Best School Districts in Rhode Island

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Rank (of 61)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
33^rd	Achievement First Rhode Island	K-12	4	2	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.448	33
4^th	Barrington	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Barrington	Bristol County	0.949	7	3
40^th	Beacon Charter School	6-12	0	1	1	0	Woonsocket	Providence County	0.316	36	4
41^st	Blackstone Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Pawtucket	Providence County	0.31	47	6
28^th	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	K-12	3	2	1	0	Cumberland	Providence County	0.542	29	1
13^th	Bristol Warren	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Bristol	Bristol County	0.793	17	4
31^st	Burrillville	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Harrisville	Providence County	0.469	28	3
58^th	Central Falls	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Central Falls	Providence County	0.132	57	1
57^th	Charette Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.155	42	15
17^th	Chariho	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	1	Wood River Junction	Washington County	0.744	21	4
25^th	Coventry	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Coventry	Kent County	0.623	25
32^nd	Cranston	PK, KG-12	14	4	4	0	Cranston	Providence County	0.451	31	1
14^th	Cumberland	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Cumberland	Providence County	0.769	13	1
20^th	Davies Career and Technical	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lincoln	Providence County	0.724	22	2
5^th	East Greenwich	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	East Greenwich	Kent County	0.926	4	1
29^th	East Providence	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	0	East Providence	Providence County	0.519	26	3
27^th	Excel Academy Rhode Island	5-8	0	1	0	0	North Providence	Providence County	0.603		(n/a)
12^th	Exeter-West Greenwich	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Greenwich	Kent County	0.798	14	2
34^th	Foster	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Foster	Providence County	0.436	32	2
23^rd	Foster-Glocester	6-12	0	1	1	0	North Scituate	Providence County	0.685	19	4
16^th	Glocester	PK, KG-5	2	0	0	0	Chepachet	Providence County	0.755	8	8
56^th	Highlander	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.194	56
36^th	International Charter	K-5	1	0	0	0	Pawtucket	Providence County	0.399	40	4
2^nd	Jamestown	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Jamestown	Newport County	0.965	2
42^nd	Johnston	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Johnston	Providence County	0.31	35	7
3^rd	Kingston Hill Academy	K-5	1	0	0	0	Saunderstown	Washington County	0.957	3
43^rd	Learning Community	K-8	1	0	0	0	Central Falls	Providence County	0.308	38	5
18^th	Lincoln	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Lincoln	Providence County	0.734	18
1^st	Little Compton	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Little Compton	Newport County	0.969	1
45^th	MET Career and Technical	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.293	39	6
22^nd	Middletown	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Middletown	Newport County	0.695	20	2
8^th	Narragansett	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Narragansett	Washington County	0.873	9	1
	New Shoreham	K-12	0	0	0	1	Block Island	Washington County			(n/a)
55^th	Newport	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Newport	Newport County	0.197	49	6
10^th	North Kingstown	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	North Kingstown	Washington County	0.839	11	1
35^th	North Providence	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	North Providence	Providence County	0.412	34	1
6^th	North Smithfield	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	North Smithfield	Providence County	0.926	6
46^th	Nuestro Mundo Public Charter	K-8	1	0	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.288	46
49^th	Paul Cuffee Charter School	K-12	1	1	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.259	48	1
48^th	Pawtucket	PK, KG-12	10	3	3	0	Pawtucket	Providence County	0.259	43	5
7^th	Portsmouth	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Portsmouth	Newport County	0.889	5	2
53^rd	Providence	PK, KG-12	20	6	11	0	Providence	Providence County	0.222	50	3
47^th	Providence Preparatory Charter	5-8	0	1	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.279	52	5
	R.I. School for the Deaf	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Providence	Providence County			(n/a)
37^th	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.397	44	7
38^th	RISE Prep Academies	K-10	1	0	0	0	Woonsocket	Providence County	0.389	37	1
24^th	Scituate	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Clayville	Providence County	0.656	24
51^st	Segue Institute for Learning	K-10	1	0	0	0	Central Falls	Providence County	0.249	53	2
	Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County			(n/a)
15^th	Smithfield	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Smithfield	Providence County	0.76	16	1
9^th	South Kingstown	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Wakefield	Washington County	0.858	12	3
54^th	SouthSide Charter School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.221	41	13
11^th	The Compass School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Kingston	Washington County	0.81	10	1
26^th	The Greene School	9-12	0	0	1	0	West Greenwich	Kent County	0.621	27	1
39^th	The Hope Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.339	54	15
21^st	Tiverton	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Tiverton	Newport County	0.724	15	6
44^th	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	5-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.307	45	1
61^st	Urban Collaborative	7-8	0	1	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.015	59	2
52^nd	Village Green Virtual	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.224	55	3
30^th	Warwick	PK, KG-12	13	2	3	0	Warwick	Kent County	0.516	30
50^th	West Warwick	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	West Warwick	Kent County	0.252	51	1
19^th	Westerly	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Westerly	Washington County	0.73	23	4
60^th	Woonsocket	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Woonsocket	Providence County	0.094	58	2
59^th	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.121	60	1

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