Portsmouth Abbey School

Portsmouth · RI · Catholic religious-affiliated

Private

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What families should know about Portsmouth Abbey School.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Rhode Island

77%

admit rate

$16,942

in-state tuition/yr · $37,146 out-of-state

1030–1270

SAT 25–75 · ACT 26–31

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $21,440/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Portsmouth Abbey School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 110 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
since 2023

Anahuac Merida American University Assumption University Babson College Bates College Bentley University Bishop's Unviersity Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Bryant University Bucknell University California Institute of Technology Carleton College Clemson University Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross Columbia University Concordia University (Canada) Connecticut College Cornell University Davidson College Duke University Eckerd College Elmira College Elon University Emory University - Oxford Campus Endicott College

and 80 more

Fairfield University Franklin and Marshall College Flagler College Florida Atlantic University George Washington University Gordon College Hamilton College Hampden-Sydney College High Point University Hobart William Smith Colleges Ibero-American University IE University Madrid Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lehigh University Louisiana State University Massachusetts Maritime Academy McGill University Merrimack College Miami University-Oxford Mississippi State University New York University Northeastern University Palm Beach Atlantic University Pennsylvania State University Princeton University Providence College Purdue University Queen's University Rhode Island College Rhode Island School of Design Rice University Rivier University Roger Williams University Rutger's University Sacred Heart University Salve Regina University Saint John Fisher College Skidmore College Southern Methodist University St. John's College St. Francis Xavier University Stanford University Stonehill College SUNY College at Plattsburgh SUNY Polytechnic Institute Syracuse University Tecnológico de Monterrey The Catholic University of America The College of Wooster The New School The Pennsylvania State University The University of Tampa Trinity College Tulane University Union College United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy University of California-Los Angeles University of California-Santa Barbara University of Chicago University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Boston University of Miami University of Mississippi University of New Hampshire University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Navarra University of Notre Dame University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Wisconsin-Madison Vanderbilt University Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic Institute Washington University-St. Louis Wentworth Institute of Technology

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Portsmouth Abbey School — Portsmouth Abbey School 'Matriculation' page ↗. Found at: 'COLLEGE DESTINATIONS' list.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 332 in 2020 to 334 in 2022 — over 2 years.

+0.6%

Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Bishop Hendricken High School Warwick	Private	9.7	658	-28.4%
St Mary Academy-Bay View Riverside	Private	14.0	402	-31.0%
Barrington Christian Academy Barrington	Private	11.1	184	-2.1%
St Patrick Academy Providence	Private	17.8	82	-1.2%
La Salle Academy Providence	Private	19.0	1,460	-6.8%
St Raphael Academy Pawtucket	Private	19.8	444	-5.5%
Rocky Hill Country Day School East Greenwich	Private	8.8	276	—
Lincoln School Providence	Private	17.1	319	-5.3%

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