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1 / 25#25. Blackstone Valley Prep High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: Blackstone Valley Prep, RI
- Enrollment: 399 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
Best high schools in the Providence metro area
According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics, 15.5 million students attend public high school every year, and more than 3.76 million are expected to graduate in 2025. However, those students have a wide variety of experiences over the course of their high school careers.
To start, issues surrounding equal educational access persist throughout the United States. A January 2025 report published in Frontiers found that disparities across socioeconomic status, race, gender, and geography can lead to negative outcomes and the perpetuation of systemic barriers.
Outside of these issues, students also pursue many different paths within high school. Roughly 8.3 million high schoolers attend educational programs to prepare for careers in fields like transportation, landscaping, and culinary arts. Meanwhile, nearly 2.5 million are in dual enrollment programs that offer high school and college credit for the same course, allowing students to get a jump on higher education degrees.
Dual enrollment programs are particularly useful considering that more than 3 in 5 (61%) high school graduates head to college, per a 2024 Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Unfortunately, high school doesn't always guarantee college success. In 2024, the average SAT score declined for the third straight year, and nearly 2 in 5 (39%) test-takers met or exceeded the test's college readiness benchmarks. ACT scores are also on the decline year over year, down to 19.4 out of 36, and just 3 in 10 students met at least three of the ACT's college readiness benchmarks.
With that said, attending a quality high school will typically help prepare students for their next steps in life, whether that's college, technical school, or going straight into the workforce. Stacker compiled a list of the best high schools in the Providence metro area using data from Niche, which uses seven weighted factors for its rankings. Most of the score is based on academics, but other factors include culture and diversity; sports; clubs and activities; resources; and surveys of parents, teachers, and students.
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2 / 25#24. The Prout School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Wakefield, RI
- Enrollment: 400 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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3 / 25#23. School One
- School type: Private School
- Location: Providence, RI
- Enrollment: 74 (4:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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4 / 25#22. Lincoln Senior High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: Lincoln Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 976 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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5 / 25#21. Mount Saint Charles Academy
- School type: Private School
- Location: Woonsocket, RI
- Enrollment: 576 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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6 / 25#20. Narragansett High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: Narragansett School System, RI
- Enrollment: 474 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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7 / 25#19. Bishop Feehan High School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Attleboro, MA
- Enrollment: 1,084 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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8 / 25#18. Portsmouth High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: Portsmouth School District, RI
- Enrollment: 796 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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9 / 25#17. Saint Raphael Academy
- School type: Private School
- Location: Pawtucket, RI
- Enrollment: 446 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A minus
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10 / 25#16. Barrington Christian Academy
- School type: Private School
- Location: Barrington, RI
- Enrollment: 165 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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11 / 25#15. St. Mary Academy - Bay View
- School type: Private School
- Location: Riverside, RI
- Enrollment: 365 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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12 / 25#14. North Kingstown Senior High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: North Kingstown School District, RI
- Enrollment: 1,374 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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13 / 25#13. Bishop Hendricken High School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Warwick, RI
- Enrollment: 657 (9:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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14 / 25#12. East Greenwich High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: East Greenwich Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 737 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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15 / 25#11. La Salle Academy
- School type: Private School
- Location: Providence, RI
- Enrollment: 1,460 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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16 / 25#10. Classical High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: Providence Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 1,113 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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17 / 25#9. Barrington High School
- School type: Public School
- Location: Barrington Public Schools, RI
- Enrollment: 1,139 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A
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18 / 25#8. Rocky Hill Country Day School
- School type: Private School
- Location: East Greenwich, RI
- Enrollment: 274 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
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19 / 25#7. St. Andrew's School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Barrington, RI
- Enrollment: 221 (5:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
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20 / 25#6. Lincoln School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Providence, RI
- Enrollment: 342 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
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21 / 25#5. Providence Country Day School
- School type: Private School
- Location: East Providence, RI
- Enrollment: 389 (7:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
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22 / 25#4. Portsmouth Abbey School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Portsmouth, RI
- Enrollment: 350 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
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23 / 25#3. St. George's School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Middletown, RI
- Enrollment: 381 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
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24 / 25#2. Moses Brown School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Providence, RI
- Enrollment: 774 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
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25 / 25#1. The Wheeler School
- School type: Private School
- Location: Providence, RI
- Enrollment: 807 (6:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: A+
This story features data reporting by Rob Powell, writing by Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 97 metros.
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