These Are The Top 25 Public High Schools In Rhode Island, New Ranking Says

RHODE ISLAND — Several Rhode Island schools are among the best public schools in America, according to new rankings from the education platform Niche.

Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings include data on 94,058 public schools, 30,809 private schools and 12,192 school districts.

This year’s rankings include 7,375 newly ranked public schools. Below are the top 25 public high schools in Rhode Island, according to Niche:

1. Barrington High School (No. 767 out of 20,446 nationally)
2. Classical High School, Providence (No. 901 nationally)
3. East Greenwich High School
4. North Kingstown Senior High School
5. The Greene School, West Greenwich
6. Narragansett High School
7. Blackstone Valley Prep High School, Cumberland
8. Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Pawtucket
9. Portsmouth High School
10. Lincoln Senior High School
11. Exeter-West Greenwich Regional High School
12. Ponagansett High School, Foster-Glocester
13. Cumberland High School
14. South Kingstown High School
15. Middletown High School
16. North Smithfield High School
17. Smithfield High School
18. William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School, Lincoln
19. Cranston High School West
20. Chariho High School, Richmond
21. Metropolitan Career Tech Center, Providence
22. Blackstone Academy Charter School, Pawtucket
23. Village Green Virtual, Providence
24. West Warwick High School
25. North Providence High School.

You can view the full rankings here.

Niche said its rankings, now in the ninth year, differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

The company said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

As in previous years, the Best Schools rankings include categories for boarding, charter and magnet schools as well as schools for STEM and the arts among many others.

Check back with Patch this week for coverage on Rhode Island’s best school districts and best private schools.