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Cranston School District is a school district located in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA, which services an approximate student population of 11,155 in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. With 790 full-time classroom teachers, the district's overall student/teacher ratio is 14.1:1. There are 24 schools associated with the agency, which is classified as being in or near a mid-sized city (Cranston, RI). Cranston School District allocates approximately $5,572 per pupil for instructional expenses.
Contents
- Map of Cranston School District Cranston RI USA
- Primary schools
- Middle schools
- High schools
- Lawsuits
- References
Map of Cranston School District, Cranston, RI, USA
Educational facilities that are a part of this agency (district). There are 23 schools listed below. Click on a school's name to find information about that school.
Primary schools
- Arlington School
- Chester W. Barrows School
- Daniel D. Waterman School
- Eden Park School
- Edward S. Rhodes School
- George J. Peters School
- Gladstone Street School
- Glen Hills School
- Hope Highlands Elementary
- Stadium School
- Stone Hill School
- W. R. Dutemple School
- Edgewood Highland
- Garden City School
- Oak Lawn School
- Woodridge School
- Orchard Farms School
Middle schools
- Hugh B. Bain Middle School (Named a High Performing School in 2007)
- Park View Middle School
- Western Hills Middle School
High schools
- Cranston High School East
- Cranston High School West
- Cranston Area Career & Technical Center
Lawsuits
A Rhode Island Superior Court has dismissed Cranston School District’s suit claiming the City of Cranston failed to fund the district’s schools adequately. The district claimed that its $105.7 million budget was inadequate, necessitating the elimination of extracurricular programs such as music, arts, and sports. The district asked the court to order an additional appropriation for the city’s schools. The court rejected the district’s claim, concluding that it had failed to demonstrate that the school district "lacks the ability to adequately run the schools for that school year with a balanced budget." On the contrary, the court found that the evidence demonstrated that the city has provided adequate funding.
The display of a banner with a school prayer in a school lead to a federal lawsuit in 2011. In Ahlquist v. Cranston, the court found the banner to be unconstitutional.