Enrollment
366
Middle
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRANSTON·NCES 440024000504
Hope Highlands Middle School
300 Hope Road, Cranston, RI 02921 · (401) 270-8148 · Providence County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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
13.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
71 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
0
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 | 135 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 35% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
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RICAS + NGSA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.2%
RI avg 34.2%
Math
37.1%
RI avg 32.8%
What this means: On the RICAS + NGSA, Rhode Island's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 Hope Highlands Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Highlands Middle School this school | 366 | 19.4% | N/A |
| Barrington Middle School Barrington | 763 | 11.9% | N/A |
| North Cumberland Middle Cumberland | 643 | 13.8% | N/A |
| Archie R. Cole MS East Greenwich | 597 | 14.1% | N/A |
| Portsmouth Middle School Portsmouth | 604 | 20.9% | N/A |
| Broad Rock Middle School Wakefield | 554 | 28.7% | 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 Hope Highlands Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Rhode Island | In Providence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #19 of 52 | #7 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #19 of 56 | #7 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #47 of 59 | #32 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #35 of 53 | #18 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #31 of 54 | #26 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #53 of 58 | #38 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #29 of 38 | #17 of 22 |
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
366
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 12% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 29.5 | 12.1:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 34.1 | 11.7:1 | 9% (34) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hope Highlands Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (398 to 366); teachers down 18% (34.1 to 28).
About Hope Highlands Middle School
As a small middle school, Hope Highlands Middle School serves students in Cranston, Rhode Island. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 366 students. That compares with an average of about 523 students for middle schools in Rhode Island.
Hope Highlands Middle School reports to Cranston, which has 22 schools and 9,861 students.
At Hope Highlands Middle School, 73% of students are White. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 60% White share among all Providence County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
Hope Highlands Middle School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Rhode Island is similar, at 12.7:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 19% at Hope Highlands Middle School. That rate is below the 64% average among public schools in Providence County.
Among Rhode Island public middle schools, Hope Highlands Middle School outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In Providence County, the median household earns about $78,787 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Providence County, 206 public schools serve about 88,799 students.
Hope Highlands Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Oak Lawn School, about 1.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Hope Highlands Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 3% over 4 years, reaching 366 in 2024-25.
Hope Highlands Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Providence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
664,854
Census ACS
Median income
$78,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
88,799 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Hope Highlands Middle SchoolHow large is Hope Highlands Middle School?
Hope Highlands Middle School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hope Highlands Middle School serve?
Hope Highlands Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hope Highlands Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hope Highlands Middle School is approximately 13.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hope Highlands Middle School?
Student demographics at Hope Highlands Middle School are roughly 73% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hope Highlands Middle School in?
Hope Highlands Middle School is part of Cranston.
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