Cranston High School West

Cranston High School West is a large high school located in Cranston, Rhode Island. The school enrolls 1,653 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Rhode Island) has about 679 students.

Cranston runs Cranston High School West along with 21 other schools, enrolling 9,861 students in total.

At Cranston High School West, White students make up 63% of the student body. It is also 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. For comparison, Providence County is about 60% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school employs the equivalent of 107 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.4:1. That is higher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Rhode Island. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%. Public schools in Providence County average 64%.

Providence County has about 664,854 residents, and the median household income is $78,787, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Providence County has 206 public schools and roughly 88,799 students.

Nearby, Western Hills Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Cranston High School West, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Cranston High School West's enrollment climbed from 1,414 in 2017-18 to 1,653 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, 63% of students were White, compared with 80% in 2017-18. Students per teacher rose from 13.3 in 2017-18 to 15.4 in 2024-25.

To ask about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.