Summary:
ZIP code 02720 covers eight schools — five elementary, one middle, and two high schools — all in the Fall River district, with roughly 5,948 students total: 2,384 in elementary, 751 in middle, and 2,813 in high school. The district is ranked 331 of 351 statewide (6th percentile, 0 stars), so even the area's stronger schools are being judged against a low district baseline.
The strongest options are James Tansey and North End Elementary. Tansey has the highest rank percentile in the ZIP (36th, 2 stars) and the best all-grades math at 38.30% versus the district's 18.24%; in 4th-grade math it actually edges the state (45.45% vs 43.20%). North End posts the ZIP's best science result, 41.98%, above the state's 40.98%. Spencer Borden has the second-best math (32.24%) but saw science fall 28.87 points in a year. By contrast, Mary Fonseca Elementary School has the lowest elementary ELA (13.17%) and Westall Elementary the lowest elementary math (16.78%), including a 3rd-grade math score of just 8%.
Among older students, B M C Durfee High enrolls 2,642 students — about 44.4% of the ZIP — and beats district averages in every tested subject while remaining far below state averages; its 83.6% graduation rate tops the district's 76.8%. Resiliency Preparatory Academy, a small grades 7–12 school of 171 students, is a severe outlier with 0% proficiency on listed tests, a 33.3% graduation rate, and a 46.7% dropout rate. One caution: science scores swing widely year to year, and no school here currently exceeds the state in ELA.
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