Editing East Greenwich, Rhode Island (section)

==Schools==
[[File:East Greenwich Town House.jpg|thumb|East Greenwich public schools central office at 111 Pierce Street]]
{{Main|East Greenwich School District}}
East Greenwich is home to six public schools in its school district. The district contains two zoning districts for its elementary schools. Students in one district, which primarily consists of households east of South County Trail, attend Meadowbrook Farms Elementary from kindergarten to second grade, then proceed to George R. Hanaford School for third grade to fifth grade. Most students who live west of South County Trail will attend Frenchtown Elementary for kindergarten to second grade before attending James H. Eldredge School for third grade to fifth grade.<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of East Greenwich School Zones|url=http://www.egsd.net/files/773344/map%20of%20east%20greenwich%20school%20zones.pdf|work=East Greenwich School District|access-date=October 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817143341/http://www.egsd.net/files/773344/map%20of%20east%20greenwich%20school%20zones.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref> All students in the public school district then attend [[Archie R. Cole Middle School]] for sixth grade to eighth grade. The district's single high school is [[East Greenwich High School]].

In 2015, ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine ranked East Greenwich High School first in Rhode Island and 186th in the United States.

The town also contains the Our Lady Of Mercy Regional School a private [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] school serving students from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade. East Greenwich was also home to the [[East Greenwich Academy]], an eminent preparatory school; however, the school closed in 1943.

East Greenwich is also home to the main campus of the [[New England Institute of Technology]], known informally as New England Tech. The site was purchased by the school in 2007, and opened to students in summer 2011.<ref name="ProJo20140930">{{cite news|title=New England Tech announces $120-million expansion of East Greenwich campus|url=http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140930-new-england-tech-announces-120-million-expansion-of-east-greenwich-campus.ece|access-date=September 20, 2017|newspaper=The Providence Journal|date=September 30, 2014}}</ref> A major expansion begun in 2014 added dormitories and new instructional space.<ref name="ProJo20140930" /> The campus includes a 265,000 square foot facility<ref name="NEIT-eastgreenwich">{{cite web|title=East Greenwich Campus|url=http://www.neit.edu/About-Us/East-Greenwich-Campus|website=New England Institute of Technology|access-date=September 20, 2017}}</ref> dedicated to classrooms, technical labs, medical suites for training simulations, and administrative services.<ref name="ProJo20140930" />