Johnston Senior High

Federal records list Johnston Senior High as a high school in Johnston, Rhode Island. It enrolled 826 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Rhode Island average about 679 students each.

Johnston Senior High is in Johnston, a district with 3,136 students across 8 schools.

Johnston Senior High is 55% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Johnston Senior High employs 80 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Rhode Island. Johnston Senior High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 56%.

Within Providence County, the median household income is $78,787, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Providence County has 206 public schools and roughly 88,799 students.

Early Childhood Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Johnston Senior High, there are 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 at Johnston Senior High grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 796 to 826 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.4:1 to 10.3:1.

Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Johnston Senior High. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.