| Barrington Public Schools | |
| Address: | 283 County Road |
| Zipcode: | 02806 |
| Country: | USA |
| Type: | Public |
| Grades: | K–12 |
| Superintendent: | Michael Messore |
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]
See main article: Barrington High School (Barrington, Rhode Island). 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.