Rocky Hill School Facts

• Founded 1934

• Headmaster: James J. Young III ' 70

• Location: 88 acres on Narragansett Bay and the Potowomut River.

• Enrollment: 356      Boys: 52%   Girls: 48%

• Tuition for 2008 - 2009:
                      Preschool (3 year old): 2 half days:  $4,500, 3 half days:  $6,900, 5 half days:  $11,200

                                  Preschool (4 year old): 5 half days:  $11,200

                                  Kindergarten to Grade 5:  $22,600

                                  Grades 6 to 8:  $24,300

                                  Grades 9 to 12:  $25,500

• Financial Aid: All financial aid is need based. In 2007-2008, $800,000 was allocated to the student body.

• Faculty: 87 faculty, 39 hold advanced degrees.

• Lower School: 112 Students, Preschool to Grade 5, Joan Osowa, Head.

• Middle School: 78 Students, Grade 6 to Grade 8, Michael Jedrey, Head.

• Upper School: 166 Students, Grade 9 to Grade 12, Richard Dempsey, Head.

• Extended Day: The extended day program provides supervision for Lower School children from regular dismissal up to 5:30 PM, at extra cost.

• Average Class Size: 12 in the Upper School, using the Rocky Hill School Harkness Method; 16 in the Middle and Lower Schools

• Student to Faculty Ratio: 8:1

• Student Diversity: 11%

• College Counseling: A full-time counselor is available to guide students and their parents through the college selection process.

• Advanced Placement: AB Calculus, BC Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, English Literature, Environmental Science, French, Latin, Physics, Spanish, Statistics, United States History.

• Community Service: Opportunities available in all divisions; 30 hours required in the Upper School to graduate.

• Interscholastic Sports: Basketball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Sailing, Soccer, Tennis.

• Co-Curricular Activities: Academic Decathlon, Band, Drama, Foreign Language Clubs, Health & Wellness Committee, Math League, Mock Trial, ERASE Multicultural Club, Nathan Hale Society (admission tour guides), National Honor Society, Narragansett Sound (Upper School vocal ensemble), Community Service Club, Polar Bear Club, Puddles (Lower and Middle School vocal ensemble), SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), Stonehenge (student literary magazine), Student Council, Student Life Committee, View from the Hill (student newspaper), Yearbook, Karate Club , Chess Club, Lower School British Challenger Soccer, Yoga, Robotics.

• Transportation: Busing to Rocky Hill from East Greenwich, Scituate, Warwick, and West Warwick may be provided by the town in which the student lives. We encourage families to arrange carpools.

• Major Communities Served: Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, Jamestown, Narragansett, Newport, North Kingstown, Providence, Saunderstown, Wakefield, Warwick. Students come from 28 towns in Rhode Island.

• Parent-Teacher League: The purpose of the PTL is to support the school in achieving its educational mission.

• Accreditation and Memberships: NEASC, NAIS, SSATB, ERB, National Honor Society.