Frank E. Thompson Middle

A medium-sized middle school in Newport, Rhode Island, Frank E. Thompson Middle is part of Newport. It serves 499 students in grades 5 through 8.

Newport has 3 schools; together they serve 1,755 students.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Frank E. Thompson Middle. The largest is Hispanic students, at 45%. The next largest groups are 28% White, 13% multiracial, 10% Black, and 2% Native American. In Newport County overall, about 7% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

With 48 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Frank E. Thompson Middle was 10.4:1. On average, middle schools in Rhode Island have 12.7:1, compared with 10.4:1 here. Frank E. Thompson Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 78%. On average, public schools in Newport County report 38%.

allk12 grades Frank E. Thompson Middle a D. The grade compares the school only with Rhode Island public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Frank E. Thompson Middle is located in Newport County, where the median household income is $103,514, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frank E. Thompson Middle is one of 21 public schools in the county.

The school nearest to Frank E. Thompson Middle is Claiborne Pell Elementary, at a distance of about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Frank E. Thompson Middle is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

Over 4 years, Frank E. Thompson Middle's enrollment dropped 14%, to 499.

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