Highlander Secondary Charter S

Highlander Secondary Charter S, an intimate high school in Warren, Rhode Island, overseen by Highlander, enrolls 340 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 679 students each, so Highlander Secondary Charter S sits 50% below that benchmark.

Within Highlander, which oversees 2 schools and 609 students, Highlander Secondary Charter S is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Highlander Secondary Charter S records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Black, 15% White, 4% Native American, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 4% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Highlander Secondary Charter S has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 87% of students at Highlander Secondary Charter S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Bristol County's rate of about 28%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bristol County indicate the typical household earns roughly $114,490 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bristol County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,234 students), of which Highlander Secondary Charter S is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sowams Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Highlander Secondary Charter S.

The campus sits in a rural setting. Highlander Secondary Charter S operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.