title: Middletown Public Schools (Rhode Island)
text: # Middletown Public Schools (Rhode Island)
  
  Middletown Public Schools is a school district in Middletown, Rhode Island.
  
  ## Schools
  
  * Middletown High School
  * J. H. Gaudet Middle School (grades 5–8)
  * J. H. Gaudet Learning Academy (grade 4), located at Gaudet Middle
  
  Grades PK-3:
  
  * Aquidneck Elementary School
  * Forest Avenue Elementary School
  
  In 2009, in consideration of a decline in enrollment and a reduced budget, the school district closed John F. Kennedy Elementary School. As of 2014 Newport Public Schools sends preschool students to leased classrooms at Kennedy due to overpopulation at Claiborne Pell School in Newport. As of 2018 Middletown Schools plans to reoccupy the building, so the arrangement with Newport will expire in 2021. In addition John F. Kennedy Head Start operates out of the facility.
  
  