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Ponaganset High School

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Ponaganset High School ranks 15 th of 60 Rhode Island high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

15^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 60 Rhode Island High Schools

Better than 75% of Rhode Island high schools

Summary

Ponaganset High School is a public high school located in North Scituate, Rhode Island, serving around 900 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Foster-Glocester School District, which is ranked 19 out of 60 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ponaganset High School has consistently ranked among the top 20 high schools in Rhode Island over the past several years, with a ranking as high as 10th out of 60 schools in the 2022-2023 school year. The school has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade and demonstrates strong academic outcomes, with students outperforming the state and district averages on standardized tests. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 70.3% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in SAT/English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 51.6%, and 35.1% were proficient or better in SAT/Mathematics, compared to the state average of 23.3%.

Ponaganset High School's performance is strong across different student subgroups, and the school has consistently maintained high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 83.4% to 93.4% over the past few years, which are above the state average. The school's investment in resources and small class sizes, with a student-teacher ratio ranging from 12.5 to 12.8, likely contribute to its success. Compared to nearby schools like Mount Pleasant High, Cranston High School West, and North Providence High, Ponaganset High School outperforms in terms of academic achievement and student outcomes.

869

Students ?

12.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,158

Per pupil spending ?

24.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

137 Anan Wade Road
North Scituate, RI 02857

(401) 710-7500

District: Foster-Glocester

Feeder schools for Ponaganset High School:

Elementary:	Capt. Isaac Paine Elementary School
	Fogarty Memorial
	West Glocester Elementary
Middle:	Ponaganset Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

88.4%

Hispanic:

5.9%

Two or more races:

3.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 79th percentile in 2015 → 75th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Rhode Island average (51% vs 39% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 25% of Rhode Island high schools

✓95% graduate in 4 years — above the Rhode Island average (84%)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school51%

District avg50%

Rhode Island avg39%

15^th of 60

Rhode Island public high schools ?

Top 25%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 21% (2015) to top 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

19^th of 60Foster-Glocester among Rhode Island districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2025	75.0	15 of 60	75.0%	★★★★☆
2024	71.3	14 of 61	77.0%	★★★★☆
2023	80.3	10 of 60	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	67.3	17 of 59	71.2%	★★★★☆
2021	72.3	15 of 59	74.6%	★★★★☆
2019	67.6	18 of 59	69.5%	★★★★☆
2018	70.0	18 of 57	68.4%	★★★★☆
2017	57.4	24 of 56	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2016	54.9	20 of 57	64.9%	★★★☆☆
2015	64.5	12 of 56	78.6%	★★★★☆
2014	62.4	21 of 47	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	73.3	15 of 45	66.7%	★★★★☆
2012	54.9	24 of 45	46.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	68.1	18 of 45	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2010	75.5	13 of 50	74.0%	★★★★☆
2009	69.3	16 of 49	67.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2025	68.7	16 of 58	72.4%	★★★★☆
2024	69.8	15 of 56	73.2%	★★★★☆
2023	81.4	10 of 59	83.1%	★★★★☆
2022	67.0	18 of 58	69.0%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2025	75.6	8 of 52	84.6%	★★★★☆
2024	91.6	4 of 54	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	80.3	6 of 53	88.7%	★★★★★
2022	60.9	16 of 49	67.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2025	68.2	13 of 57	77.2%	★★★★☆
2024	56.0	23 of 58	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	75.5	12 of 58	79.3%	★★★★☆
2022	57.8	22 of 54	59.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2025	75.0	12 of 57	78.9%	★★★★☆
2024	67.1	14 of 57	75.4%	★★★★☆
2023	76.0	12 of 56	78.6%	★★★★☆
2022	67.2	17 of 54	68.5%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2024	68.0	7 of 25	72.0%	★★★★☆
2023	80.1	4 of 21	81.0%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2025	38.0	18 of 32	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.1	15 of 30	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	17.2	29 of 30	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	72.0	6 of 29	79.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2025	60.4	16 of 45	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.4	16 of 43	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.3	14 of 43	67.4%	★★★★☆
2022	52.1	22 of 42	47.6%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)85th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2025)79th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)77th percentile~ school

Female (2025)72nd percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)72nd percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)64th percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2025)44th percentile-31 vs school

By subject vs Rhode Island (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts70%+15 vs state

Science43%

Mathematics38%+12 vs state

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by a citizen
Saturday, December 16, 2017

This school in incompetent and has abaolutly no idea how to deal with problems. It seems the administration points fingers at the first person they see when a problem arises. They don't think about anything but what can get then more money and a bigger platform. Don't enroll your child in this school and do not trust what the principles say they do not care about justice they care about what makes them and the school look good. Close Quote

by a citizen
Friday, June 9, 2017

THIS SCHOOL HAS NO IDEA IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING. ESP THE GUIDEANCE COUNCLERS. THEY TELL THE STUNDENTS ONE THING AND THEN TURN AROUND AND TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE DOING THE WRONG COURSE AND SHOULD BE DOING ANOTHER. THEN THEY EXPECT THE STUDENT TO MAKE UP THE NEW COURSE THAT THEY PUT THEM ON IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS. SO IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT ANYONE IS SUPOSE TO DO. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE MONEY THEY RECEIVE BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SPENT ON GOOD TEACHING. AND TO BE ON THE HIGH SIDE AS ONE OF THE TOP 20 HIGH SCHOOLS IN 2015 TO 23 PLACE THAT IS ONE HECK OF A DROP. THEY SHOULD GET RID OF SOME OF THE DEAD WOOD TEACHERS AND REPLACE THEM WITH A BETTER CLASS OF TEACHERS AND GUIDENCE COUNCLERS. Close Quote

Schools Near Ponaganset High School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT10 English Language Arts (2025)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2025)	SAT English Language Arts (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	NGSA Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	NGSA Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ponaganset High School	Public	9-12	137 Anan Wade Road	North Scituate	02857	Providence County	Foster-Glocester	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 710-7500	869	68	12.7	24.1%	768 (88.4%)	5 (0.6%)	51 (5.9%)	8 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.9%)	75	15^th of 60 public high schools	75.0%		71.3	14^th of 61 public high schools	77.0%	1	69.7	38.4	70.3	35.1	43.0	$19,158	$679	$18,478
Scituate High School	Public	9-12	94 Trimtown Road	North Scituate	02857	Providence County	Scituate	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 647-4120	387	36	10.7	23.5%	369 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	64.4	18^th of 60 public high schools	70.0%		64.8	17^th of 61 public high schools	72.1%	1	65.7	29.3	69.8	29.1	36.5	$25,151	$1,951	$23,200
Burrillville High School	Public	9-12	425 East Avenue	Harrisville	02830	Providence County	Burrillville	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 568-1310	634	53	11.9	37.2%	560 (88.3%)	8 (1.3%)	33 (5.2%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.3%)	58	25^th of 60 public high schools	58.3%		46.1	29^th of 61 public high schools	52.5%	4	66.2	36.0	57.0	24.7	27.3	$18,910	$943	$17,967
Smithfield High School	Public	9-12	90 Pleasant View Avenue	Smithfield	02917	Providence County	Smithfield	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 949-2050	729	62	11.7	20.3%	588 (80.7%)	22 (3.0%)	80 (11.0%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.7%)	65.2	17^th of 60 public high schools	71.7%		67.1	16^th of 61 public high schools	73.8%	1	70.5	36.0	67.4	27.3	33.1	$18,683	$1,546	$17,137
North Smithfield High School	Public	9-12	412 Greenville Road	North Smithfield	02896	Providence County	North Smithfield	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 766-2500	532	44	12.0	24.8%	418 (78.6%)	16 (3.0%)	68 (12.8%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.6%)	90	4^th of 60 public high schools	93.3%		86	6^th of 61 public high schools	90.2%	2	76.3	50.8	79.2	47.6	61.6	$17,423	$363	$17,060
Johnston Senior High	Public	9-12	345 Cherry Hill Road	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 233-1920	826	80	10.3	55.7%	451 (54.6%)	55 (6.7%)	275 (33.3%)	27 (3.3%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	13 (1.6%)	29.6	35^th of 60 public high schools	41.7%		30.6	36^th of 61 public high schools	41.0%	1	52.2	15.8	41.7	10.4	14.4	$17,654	$1,152	$16,502
North Providence High	Public	9-12	1828 Mineral Spring Avenue	North Providence	02904	Providence County	North Providence	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 233-1150	1,085	85	12.7	52.4%	482 (44.4%)	167 (15.4%)	318 (29.3%)	48 (4.4%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	65 (6.0%)	60.1	22^nd of 60 public high schools	63.3%		61.5	21^st of 61 public high schools	65.6%	1	58.9	40.7	50.6	30.3	31.4	$20,186	$704	$19,482
Davies Career-Technical High School	Public	9-12	50 Jenckes Hill Road	Lincoln	02865	Providence County	Davies Career and Technical	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 728-1500	898	76	11.8	58.9%	281 (31.3%)	162 (18.0%)	391 (43.5%)	10 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (5.6%)	62.7	19^th of 60 public high schools	68.3%		56.1	25^th of 61 public high schools	59.0%	6	80.7	27.4	58.6	18.6	45.6	$24,071	$2,570	$21,501
Mount Pleasant High	Public	9-12	434 Mt. Pleasant Avenue	Providence	02908	Providence County	Providence	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 456-9181	997	62	16.0	89.8%	47 (4.7%)	138 (13.8%)	721 (72.3%)	37 (3.7%)	12 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (3.9%)	5.4	59^th of 60 public high schools	1.7%		5.6	60^th of 61 public high schools	1.6%	1	11.5		13.0			$21,652	$3,260	$18,392
Cranston High School West	Public	9-12	80 Metropolitan Avenue	Cranston	02920	Providence County	Cranston	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 270-8049	1,653	107	15.4	36.2%	1,039 (62.9%)	58 (3.5%)	362 (21.9%)	113 (6.8%)	8 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	69 (4.2%)	61.4	20^th of 60 public high schools	66.7%		64.1	19^th of 61 public high schools	68.9%	1	66.4	38.8	65.1	23.5	29.0	$14,960	$369	$14,591

Frequently Asked Questions about Ponaganset High School

What district is Ponaganset High School in?

Foster-Glocester

What schools feed into Ponaganset High School?

Ponaganset High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Capt. Isaac Paine Elementary School
Elementary : Fogarty Memorial
Elementary : West Glocester Elementary
Middle : Ponaganset Middle School

How many students attend Ponaganset High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 869 students attended Ponaganset High School.

Is Ponaganset High School a good school?

Ponaganset High School ranks 15^th of 60 Rhode Island high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Ponaganset High School?

Students at Ponaganset High School are 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

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