Summary:
Foster, Rhode Island, has one listed elementary school, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolling 241 students: Capt. Isaac Paine Elementary School. Its 2025–26 all-grades proficiency was 29.5% in ELA, 29.5% in mathematics, and 35.3% in science; the comparable statewide rates were 33.1%, 31.9%, and 31.1%. The most important takeaway is a mixed profile: science is above the state, while ELA and mathematics are below it.
With only one school in the list, there is no local school-to-school top or bottom; the clearest differences are by subject and grade. Science is the strongest area, at 35.3% proficient—4.2 percentage points above Rhode Island and 2.0 points above the Foster district. ELA is 3.6 points below the state, and mathematics is 2.4 points below. Grade-level results show a particularly wide math contrast: third grade is 16.7%, 20.4 points below the state, while fifth grade is 41.2%, 9.4 points above. ELA is below the state in each reported grade, with gaps from 1.1 to 7.5 points.
Recent results moved in different directions rather than showing a consistent rise or fall: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA rose 3.1 points, mathematics fell 3.2 points, and science rose 1.2 points. SchoolDigger rates the school 2 stars and ranks it 92nd of 163 Rhode Island elementary schools, in the 44th percentile; its prior listing was 95th of 166, in the 43rd percentile. The school reports an 11.4 student–teacher ratio and 25.31% free/reduced-lunch eligibility, useful context but not evidence explaining test results. Because Foster has only one listed school, these figures cannot establish how it compares with other local schools.
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