Hugh B. Bain Middle School

Hugh B. Bain Middle School is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Cranston, Rhode Island, overseen by Cranston. The school serves 527 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Cranston, which oversees 22 schools and 9,861 students, Hugh B. Bain Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hugh B. Bain Middle School logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 10% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hugh B. Bain Middle School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Providence County's rate of about 64%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Providence County put median household income runs about $78,787, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Providence County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), Hugh B. Bain Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Stadium 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 Hugh B. Bain Middle School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Hugh B. Bain Middle School's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 608 (now 527). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 49% to 63%.

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