Archie R. Cole MS

Archie R. Cole MS is one of the reasonably sized 6-8 campuss in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, one of the schools within East Greenwich, with 597 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within East Greenwich, which oversees 6 schools and 2,476 students, Archie R. Cole MS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Archie R. Cole MS lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 10% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Kent County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kent County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,345 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kent County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,578 students), of which Archie R. Cole MS is one.

George Hanaford School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Archie R. Cole MS.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 631 students in 2018 compared to 597 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 84% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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