Top 50 Schools In RI For 2019: New List

How's this for comprehensive: Now you can find out if your district has the best schools of any grade level, public and private, in Rhode Island.

Niche.com, which specializes in all different types of rankings, released a new 2019 list slightly different than its usual rankings. This time around, Niche ranked what it says are the top 50 schools in Rhode Island, including both private and public schools, and spanning elementary, middle and high schools. (See the full list below.)

In this list, Niche prefers private schools. The top entry was a private high school, The Wheeler School in Providence, and it was immediately followed by five more.

The first public school was Barrington High at No. 7. The first public elementary school Kingston Hill Academy in Saunderstown.

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It is important to remember that every school on this top 100 list receives either an A+ or an A for an overall score from Niche.

Niche's methodology is based on an analysis of academic and student-life data from the US Department of Education along with test scores, and feedback from Niche.com users. You can read the methodology by clicking here.

1. The Wheeler School, Providence
2. Moses Brown School, Providence
3. Lincoln School, Providence
4. St. George's School, Middletown
5. Portsmouth Abbey School
6. Rocky Hill School, East Greenwich
7. Barrington High
8. St. Andrew's School
9. Kingston Hill Academy, Saunderstown
10. Providence Country Day, East Providence
11. East Greenwich High
12. Bishop Hendricken High, Warwick
13. Classical High, Providence
14. Barrington Middle School
15. Frenchtown School, East Greenwich
16. Meadowbrook Farms, East Greenwich
17. Narragansett High
18. La Salle Academy, Providence
19. Archie R. Cole Middle, East Greenwich
20. Nayatt School, Barrington
21. Mount St. Charles Academy, Woonsocket
22. The Compass School, Kingston
23. Hampden Meadows School, Barrington
24. Blackstone Valley Prep, Central Falls
25. Portsmouth High
26. Peace Dale School, South Kingstown
27. Lincoln Central Elementary
28. James H. Eldredge Elementary, East Greenwich
29. Melrose School, Jamestown
30. Melville School, Portsmouth
31. Blackstone Valley Prep, Cumberland
32. Fogarty Memorial, Gloucester
33. Community School, Cumberland
34. Primrose Hill, Barrington
35. Mantunuck Elementary, South Kingstown
36. Lawn School, Jamestown
37. North Kingstown Sr. High
38. Wakefield School, South Kingstown
39. Wickford Middle School, North Kingstown
40. South Kingstown High
41. Fishing Cove Elementary, North Kingstown
42. Hamilton, North Kingstown
43. Barrington Christian Academy, Barrington
44. Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy Elementary School No. 2, Cumberland
45. Lonsdale Elementary, Lincoln
46. North Smithfield High
47. Lincoln Senior High
48. St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket
49. St. Mary Academy - Bay View, Riverside
50. Sowams Elementary, Barrington

See the full Niche list here.

Tom Davis, Patch, contributed to this report

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