Summary:
The Cranston school district in Rhode Island is home to 4 middle schools serving grades 6-8: Western Hills Middle School, Park View Middle School, Hugh B. Bain Middle School, and Hope Highlands Middle School. The data reveals significant performance differences between these schools, with Hope Highlands standing out as the top-performing middle school in the Cranston district.
Hope Highlands Middle School excels academically, ranking 25th out of 66 Rhode Island middle schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's students outperform their peers across the district and state in English Language Arts, math, and science proficiency. For example, in 2024-2025, 42.2% of Hope Highlands students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the Cranston district average of 31.7% and the Rhode Island average of 33.1-34.8%. Similarly, the school's math proficiency rate of 37.1% is significantly higher than the Cranston district average of 26.5% and the state average of 26.4-30%.
In contrast, the other Cranston middle schools lag behind Hope Highlands in academic performance. Hugh B. Bain Middle School, in particular, has the lowest proficiency rates in the district, with only 16.1% of students proficient or better in ELA and 13.5% in math in 2024-2025. This performance gap suggests that addressing equity and access issues could be an important focus for the Cranston school district as a whole.
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