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What's something Hugh B. Bain Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
527
Middle
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRANSTON·NCES 440024000053
Hugh B. Bain Middle School
135 Gansett Avenue, Cranston, RI 02910 · (401) 270-8010 · Providence County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Rhode Island public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
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
10.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
465 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 161 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 35% |
Student demographics
57%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
Test scores
RICAS + NGSA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
16.1%
RI avg 34.2%
Math
14.4%
RI avg 32.8%
What this means: On the RICAS + NGSA, Rhode Island's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 Hugh B. Bain Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh B. Bain Middle School this school | 527 | 88.2% | N/A |
| Park View Middle School Cranston | 711 | 65.8% | N/A |
| West Broadway Middle School Providence | 516 | 89.5% | N/A |
| Nathanael Greene Middle Providence | 815 | 90.1% | N/A |
| Nathan Bishop Middle Providence | 719 | 80.1% | N/A |
| Governor Christopher DelSesto Providence | 818 | 87.8% | 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 Hugh B. Bain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Rhode Island | In Providence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #43 of 52 | #26 of 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #44 of 56 | #27 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #28 of 59 | #17 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #6 of 53 | #4 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #17 of 54 | #15 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #9 of 58 | #9 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #21 of 38 | #12 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
527
-97 (-16%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 527 | 50 | 10.5:1 | 88% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 50 | 10.7:1 | 80% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 561 | 51.4 | 10.9:1 | 68% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 53 | 11.8:1 | 77% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 60.8 | 10.0:1 | 82% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 46 | 10.4:1 | 77% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 43 | 9.6:1 | 68% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 756 | 62 | 12.2:1 | 40% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 47 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hugh B. Bain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (608 to 527); teachers down 18% (60.8 to 50).
About Hugh B. Bain Middle School
Located in Cranston, Rhode Island, Hugh B. Bain Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. It enrolls 527 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
Hugh B. Bain Middle School falls under Cranston, which has 22 schools enrolling 9,861 students.
More than half of enrollment at Hugh B. Bain Middle School is Hispanic: 63%. Next come 14% White, 10% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 26% Hispanic. The diversity index for Hugh B. Bain Middle School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Hugh B. Bain Middle School totals 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. Statewide, middle schools in Rhode Island average 12.7:1. Federal data show 88% of students (465) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Providence County average 64%.
Among Rhode Island public middle schools, Hugh B. Bain Middle School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Census data for Providence County show median household income comes to about $78,787, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 206 public schools in the county, enrolling about 88,799, Hugh B. Bain Middle School among them.
Stadium School is about 0.3 miles from Hugh B. Bain Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 624 (2020-21) to 527 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.5:1, from 11.8:1.
Hugh B. Bain Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Hugh B. Bain Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hugh B. Bain Middle School?
Hugh B. Bain Middle School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hugh B. Bain Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hugh B. Bain Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Hugh B. Bain Middle School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Hugh B. Bain Middle School.
How diverse is Hugh B. Bain Middle School?
Hugh B. Bain Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 63% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Hugh B. Bain Middle School in?
Hugh B. Bain Middle School is part of Cranston.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.