Portsmouth High School

Portsmouth High School operates as a medium-sized high school in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Enrolled students number 785 students, in grades 9 through 12.

Portsmouth High School sits within Portsmouth, which has 4 schools and 2,114 students.

Most students at Portsmouth High School are White: 83% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 84% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Portsmouth High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.

Federal staffing data show 69 full-time-equivalent teachers at Portsmouth High School and a ratio of 11.4:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Rhode Island. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 19% of students. For comparison, public schools in Newport County average 38%.

Census estimates describe Newport County this way: median household income is about $103,514, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Newport County number 21 and enroll about 7,784.

The closest other public school is Howard Hathaway School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).

Enrollment was 861 in 2020-21 and 785 in 2024-25, a decrease of 76 students.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Portsmouth High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.