Rhode Island · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best Student-Teacher Ratios in Rhode Island

The 50 public schools in Rhode Island with the lowest student-teacher ratios, a staffing-intensity measure computed from NCES staffing data (not a direct class-size figure).

Compiled from official source data by .
6.3:1
Best ratio
13.8:1
State average
15.7:1
National average
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

Block Island School runs Rhode Island's smallest classes at 6.3:1, and 50 of the 50 schools listed sit below the state average of 13.8:1.

6.3:1
smallest classes (Block Island School)
50
listed schools below the state average
13.8:1
Rhode Island average
15.7:1
national average
# School EnrollmentStudent:Teacher
1 Block Island School Block Island 126 6.3:1
2 Guiteras School Bristol 123 7.2:1
3 Fort Barton School Tiverton 133 7.4:1
4 Wilbur and Mcmahon Schools Little Compton 216 7.7:1
5 Frank E. Thompson Middle Newport 499 8.3:1
6 Narragansett High School Narragansett 372 8.9:1
7 Westerly High School Westerly 650 9:1
8 Jamestown School-Lawn Jamestown 189 9:1
9 Woonsocket Middle @ Villa Nova Woonsocket 542 9.2:1
10 Paul Cuffee Upper School Providence 243 9.3:1
11 Lippitt School Warwick 223 9.3:1
12 Rogers High School Newport 599 9.4:1
13 Emma G. Whiteknact School East Providence 216 9.4:1
14 Centredale School North Providence 221 9.6:1
15 Suzanne M. Henseler Quidnesset North Kingstown 212 9.6:1
16 State Street School Westerly 212 9.6:1
17 Hope School Hope 163 9.6:1
18 South Kingstown High Wakefield 688 9.8:1
19 Claiborne Pell Elementary Newport 657 10:1
20 Blackstone Valley Prep Element Cumberland 280 10:1
21 Westerly Middle School Westerly 639 10.1:1
22 Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2 Cumberland 426 10.1:1
23 Tiverton High School Tiverton 430 10.2:1
24 Sarah Dyer Barnes School Johnston 266 10.2:1
25 Hugh B. Bain Middle School Cranston 527 10.3:1
26 Highlander Secondary Charter S Warren 340 10.3:1
27 Highlander Elementary Charter Providence 269 10.3:1
28 Jamestown School-Melrose Jamestown 207 10.3:1
29 Dr. Jorge Alvarez Hs Providence 447 10.4:1
30 Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High Central Falls 323 10.4:1
31 Old County Road School Smithfield 228 10.4:1
32 Alan Shawn Feinstein Ms of Cov Coventry 944 10.5:1
33 Hope High School Providence 775 10.5:1
34 Middletown High School Middletown 523 10.5:1
35 Tiverton Middle School Tiverton 499 10.6:1
36 Blackstone Valley Prep Cumberland 422 10.6:1
37 Ella Risk School Central Falls 414 10.6:1
38 Gladstone Street School Cranston 402 10.6:1
39 E-Cubed Academy Providence 338 10.6:1
40 Springbrook Elementary School Westerly 243 10.6:1
41 Silver Spring School East Providence 223 10.6:1
42 John F. Deering Middle West Warwick 976 10.7:1
43 Woonsocket Middle at Hamlet Woonsocket 537 10.7:1
44 Ponaganset Middle School North Scituate 396 10.7:1
45 Providence Career Technical Providence 759 10.8:1
46 Exeter-West Greenwich Regional West Greenwich 452 10.8:1
47 Hopkins Hill School Coventry 323 10.8:1
48 Greystone School North Providence 303 10.8:1
49 Raices Dual Language Academy Central Falls 206 10.8:1
50 Johnston Senior High Johnston 826 11:1
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024-25 school year. Schools with enrollment under 100 are excluded.
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