Classical High School in Providence was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the top public high school in Rhode Island this year. But what other schools made the top of the list?
Just about 18,000 high schools across the nation were ranked by the American media company for its 2025 to 2026 “best schools” list.
And 58 public high schools in Rhode Island made that enormous list. The number one school in the Ocean State ranks 166th nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Rhode Island is ranked 38th in the country for education, based on both higher education and kindergarten through 12th grade, the media company says.
See which high schools ranked in the top 20 for Rhode Island, and how they stack up against other schools in the United States.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked the top public high schools in Rhode Island for 2025 based on analysis of college readiness, state assessment proficiency and performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth, and graduation rate.
Here are the top 20, and how they rank nationally, according to U.S. News & World Report:
Based on the 2025 rankings from U.S. News & World Report, here are the top 10 public high schools in the nation: