Summary:
ZIP code 03258 has one elementary-level school, Chichester Central School, a small K–8 school serving 192 students in the town of Chichester within the Chichester School District. Because it is the only school in the ZIP code, parents cannot compare it with another local school, but its results can be compared with statewide averages and across grade levels.
Chichester Central’s strongest area is reading, especially in the upper grades. Overall reading proficiency is 61%, compared with 55% statewide, while eighth-grade reading reaches an exceptional 92% and seventh-grade reading is 76%. Science is also stronger than the state overall, at 44% versus 38%, led by eighth-grade science at 58%. Mathematics is more mixed: overall proficiency is 44%, matching the state, but sixth grade is notably lower at 30%. Third-grade math and reading are also below statewide averages, while fourth- and eighth-grade math results are above the state. This suggests that performance varies significantly by grade rather than being consistently strong or weak across the school.
The school has a reported 9.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio and a 12.5% free or reduced-price lunch rate, although these figures do not by themselves measure classroom quality or student needs. Parents should also note that overall proficiency declined from the prior year, particularly in math, which fell from 62% to 44%; different student groups each year can contribute to such changes. The school’s ranking also dropped from the 81st percentile in 2024–2025 to the 42nd percentile in 2025–2026. Even so, current reading and science results remain above state averages, and the strongest results are concentrated in grades 7 and 8. Key questions for families include how the school supports third-grade literacy and math, addresses sixth-grade math, and maintains its strong upper-grade performance.
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