Cranston High School West - Cranston, Rhode Island/RI

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Cranston High School West

80 Metropolitan Avenue, Cranston, RI, 02920 -

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Definition of Terms

Cranston High School West

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Providence County, RI

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1781 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

136 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 404 students

Grade 10 - 488 students

Grade 11 - 461 students

Grade 12 - 428 students

This School

(RI) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:12

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(RI) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	4%	14%
% Black	2%	7%
% White	93%	74%

Additional Student Information

This School

(RI) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(RI) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Cranston School District

This School's Agency

(RI) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	24	7
Number of Students Managed	10,979 students	3,382 students
District Total Revenue	$126,761,000	$44,126,000
District Expenditure	$124,473,000	$43,899,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,546	$13,047
District Expenditure / Student	$11,337	$12,980
District Graduation Rates	84%	77%

The hunt for Stephen Saccoccias hidden assets (The Providence Journal)
posted on November 7, 2009 at 12:01:08 am
PROVIDENCE -- It's been more than 16 years since Stephen Saccoccia was sentenced to 660 years in prison for laundering money for Colombian drug lords. A man with lavish tastes, Saccoccia was a Cranston coin shop owner and precious metals dealer known for his free-spending ways. He wore a Rolex watch, rented apartments in London and New York City and offered Dom Perignon with the cold cuts he ...
Ex-chief justice hired former drivers niece (The Providence Journal)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 12:32:16 am
The retired chief justice, who also put his former driver's mother on the state payroll, hired Alyssa Giudici into the Supreme Court summer internship program.
Flu fears limit contact at high school games (NBC 10 Providence)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 09:41:10 pm
No high fives? Some Cranston athletes are no longer slapping hands at games.
Artists chalk out dragons, legends (The Brown Daily Herald)
posted on September 28, 2009 at 05:09:50 am
With smudges on his nose and green chalk covering his hands and knees, Daniel Valmas '11 hurried to put the finishing touches on his painting. Using his fingers, Valmas blended green into the street, creating the background of a scene highlighted by a jel...
Cranston High School West evacuated (The Providence Journal)
posted on September 26, 2009 at 01:32:26 am
CRANSTON - Officials are attempting to identify the substance that caused irritation of a custodian's skin at Cranston High School West and caused the evacuation of the building for an hour at lunch time on Friday.

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Cranston High School West (often called West, Cranston West or abbreviated as CHSW) is a high school located in Cranston, Rhode Island.The school comprises five buildings; one of these buildings is the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center. The school grounds include six tennis courts, a baseball field, and a track and football field. West has 155 staff members who work with the student population of approximately 1750. The program of studies encompasses 203 different courses. The Cranston Area Career and Technical Center offers 17 different courses. All courses are geared toward student academic abilities. Fifty-two percent of graduates go on to pursue a four-year degree while twenty-two percent pursue a 2-year degree.
The school has a student-published newspaper called The West Wind. Additionally, the school boasts an award-winning news broadcast titled The West Watch, which received numerous first place awards at the 2006 New England Scholastic Press Association conference.
Numerous athletic teams have won championship titles for the school, more recently being the 2004 varsity football team, 2006 varsity wrestling team, 2007 varsity wrestling team, 2008 varsity wrestling team, 2009 varsity wrestling team, 2006 varsity baseball team, 2007 varsity baseball team, 2009 varsity hockey team. It is also the high school of former NFL Pro Bowl running back Mark Van Eeghen. Also, many of the nation's most dangerous pedophiles have the honor of calling Cranston West their Alma mater.
In 2007, the school was downgraded from "High Performing" status to "Low Performing and Making Insufficient Progress" status.
The West Watch
The West Watch is West's online news broadcast. Started in 2005, the West Watch received a first place award as best broadcast at the NESPA conference. In addition, it also won several individual achievement awards.
Notable alumni
Mark van Eeghen - Former NFL Pro Bowl running back. Van Eeghen is the only person ever from Cranston West to have their number retired in any sport.
External links
Cranston High School West Official Website

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