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Johnston

At a glance

42^ndof 61 Rhode Island districts▼ 7

Better than 31% of Rhode Island districts

Elementary 5 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

10 Memorial Avenue
Johnston, RI 02919·(401) 233-1900·All Rhode Island district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 31.1% of districts

Schools

3,136

Students

Top rankedNicholas A. Ferri Middle37^th of 68 Rhode Island middle schools

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Smallest classes

Johnston Senior High 10.3 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

2★

1★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Johnston’s seven public schools serve 2,984 students from early childhood through grade 12: five elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. The schools are in Johnston, Rhode Island, and reported student–teacher ratios range from 10.3 to 12.2. The clearest area-wide concern is that elementary proficiency averages trail state rates by roughly 9 to 11 percentage points, although middle-school English language arts is nearly at the state level.

Brown Avenue School leads elementary English language arts at 27.5%, while Thornton School leads math at 30.0% and science at 27.6%; Brown is close behind in math at 29.7%. At the other end, Winsor Hill School has the lowest elementary English language arts result, 19.4%, and Sarah Dyer Barnes School has the lowest math result, 12.2%—17.8 points below Thornton. Nicholas A. Ferri Middle is close to the state in English language arts (33.0% versus 33.1%), but trails by 12.6 points in math. Johnston Senior High has a 94.0% graduation rate, above the district’s 93.0% and state’s 85.5%, despite below-state results on its supplied tests.

Recent results are mixed, with elementary averages falling from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 3.9 points in English language arts, 7.9 in math and 2.3 in science; Thornton and Brown are close in current math, but Brown’s rate dropped 17.7 points year over year. Barnes also had the sharpest reported SchoolDigger statewide percentile decline among these schools, from 32 to 13; Brown fell from 56 to 37. Income measures do not neatly track results: Thornton has the highest reported free/reduced-lunch rate among tested elementary schools, 68.82%, while leading in math and science, whereas Brown has the lowest rate, 43.03%, and leads in English language arts. These figures are context, not an explanation for school results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT10 English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2026)	SAT English Language Arts (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	NGSA Science (2026)				RICAS English Language Arts (2026)							RICAS Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	NGSA Science 5th Grade	NGSA Science 8th Grade	NGSA Science 11th Grade	NGSA Science All Grades	RICAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts All Grades	RICAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	RICAS Mathematics 4th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 5th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 6th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 7th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 8th Grade	RICAS Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Brown Avenue School	Public	1-5	14 Brown Avenue	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 934-0270	251	21	11.9	43.0%	167 (66.5%)	6 (2.4%)	61 (24.3%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	36	103^rd of 163 public elementary schools	36.8%		50.2	73^rd of 166 public elementary schools	56.0%	30					23.1			23.1	27.0	34.9	20.0				27.5	24.3	31.0	33.3				29.7			$16,973	$143	$16,830
Graniteville School	Public	PK	6 Collins Avenue	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 231-8790	152	10	15.2	36.8%	77 (50.7%)	11 (7.2%)	52 (34.2%)	5 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)								(n/a)																									$32,993	$658	$32,335
Johnston Senior High	Public	9-12	345 Cherry Hill Road	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 233-1920	826	80	10.3	55.7%	451 (54.6%)	55 (6.7%)	275 (33.3%)	27 (3.3%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	13 (1.6%)	26.4	37^th of 58 public high schools	36.2%		29.6	35^th of 60 public high schools	41.7%	2	49.0	20.3	36.7	10.9			9.0	9.0																	$19,364	$557	$18,807
Nicholas A. Ferri Middle	Public	6-8	10 Memorial Avenue	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 233-1930	720	59	12.2	59.2%	365 (50.7%)	52 (7.2%)	250 (34.7%)	31 (4.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.8%)	37.4	37^th of 68 public middle schools	45.6%		40.4	33^rd of 66 public middle schools	50.0%	4						17.4		17.4				35.0	33.2	30.9	33.0				23.5	22.4	12.6	19.3			$16,681	$430	$16,251
Sarah Dyer Barnes School	Public	K-5	24 Barnes Avenue	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 231-8710	266	24	11.0	51.1%	160 (60.2%)	22 (8.3%)	69 (25.9%)	5 (1.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	16.7	141^st of 163 public elementary schools	13.5%		30.8	113^th of 166 public elementary schools	31.9%	28					17.0			17.0	28.9	16.3	18.9				21.1	10.9	16.3	9.4				12.2	≥ 95%		$18,181	$913	$17,268
Thornton School	Public	1-5	4 School Street	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 943-7369	340	31	10.9	68.8%	129 (37.9%)	30 (8.8%)	157 (46.2%)	14 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.9%)	34.2	106^th of 163 public elementary schools	35.0%		33.7	103^rd of 166 public elementary schools	38.0%	3					27.6			27.6	36.6	15.4	21.1				24.3	38.9	20.5	31.6				30.0			$17,857	$1,424	$16,433
Winsor Hill School	Public	1-5	100 Theresa Street	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 831-4619	380	32	11.8	60.5%	195 (51.3%)	35 (9.2%)	123 (32.4%)	14 (3.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	18.5	132^nd of 163 public elementary schools	19.0%		25.5	129^th of 166 public elementary schools	22.3%	3					21.4			21.4	15.5	17.2	23.7				19.4	12.7	11.1	16.3				13.8			$16,215	$1,655	$14,560
Early Childhood Center	Public	K	10 Memorial Avenue	Johnston	02919	Providence County	Johnston	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 233-0054	201	18	11.1	52.7%	95 (47.3%)	17 (8.5%)	67 (33.3%)	7 (3.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.5%)								(n/a)																									$16,838	$1,383	$15,455

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Rhode Island Department of Education.

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