Barrington Public Schools | |
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Address | |
283 County Road , Rhode Island , 02806United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | K–12 |
Superintendent | Robert Wargo |
Other information | |
Website | barringtonschools.org |
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.
The four elementary schools in the Barrington Public Schools district are:
Barrington Middle School (founded as West Barrington Junior High) is the only middle school in Barrington, serving about 850 students during the 2017 school year. [1] Barrington Middle School was constructed in 1959, and enlarged in 1969. [2] In 2014, Barrington Middle School was named a National Blue Ribbon School. [3] Just after the end of the 2018-2019 school year, the school building was torn down to finish the construction of a new middle school that had been under construction for about a year. The new building costed $68 million to build. [4]
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 & World Report .
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