Best High Schools in Rhode Island for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Rhode Island!

Every year, the Rhode Island Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Rhode Island PSAT10 and SAT and NGSA test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 30)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
440117000325	1	Westerly High School	Public	9-12	23 Ward Avenue	Westerly	02891	Washington County	Westerly	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 315-1501	699	73	9.6	31.2%	563 (80.5%)	10 (1.4%)	59 (8.4%)	14 (2.0%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (6.2%)	$24,195			$562			$23,633	96.7%	62.3%	34.37%
440030000086	2	East Greenwich High	Public	9-12	300 Avenger Drive	East Greenwich	02818	Kent County	East Greenwich	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 398-1300	737	57	12.9	5.7%	581 (78.8%)	6 (0.8%)	58 (7.9%)	63 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.9%)	$14,933			$292			$14,641	93.3%	96.7%	3.39%
440087000207	3	Portsmouth High School	Public	9-12	120 Education Lane	Portsmouth	02871	Newport County	Portsmouth	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 683-2124	796	69	11.4	14.1%	699 (87.8%)	9 (1.1%)	47 (5.9%)	13 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.8%)	$17,227			$422			$16,805	90.0%	91.8%	1.80%
440003000001	4	Barrington High School	Public	9-12	220 Lincoln Avenue	Barrington	02806	Bristol County	Barrington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 247-3150	1,139	83	13.6	6.6%	909 (79.8%)	22 (1.9%)	58 (5.1%)	93 (8.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (4.7%)	$15,306			$101			$15,206	86.7%	98.4%	11.69%
440006500009	5	Mt. Hope High School	Public	9-12	199 Chestnut Street	Bristol	02809	Bristol County	Bristol Warren	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 254-5980	879	64	13.6	28.0%	746 (84.9%)	17 (1.9%)	55 (6.3%)	17 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (4.9%)	$14,774			$526			$14,249	83.3%	82.0%	1.37%
440081000186	6	North Smitfield High School	Public	9-12	412 Greenville Road	North Smithfield	02896	Providence County	North Smithfield	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 766-2500	524	44	11.8	22.9%	424 (80.9%)	10 (1.9%)	62 (11.8%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	$16,367			$645			$15,723	80.0%	90.2%	10.16%
440015000029	7	Chariho High School	Public	9-12	453 Switch Road	Wood River Junction	02894	Washington County	Chariho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 364-7778	1,043	77	13.5	20.1%	946 (90.7%)	9 (0.9%)	41 (3.9%)	5 (0.5%)	9 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.1%)	$14,465			$226			$14,239	76.7%	88.5%	11.86%
440111000307	8	Toll Gate High School	Public	9-12	575 Centerville Road	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3300	1,188	91	13	29.6%	923 (77.7%)	38 (3.2%)	149 (12.5%)	31 (2.6%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	41 (3.5%)	$18,384			$758			$17,626	73.3%	49.2%	24.15%
440000400379	9	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	912	70	13	48.1%	265 (29.1%)	172 (18.9%)	410 (45.0%)	10 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	51 (5.6%)	$18,280			$1,139			$17,141	70.0%	59.0%	10.98%
440057000135	10	Lincoln Senior High School	Public	9-12	135 Old River Road	Lincoln	02865	Providence County	Lincoln	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 334-7500	976	69	14.2	26.6%	761 (78.0%)	48 (4.9%)	90 (9.2%)	30 (3.1%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.5%)	39 (4.0%)	$15,536			$924			$14,611	66.7%	85.2%	18.58%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSAT10 English Language Arts, PSAT10 Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts, SAT Mathematics, NGSA Science test scores released by the Rhode Island Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Rhode Island Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Rhode Island Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Rhode Island Department of Education.