Elementary Schools in Newport Independent

Newport Independent has two elementary schools serving 743 students: Newport Primary School serves PK–2, and Newport Intermediate School serves grades 3–6. The schools enroll nearly the same number of students, but the supplied test results are only for Intermediate. In 2025–2026, Intermediate’s average proficiency across grades 3–6 was 21% in math and 26% in reading, compared with state averages of 43% and 51%; its reported science, writing, and editing results were also below state rates. The clearest overall finding is that Intermediate’s results were below state rates in every reported subject and grade.

Within Intermediate, grade 6 was the strongest tested grade in both math (29%) and reading (43%), though those results remained 13 and 11 points below state rates. Grade 5 was the weakest in both subjects, at 10% in math and 15% in reading; its writing result was 6%. SchoolDigger ranks Intermediate 657th of 684 elementary schools, at the 4th percentile and with 0 stars, while it ranks the district 158th of 158, also at the 0th percentile with 0 stars. Primary stands out for chronic absenteeism: its 2025–2026 rate was 16%, below the state’s 24%, while Intermediate’s 13% was lower still.

Intermediate’s four-grade math and reading averages each fell by about 3 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state averages were steady in math and rose in reading; the school–state gaps widened by 3 points in math and 4 in reading. There were exceptions: grade 4 math rose 8 points, grade 4 reading rose 7, and grade 6 reading rose 3, while grade 5 results fell in both subjects. The schools’ context measures are similar: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 88% at Intermediate and 87% at Primary; student-teacher ratios were 9.7 and 11.1, respectively. Primary reported higher per-student spending ($26,753 versus $24,101). Because the schools serve different grade spans, the supplied test results cannot compare their achievement grade-for-grade.