Summary:
Smithfield has one listed middle school, Vincent J. Gallagher Middle, serving grades 6–8. The school enrolls 502 students, and its latest results are above the state average in all three reported subjects; its largest advantage is in science.
With just one school in the area, Gallagher is both the top and bottom school in any local ranking, so there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison. Its clearest strength is science: 49.7% proficiency, 18.6 percentage points above the state and 8.6 points above the district. ELA is 46.8%, 13.7 points above the state and nearly level with the district (46.7%). Mathematics is 44.4%, 12.5 points above the state but 3.4 points below the district. Eighth-grade mathematics stands out within the school at 52.7%, compared with 41.3% in grade 6 and 39.9% in grade 7.
Results declined from the prior year, although they remain above state figures: ELA fell 1.9 percentage points, mathematics 3.6, and science 1.7 between 2024–25 and 2025–26. Gallagher has a four-star SchoolDigger rating; its statewide rank shifted from 12th of 64 schools in 2023–24 to 15th of 68 in 2025–26, a relative ranking change rather than a test-score measure. Reported context includes a student–teacher ratio of 11.6 and a 20.72% free/reduced-lunch rate in 2024–25. Since the list contains only one school, these figures do not support comparisons with other local schools.
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