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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Gaudet Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
431
Middle
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETOWN·NCES 440063000144
Gaudet Middle School
1113 Aquidneck Avenue, Middletown, RI 02842 · (401) 846-6395 · Newport County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Rhode Island public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Rhode Island public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
172 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 138 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 155 | 36% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 64% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Gaudet Middle School→Middletown High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Middletown. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
RICAS + NGSA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
40.2%
RI avg 34.2%
Math
33.6%
RI avg 32.8%
What this means: On the RICAS + NGSA, Rhode Island's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Rhode Island schools, those numbers are about 34 and 33.
Source: RICAS + NGSA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Schools most like Gaudet Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaudet Middle School this school | 431 | 39.9% | N/A |
| Joseph L. McCourt MS Cumberland | 482 | 44.6% | N/A |
| Davisville Middle School North Kingstown | 477 | 36.9% | N/A |
| Winman Middle School Warwick | 706 | 42.9% | N/A |
| Lincoln Middle School Lincoln | 773 | 38.3% | N/A |
| Westerly Middle School Westerly | 639 | 43.8% | N/A |
Matched among Rhode Island middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gaudet Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Rhode Island |
|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #25 of 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #22 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #39 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #10 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #15 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #38 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #2 of 38 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
-188 (-30%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 887
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 40% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 34% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 36% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 52 | 11.9:1 | 32% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 53.2 | 13.1:1 | 33% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 29% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 57 | 13.0:1 | 27% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 74 | 10.4:1 | 19% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 887 | 70 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gaudet Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (694 to 431); teachers down 27% (53.2 to 39).
About Gaudet Middle School
Gaudet Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in Middletown, Rhode Island. In all, 431 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
Middletown has a total of 5 schools and 1,819 students, Gaudet Middle School among them.
More than half of enrollment at Gaudet Middle School is White: 61%. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. Newport County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gaudet Middle School scores 58%.
On staff are 39 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. Middle schools in Rhode Island average 12.7:1, 1.7 more students per teacher than here. Gaudet Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 40%. The figure for public schools in Newport County is close, at 38%.
Gaudet Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Rhode Island public middle schools.
Looking at the county, Newport County, the median household earns about $103,514 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 54%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Newport County has 21 public schools with about 7,784 students, including Gaudet Middle School.
Gaudet Learning Academy is the nearest public school to Gaudet Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Gaudet Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 30% decline took enrollment from 619 in 2020-21 to 431 in 2024-25.
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Newport County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,657
Census ACS
Median income
$103,514
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,784 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Middletown
- Middletown High SchoolHigh · 523 students
- Forest Avenue SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Aquidneck SchoolElementary · 302 students
- Gaudet Learning AcademyElementary · 259 students
Other schools in Middletown
- Middletown High SchoolHigh · 523 students
- Forest Avenue SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Aquidneck SchoolElementary · 302 students
- Gaudet Learning AcademyElementary · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Gaudet Learning Academy0.0 mi · 259
- Middletown High School0.4 mi · 523
- Forest Avenue School0.6 mi · 304
- Claiborne Pell Elementary1.5 mi · 657
- Aquidneck School1.6 mi · 302
- Frank E. Thompson Middle2.5 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Gaudet Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gaudet Middle School?
Gaudet Middle School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gaudet Middle School serve?
Gaudet Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gaudet Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gaudet Middle School is approximately 11.1:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gaudet Middle School?
At Gaudet Middle School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Gaudet Middle School public or private?
Gaudet Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Middletown.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.