Summary:
Westerly, Rhode Island, has one middle school, Westerly Middle School, serving grades 5–8. It enrolls 639 students, has an 11:1 student-teacher ratio, and per-student spending of $21,992 in 2024–25. The most important finding is that its 2025–26 proficiency rates were above Rhode Island’s in all three subjects, but below those of the Westerly district in each.
There is no local school-to-school leader or trailer because Westerly Middle School is the only school in the group. Its strongest grade-specific result was grade 7 math: 45.5% proficient, 17.6 percentage points above the state; grade 8 science was also notably strong, at 45.0%, or 15.6 points above the state. The clearest exception was grade 5 science, where 27.9% proficiency was 4.7 points below the state. ELA and math were above state results in every grade shown, while science varied more by grade.
Recent results show a substantial math gain but a science decline: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, math rose 5.3 points to 42.1%, ELA slipped 0.9 points to 39.2%, and science fell 4.7 points to 37.2%. The school’s overall results were nearly unchanged on a simple three-subject average, masking those different subject trends. SchoolDigger’s school ranking improved from 26th of 64 schools in 2023–24 to 19th of 68 in 2025–26; SchoolDigger gives the district four stars and ranks it 19th of 61. The 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch rate was 43.82%, a contextual measure rather than an explanation of results. Because only one school is listed, these figures cannot support comparisons among local schools.
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