Middle · Regular · Grades 5 to 8

Frank E. Thompson Middle, Newport, RI

CEP schoolFrank E. Thompson Middle is a public middle school in Newport, part of Newport County Public Schools. It enrolled 499 students in 2024-25, with 10.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 499
Teachers (FTE): 48.0
Students per teacher: 10.4
Grades: 5 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 10.4. The Rhode Island average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.4

District10.4

Rhode Island13.0

United States15.3

School details

Address: 55 Broadway, Newport, RI 02840
Phone: (401)847-1493
District: Newport County Public Schools
County: Newport County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 440072000155

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 337
Reduced-price lunch: 51
Free or reduced-price lunch: 38877.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 195Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.