnston	826	6.7%	55
27	Aventure Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	227	24.2%	55
28	Charette Charter School	Providence, RI	Charette Charter	168	32.1%	54
29	Rogers High School	Newport, RI	Newport	599	9.0%	54
30	Paul Cuffee Upper School	Providence, RI	Paul Cuffee Charter Sch	243	21.8%	53
31	Lincoln Senior High School	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	973	5.3%	52
32	Pilgrim High School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	1,137	4.2%	48
33	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	Providence, RI	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	115	31.3%	36
34	Toll Gate High School	Warwick, RI	Warwick	1,104	3.2%	35
35	Trinity Academy Performing Art	Providence, RI	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	234	14.5%	34
36	Coventry High School	Coventry, RI	Coventry	1,201	2.6%	31
37	Sheila Skip Nowell	Providence, RI	Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy	187	15.5%	29
38	Middletown High School	Middletown, RI	Middletown	523	5.2%	27
39	The Greene School	West Greenwich, RI	The Greene School	189	11.6%	22
40	North Kingstown Sr. High	North Kingstown, RI	North Kingstown	1,278	1.7%	22
41	Smithfield High School	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	729	3.0%	22
42	Barrington High School	Barrington, RI	Barrington	1,098	1.6%	18
43	North Smitfield HS	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	532	3.0%	16
44	Portsmouth High School	Portsmouth, RI	Portsmouth	785	1.9%	15
45	Mt. Hope High School	Bristol, RI	Bristol Warren	787	1.8%	14
46	Jacqueline M. Walsh School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	173	8.1%	14
47	BEACON Charter School	Woonsocket, RI	Beacon Charter School	203	6.4%	13
48	East Greenwich High	East Greenwich, RI	East Greenwich	742	1.6%	12
49	Exeter-West Greenwich Regional	West Greenwich, RI	Exeter-West Greenwich	452	2.4%	11
50	Apprenticeship Exploration Sch	Cranston, RI	Cranston	176	5.7%	10

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