Summary:
Foster-Glocester has two schools serving grades 6–12: Ponaganset Middle School (grades 6–8, 396 students) and Ponaganset High School (grades 9–12, 869 students). Together they enroll 1,265 students. The most important finding is a clear divide: the high school is above state results on every reported measure, while the middle school is above the state in ELA but below it in overall math and science.
Ponaganset High School stands out most strongly: its reported proficiency rates exceed state results by 11.2 to 23.5 percentage points, and its 96.2% graduation rate is 10.7 points above the state rate. Ponaganset Middle School’s clearest strength is ELA, with all-grade proficiency 7.1 points above the state and grade 6 ELA 12.3 points above. Its weaker results are in math and science overall, respectively 2.5 and 3.0 points below the state. Grade 8 math is the sharpest concern: 20.9%, or 9.3 points below the state, compared with grade 7 math at 38.7%, 10.8 points above.
Recent indicators point in different directions at the two schools. Across four high-school SAT and PSAT measures, the average advantage over the state grew from 14.3 points in 2024–25 to 19.4 in 2025–26, though the SAT ELA lead narrowed. At the middle school, all-grade ELA, math, and science rates fell by 9.3, 3.3, and 13.9 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rank rose from 77 to 81 for the high school between 2023–24 and 2025–26, while the middle school’s fell from 69 to 56. Their student-teacher ratios are similar (12.7 and 12.3); the middle school reports a 1.2-point higher free/reduced-lunch rate and $2,506 more spending per student. These are contextual differences, not explanations of results. The schools serve different grade spans, so their proficiency rates are not direct like-for-like comparisons.
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