Portsmouth High School

Located at 120 Education Lane, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Portsmouth High School is a medium-sized senior high that teaches 785 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Portsmouth.

Portsmouth runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,114 students. Portsmouth High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Portsmouth High School records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Newport County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Portsmouth High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Newport County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Newport County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,514 per year, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Portsmouth High School is one of 21 public schools in Newport County (combined enrollment of about 7,784 students).

Howard Hathaway School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Portsmouth High School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Portsmouth High School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 888 (now 785). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 92% to 83%.

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