East Greenwich High School
East Greenwich High School 
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300 Avenger Drive (1600 Penn) East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | ¨Huzzah¨ |
| Established | 1942 |
| School district | East Greenwich Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Victor Mercurio |
| Principal | Michael Podraza |
| Faculty | 60.4 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 769 (2008-09) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.7 |
| Hours in school day | 6.5 |
| Campus size | 61.75 acres |
| Color(s) | Crimson and White |
| Slogan | Empower |
| Fight song | "EG Rumble" |
| Athletics conference | Rhode Island Interscholastic League |
| Mascot | The Avenger |
| Team name | Avengers |
| Rival | Middletown, Moses Brown, and North Kingstown |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| National ranking | 1 |
| Newspaper | The Spectrum |
| Yearbook | The Crimson |
| Alumni | Donald Carcieri, Debra Messing, Mark Thompson |
| Website | egsd.net |
East Greenwich High School is a public secondary school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S. The school serves students in grades 9-12 in the East Greenwich Public Schools system. EGHS is the highest performing public high school in the state. It is the only school in the country with the mascot, the "Avengers". East Greenwich High School was ranked 259 on Newsweek's list of America's Top 500 High Schools in 2016 out of approximately 31,700 high schools in the United States. It was the only high school in Rhode Island to make the list.
East Greenwich High School was founded in 1942. Formerly East Greenwich Academy, East Greenwich High School was located on 100 Cedar Avenue, East Greenwich, RI from 1956 until 1967 when it moved to its current location on Avenger Drive. Its current building was constructed in 1967 and its design was noted by The Architects' Collaborative. It has undergone many improvements to make the building more modern. In 2004, a new state of the art gymnasium was completed. In 2010, a new football field, track, front entrance, science wing, and other various projects were completed. In 2012, the library was completely remodeled.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the school had an enrollment of 769 students. As of September 2012, EGHS had a student-teacher ratio of 10:1, according to Rhode Island Monthly magazine.
East Greenwich High School is home to a very diverse curriculum. It offers Spanish, French, and Latin as foreign languages. It also offers more than 150 different electives and many other advanced courses.
In 2012, East Greenwich High School was declared the top school in Rhode Island. EGHS consistently has top scores in both the NECAP and SAT tests. It has a 98% graduation rate compared to the 84% average in the state.
In September 2012, Rhode Island Monthly reported that East Greenwich HS had the state's highest grade 11 NECAP Science scores. EGHS students averaged 1723 out of 2400 on the SAT.
In 2014, East Greenwich High School was ranked 824th on Newsweek's list of America's top 1,000 high schools out of approximately 31,700 high schools in the United States. The other R.I. high school to make the list that year was Barrington High School, which entered into the top 200.
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