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Rogers High School

15 Wickham Road, Newport, RI, 02840 -

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Definition of Terms

Rogers High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Newport County, RI

Students & Faculty

Total Students

708 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

60 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 213 students

Grade 10 - 177 students

Grade 11 - 149 students

Grade 12 - 169 students

This School

(RI) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:12

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(RI) School Average

% American Indian	3%	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	11%	14%
% Black	21%	7%
% White	63%	74%

Additional Student Information

This School

(RI) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

31%

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

Newport School District

This School's Agency

(RI) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	8	7
Number of Students Managed	2,243 students	3,382 students
District Total Revenue	$44,094,000	$44,126,000
District Expenditure	$41,556,000	$43,899,000
District Revenue / Student	$19,658	$13,047
District Expenditure / Student	$18,527	$12,980
District Graduation Rates	82%	77%

Ladies Classic sets field (The Newport Plain Talk)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 09:56:11 pm
NEWPORT-Always a tough event, the 21st annual GreenBank Ladies Classic features 14 of the top teams from the state of Tennessee and a pair of nationally known programs for the 2009 version of the event.
Events commemorating Veterans Day (The Providence Journal)
posted on November 11, 2009 at 03:32:51 am
Bristol: The Bristol Veterans Council will have a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial Garden at the Burnside Building on Hope Street at 8:30 a.m. along with the playing of taps. A 9:45 a.m. interfaith service will be held at the Rhode Island Veterans Home, 480 Metacom Ave., followed by an 11 a.m. program at the Veterans Home featuring speaker Armand Pereira, an Iraq War veteran.
A week to honor those who served (The Providence Journal)
posted on November 9, 2009 at 03:31:39 am
This week, thousands of veterans and their supporters will organize in every corner of Rhode Island, New England and across America to honor those who have served their country, whether in war or peacetime. Veterans' week is a time for all Americans to support our veterans no matter how we may feel about the military's current or past involvement in various global conflicts. Everyone can do ...
Tiverton teachers pitch cost savings ideas (Fall River Herald News)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:07:21 am
Teachers in the district have proposed eliminating after-school activities and cutting administrator positions at the elementary and middle schools in response to budget cuts in the school department.
Bill Reynolds: Rogers glory football days gone with middle class (The Providence Journal)
posted on November 1, 2009 at 02:16:07 pm
NEWPORT - Once they were the giants of Rhode Island high school football, winning 10 state titles from 1973 to 1990, this school that's been playing high school football now for over 100 years.

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Rogers High School is the sole public high school in Newport, Rhode Island.
History
The school was founded by educator William Sanford Rogers in 1873 and was named for him.. The original Rogers High School building was on Church Street. The school moved to a building Broadway in 1905 and the old building became the Thayer School and later a Boys and Girls Club. In 1957, the school moved to its current location on Wickham Road and the old Broadway building became the location for Thompson Middle School. An expansion to the school, The Newport Area Career and Technical Center, was completed in 1968.
Extracurricular
The school's newspaper The Red and Black was first published in 1920, but stopped being published at regular intervals in the early 2000s.
The school began their football program in 1890 and their basketball program in 1905.
The school has the second oldest JROTC program in the country, founded in 1916. It also holds the Honor Unit With Insignia rank, the highest unit rank possible.
Alumni
Bebe Buell - model, singer, mother of actress Liv Tyler
The Cowsills - 1960s singing act
Tanya Donelly - co-founder and guitarist of the band Throwing Muses, lead vocalist of the band Belly and the guitarist for The Breeders
Joanna Going - actress
Paul Gordon - session keyboardist and guitarist
Kristin Hersh - founder, vocalist, and guitarist of the band Throwing Muses
Van Johnson - actor
John Mellekas - professional football player
David Narcizo - drummer for the band Throwing Muses
External links
Official Website

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