Best Middle Schools in Rhode Island

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 60)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
440003000002	1	Barrington Middle School	Public	6-8	261 Middle Highway	Barrington	02806	Bristol County	Barrington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 247-3160	797	58	13.8	4.9%	641 (80.4%)	11 (1.4%)	46 (5.8%)	63 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.5%)	$14,204			$441			$13,763	98.1	98.1	1		R5
440027000082	2	North Cumberland Middle	Public	6-8	400 Nate Whipple Highway	Cumberland	02864	Providence County	Cumberland	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 333-6306	621	48	12.9	10.6%	499 (80.4%)	9 (1.4%)	50 (8.1%)	43 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	$11,165			$91			$11,075	95.2	94.2	3	1	R5
440075000172	3	Wickford Middle School	Public	6-8	250 Tower Hill Road	North Kingstown	02852	Washington County	North Kingstown	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 268-6470	341	29	11.9	10.6%	294 (86.2%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.9%)	8 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.7%)	$17,067			$425			$16,642	94.2	94.8	2	1	R5
440030000087	4	Archie R. Cole Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Cedar Avenue	East Greenwich	02818	Kent County	East Greenwich	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 398-1333	607	51	12	4.4%	480 (79.1%)	7 (1.2%)	42 (6.9%)	40 (6.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.9%)	$13,935			$209			$13,726	93.9	84	8	4	R5
440051000123	5	Jamestown School-Lawn	Public	5-8	55 Lawn Avenue	Jamestown	02835	Newport County	Jamestown	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 423-7010	193	21	9.4	5.7%	180 (93.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.1%)	$20,114			$654			$19,460	93.7	92.4	4	1	R5
440081000469	6	North Smithfield Middle School	Public	5-8	1850 Providence Pike	North Smithfield	02896	Providence County	North Smithfield	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 597-6100	513	43	11.8	10.9%	439 (85.6%)	7 (1.4%)	42 (8.2%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)	$13,145			$260			$12,885	89.5	83.5	9	3	R5
440003500245	7	The Compass School	Public, Charter	K-8	537 Old North Road	Kingston	02881	Washington County	The Compass School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 788-8322	214	17	12.5	13.1%	196 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (3.7%)	$11,032			$224			$10,808	85.5	84.2	7		R4
440087000208	8	Portsmouth Middle School	Public	5-8	125 Jepson Lane	Portsmouth	02871	Newport County	Portsmouth	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 849-3700	635	53	12	9.8%	544 (85.7%)	13 (2.0%)	44 (6.9%)	14 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.7%)	$15,812			$148			$15,664	85	84.9	5	3	R4
440060000140	9	Wilbur and McMahon Schools	Public	PK, KG-8	28 Commons	Little Compton	02837	Newport County	Little Compton	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 592-0363	208	26	7.9	9.6%	199 (95.7%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	$25,915			$859			$25,056	81.7	84.2	6	3	R4
440066000396	10	Narragansett Pier School	Public	5-8	235 South Pier Road	Narragansett	02882	Washington County	Narragansett	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 792-9430	312	23	13.3	8.3%	283 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	$22,074			$1,204			$20,870	81.5	68.9	17	7	R4

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