Best Middle Schools in Rhode Island

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)							Ranking (2021 vs 2019)
ID	Rank (of 62)	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 (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Rank (2019)	Rank Change from 2019	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)
440003000002	1	Barrington Middle School	Public	6-8	261 Middle Highway	Barrington	02806	Bristol County	Barrington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 247-3160	839	58	14.4	4.9%	681 (81.2%)	14 (1.7%)	39 (4.6%)	59 (7.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.2%)	$13,409			$374			$13,034	98.1	98.6	1		R5
440075000172	2	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	340	29	11.6	16.2%	294 (86.5%)	3 (0.9%)	14 (4.1%)	11 (3.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.7%)	$13,762			$106			$13,657	94.8	95.2	3	1	R5
440027000082	3	North Cumberland Middle	Public	6-8	400 Nate Whipple Highway	Cumberland	02864	Providence County	Cumberland	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 333-6306	629	45	13.8	12.2%	520 (82.7%)	8 (1.3%)	39 (6.2%)	39 (6.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.5%)	$10,464			$38			$10,426	94.2	97.7	2	1	R5
440051000123	4	Jamestown School-Lawn	Public	5-8	55 Lawn Avenue	Jamestown	02835	Newport County	Jamestown	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 423-7010	204	21	9.6	6.9%	195 (95.6%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	$16,414			$125			$16,289	92.4	88.8	6	2	R5
440087000208	5	Portsmouth Middle School	Public	5-8	125 Jepson Lane	Portsmouth	02871	Newport County	Portsmouth	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 849-3700	650	55	11.9	15.4%	563 (86.6%)	8 (1.2%)	36 (5.5%)	17 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (3.8%)	$13,621			$127			$13,494	84.9	77.9	10	5	R5
440060000140	6	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	209	27	7.8	13.9%	201 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	$21,605			$821			$20,784	84.2	64.6	18	12	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	No	(401) 788-8322	216	17	12.7	15.7%	192 (88.9%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.1%)	$11,622			$284			$11,338	84.2	94.9	4	3	R5
440030000087	8	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	639	43	14.9	4.7%	497 (77.8%)	10 (1.6%)	49 (7.7%)	50 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.2%)	$13,105			$85			$13,020	84	84.9	7	1	R4
440081000469	9	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	542	42	12.9	22.0%	450 (83.0%)	10 (1.8%)	55 (10.1%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.1%)	$13,961			$106			$13,856	83.5	81.3	9		R4
440057000062	10	Lincoln Middle School	Public	6-8	152 Jenckes Hill Road	Lincoln	02865	Providence County	Lincoln	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 721-3400	769	48	16.1	28.5%	628 (81.7%)	31 (4.0%)	64 (8.3%)	20 (2.6%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	21 (2.7%)	$13,754			$99			$13,655	82.3	63.2	20	10	R4

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