Summary:
Tiverton, Rhode Island, has one listed middle school: Tiverton Middle School, which serves grades 4–8 and enrolls 499 students. With no other middle school in the area’s list, parents can compare its results with state scores and look at differences across grades rather than choose between local schools. Its clearest strength is science: 41.1% of students were proficient, 10.0 percentage points above the Rhode Island result.
Tiverton Middle School is above the state overall in all three reported subjects, with the largest advantage in science and the smallest in mathematics. In 2025–26, ELA proficiency was 39.3% versus 33.1% statewide (+6.2 points), mathematics was 35.3% versus 31.9% (+3.4), and science was 41.1% versus 31.1% (+10.0). Grade results show some exceptions: ELA grade 7 was 1.4 points below the state, while mathematics was slightly below in grades 6 and 8. Grade 8 science stands out particularly, at 46.9% versus 29.4% statewide (+17.5 points); there is no separate local school to identify as a top or bottom performer.
Recent results are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA fell 4.4 percentage points, from 43.7% to 39.3%, and mathematics fell 2.9 points, from 38.2% to 35.3%; science was nearly unchanged, rising from 41.0% to 41.1%. SchoolDigger rates the school 3 stars and ranked it 25th of 68 schools (63rd percentile) in 2025–26, down from 18th of 66 (73rd percentile) the prior year. Results also vary by grade, especially in mathematics, where proficiency ranged from 28.2% to 47.7%. The school’s student-teacher ratio was 12.7 and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 34.67% in 2024–25; these figures provide context, not an explanation for test results.
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