Middle · Rhode Island
Western Hills Middle School
Western Hills Middle School, a public middle school in Cranston, Rhode Island: grades 6–8, 727 students, 14.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cranston.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 727
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 74% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 12.4 · 57 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 83% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 509 · 58 schools compared
Larger than 72% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Rhode Island's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Rhode Island: 34%36%proficient
+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 55% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 34% · 58 middle schools compared
702 students tested, grades 3–8 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Rhode Island: 31%29%proficient
+1.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 27% · 56 middle schools compared
700 students tested, grades 3–8 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Cranston
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cranston.
Location
- Address
- 400 Phenix Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920
- Phone
- (401)270-8030
- City or town
- Cranston
- County
- Providence County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 527 | 10.5 | 16% | 14% | |
| 6–8 | 366 | 13.1 | 42% | 37% | |
AF Iluminar Mayoral Middle SchCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 406 | 20.3 | 33% | 18% |
Governor Christopher DelSestoFree meals for all | 6–8 | 818 | 17.0 | 7.4% | 6.5% |
AF Providence Mayoral MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 405 | 14.0 | 30% | 28% |
| 6–8 | 711 | 12.3 | 33% | 17% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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