North Providence High

North Providence High, located in North Providence, Rhode Island, is a large high school. In all, 1,085 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Rhode Island have about 679 students on average; enrollment here is 60% higher.

Enrollment across the 8 schools in North Providence totals 3,401 students.

Of every 100 students at North Providence High, about 44 are White, the largest group. It is also 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Providence County is roughly 60% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.

The school has 85 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Rhode Island. The school reported 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Providence County report 64%.

In the surrounding county, Providence County, the median household earns about $78,787 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Providence County has 206 public schools with about 88,799 students, including North Providence High.

A public school about 0.4 miles away, Stephen Olney School, is the closest to North Providence High. North Providence High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

In the federal locale system, North Providence High is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,107 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,085.

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