Name: Rhode Island schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, Rhode Island

Rhode Island schools on the rise

Rhode Island public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+305%

AF Providence Mayoral Middle

Range

+10% to +305%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 RI PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
AF Providence Mayoral Middle	PROVIDENCE	Achievement First Rhode Island	100	405	305%
RISE Prep Mayoral Academy	WOONSOCKET	RISE Prep Mayoral Academy	161	573	256%
Blackstone Valley Prep Upper E	LINCOLN	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	166	380	129%
The Hope Academy	PROVIDENCE	The Hope Academy	143	320	124%
Garden City School	CRANSTON	Cranston	293	530	80.9%
Gaudet Learning Academy	MIDDLETOWN	Middletown	145	259	78.6%
RINI Middle College	PROVIDENCE	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	264	462	75.0%
James L. McGuire School	NORTH PROVIDENCE	North Providence	220	384	74.5%
Blackstone Valley Prep Element	CUMBERLAND	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	167	280	67.7%
Edward S. Rhodes School	CRANSTON	Cranston	176	287	63.1%
Ashton School	CUMBERLAND	Cumberland	278	429	54.3%
Segue Inst for Learning	CENTRAL FALLS	Segue Institute for Learning	238	359	50.8%
Frank D. Spaziano Elem School	PROVIDENCE	Providence	410	588	43.4%
Raymond LaPerche School	SMITHFIELD	Smithfield	242	337	39.3%
Stephen Olney School	NORTH PROVIDENCE	North Providence	281	388	38.1%
W B Cooley & Acad Internationa	PROVIDENCE	Providence	500	685	37.0%
Kingston Hill Academy	SAUNDERSTOWN	Kingston Hill Academy	190	260	36.8%
Henry J. Winters School	PAWTUCKET	Pawtucket	411	550	33.8%
Edgewood Highland	CRANSTON	Cranston	207	276	33.3%
Hamilton School	NORTH KINGSTOWN	North Kingstown	341	447	31.1%
Blackstone Valley Prep High	CUMBERLAND	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	317	405	27.8%
Winman Middle School	WARWICK	Warwick	556	706	27.0%
Achievement First Iluminar	CRANSTON	Achievement First Rhode Island	367	465	26.7%
Warwick Veterans Middle School	WARWICK	Warwick	848	1,059	24.9%
The Compass School	KINGSTON	The Compass School	174	217	24.7%
Matunuck School	WAKEFIELD	South Kingstown	199	246	23.6%
Central Falls Sr High	CENTRAL FALLS	Central Falls	641	788	22.9%
Saylesville Elementary	LINCOLN	Lincoln	254	312	22.8%
North Smithfield MS	NORTH SMITHFIELD	North Smithfield	409	502	22.7%
Warwick Early Learning Center	WARWICK	Warwick	169	207	22.5%
Alfred Lima Sr. El School	PROVIDENCE	Providence	542	662	22.1%
Oak Lawn School	CRANSTON	Cranston	205	247	20.5%
Waddington School	RIVERSIDE	East Providence	466	554	18.9%
Founders Academy	WOONSOCKET	Beacon Charter School	134	158	17.9%
Ponaganset High School	NORTH SCITUATE	Foster-Glocester	743	869	17.0%
Cranston High School West	CRANSTON	Cranston	1,414	1,653	16.9%
Broad Rock Middle School	WAKEFIELD	South Kingstown	479	554	15.7%
West Kingston School	WEST KINGSTON	South Kingstown	273	313	14.7%
Joseph Jenks Middle School	PAWTUCKET	Pawtucket	614	697	13.5%
North Scituate School	NORTH SCITUATE	Scituate	210	238	13.3%
Forest Park El. School	NORTH KINGSTOWN	North Kingstown	233	264	13.3%
Lincoln Senior High School	LINCOLN	Lincoln	860	973	13.1%
Lincoln Central Elem.	LINCOLN	Lincoln	369	416	12.7%
John J. McLaughlin Cumberland	CUMBERLAND	Cumberland	368	413	12.2%
William E. Tolman High	PAWTUCKET	Pawtucket	887	995	12.2%
Brown Avenue School	JOHNSTON	Johnston	224	251	12.1%
East Providence High	EAST PROVIDENCE	East Providence	1,517	1,691	11.5%
North Smithfield Elementary	NORTH SMITHFIELD	North Smithfield	525	583	11.0%
George Hanaford School	EAST GREENWICH	East Greenwich	249	276	10.8%
Trinity Academy Performing Art	PROVIDENCE	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	212	234	10.4%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-ri.csv

How this list was built

Every Rhode Island public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Rhode Islandfamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

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