Middle Schools in Burrillville

Burrillville, Rhode Island is home to a single middle school, Burrillville Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, its academic performance lags behind the state averages, ranking 39th out of 66 Rhode Island middle schools for the 2024-2025 school year with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Burrillville Middle School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics on the RICAS assessments are below the state averages across all grade levels. In 2024-2025, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 27.8% compared to the state average of 29.2%, and its Math proficiency rate was 16.5% compared to the state average of 27.1%. However, the school's Science proficiency rate on the NGSA assessment was 29.7% in 2024-2025, slightly above the Burrillville district average of 28.4%.

Despite the school's underperformance, it has a relatively high per-student spending of $17,461 for the 2022-2023 school year, which is above the state average. This raises questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of the school's resource allocation and whether the additional funding is being utilized effectively to improve student outcomes. Overall, Burrillville Middle School faces challenges in improving student achievement, particularly in ELA and Mathematics, and further investigation may be needed to understand the root causes of the school's underperformance.