Summary:
The 21 schools in Cranston, Rhode Island, include 14 elementary, four middle and three high schools. The most important finding for families is how sharply results vary by school: elementary science proficiency ranges from 6.8% to 59.5%, while 11th-grade SAT ELA results at the high schools span 48.5 percentage points.
Standouts differ by grade level. Stone Hill School leads elementary ELA at 51.8%, compared with 13.1% at Gladstone Street School; Orchard Farms Elementary School leads math at 50.7%, while Edgewood Highland and Arlington School are lowest at 12.7%. Oak Lawn School leads science at 59.5%, versus 6.8% at George J. Peters School. Among middle schools, Hope Highlands Middle School leads ELA, math and science (39.9%, 42.4% and 46.8%); Hugh B. Bain Middle School is lowest in all three. Cranston High School West leads the high schools on each reported test, while Apprenticeship Exploration School reports 11.1% SAT ELA and under 5% in math. SchoolDigger gives Stone Hill and Orchard Farms four stars.
Recent changes are mixed, not a clear area-wide rise or fall: elementary-school averages increased 0.8 points in ELA and 1.2 in math, but fell 0.2 in science; middle-school averages fell 1.8 in ELA and rose 3.3 in math. Longer-term SchoolDigger rankings also vary: Edward S. Rhodes School rose 17 percentile points from 2023–24 to 2025–26, while Garden City School fell 13. Graduation rates offer a different perspective: West’s 95.4% rate and Apprenticeship Exploration’s 86.2% were both above the state’s 85.5%, despite their very different proficiency results. School size, student–teacher ratios and free/reduced-lunch rates also vary across the schools, but these figures alone do not explain performance.
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