Middle Schools in South Kingstown

South Kingstown has one middle school in the list, Broad Rock Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 554 students. Its 2025–2026 proficiency results were above Rhode Island’s in all three subjects: ELA was 54.5% versus 33.1% statewide, math was 51.0% versus 31.9%, and science was 61.4% versus 31.1%. The most important finding for parents is that Broad Rock’s strongest results are not limited to one subject: it exceeded state results across ELA, math and science, with its largest advantage in science.

Broad Rock is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this local list simply because it is the only one, so there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. Its standout subject is science, where proficiency was 30.3 percentage points above the state; its advantages were 21.4 points in ELA and 19.1 in math. Within the school, seventh-grade ELA is a relative soft spot at 48.2%, compared with 55.1% in grade 6 and 61.4% in grade 8, though it remains 16.2 points above the same-grade state result. Math is steadier across grades, ranging from 48.9% to 54.5%, and the school was above state results at each grade level.

Results changed unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: science rose from 44.3% to 61.4%, while ELA slipped 1.4 points to 54.5% and math slipped 1.9 points to 51.0%. The three-subject average increased from 51.0% to 55.6%, largely reflecting the science gain. SchoolDigger’s ranking improved from 11th of 64 schools in 2023–2024 to 7th of 68 in 2025–2026, and its reported percentile rose from the 83rd to the 90th. The supplied context figures are a student-teacher ratio of 11.7 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 28.7%; these describe the school but do not establish why its results are high. With only one school listed, families cannot use these data to compare schools within South Kingstown.