Barrington Public Schools (Rhode Island)

Barrington Public Schools
Location
283 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806
Barrington, Rhode Island
District information
Type Public
Grades K-12
Superintendent Michael Messore
Other information
Website

Barrington Public Schools is a public primary and secondary education school district located in Barrington, a suburban town located in Bristol County, Rhode Island. It consists of four elementary schools, and a single middle school and high school.

Elementary schools

The four elementary schools in the Barrington Public Schools district are:

Middle and high school

Barrington Middle School

Barrington Middle School (founded as West Barrington Junior High) is the only middle school in Barrington, serving about 849 students during the 2014 school year.[1] Barrington Middle School was constructed in 1959, and enlarged in 1969.[2] The Barrington School Committee has considered the future construction of a new middle school building on the existing campus, estimated at upwards of 36 million dollars.[3] In 2014, Barrington Middle School was named a National Blue Ribbon School.[4]

Barrington High School

Barrington High School is the only high school in Barrington. Constructed in 1951,[2] amidst a period of population growth in Barrington, it has been named a National Blue Ribbon School and has been ranked as the number one high school in Rhode Island by U.S News and World Report.

References

  1. ↑ http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/school/barrington-middle-school students
  2. 1 2 http://www.barrington.ri.gov/community/history/historicaloverview.php
  3. ↑ http://www.eastbayri.com/news/barrington-school-project-yields-plenty-of-interest/
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
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