Best School Districts in Rhode Island

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Rhode Island Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, October 2, 2025.

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Rank (of 60)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
33^rd	Achievement First Rhode Island	K-12	4	2	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.426	41	8
7^th	Barrington	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Barrington	Bristol County	0.892	4	3
36^th	Beacon Charter School	6-12	0	1	1	0	Woonsocket	Providence County	0.358	34	2
47^th	Blackstone Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Pawtucket	Providence County	0.267	44	3
29^th	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	K-12	3	2	1	0	Cumberland	Providence County	0.485	37	8
17^th	Bristol Warren	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Bristol	Bristol County	0.763	17
28^th	Burrillville	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Harrisville	Providence County	0.506	29	1
57^th	Central Falls	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Central Falls	Providence County	0.101	59	2
42^nd	Charette Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.3	57	15
21^st	Chariho	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	1	Wood River Junction	Washington County	0.713	20	1
25^th	Coventry	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Coventry	Kent County	0.626	23	2
31^st	Cranston	PK, KG-12	14	4	4	0	Cranston	Providence County	0.445	32	1
13^th	Cumberland	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Cumberland	Providence County	0.79	15	2
22^nd	Davies Career and Technical	9-12	0	0	1	0	Lincoln	Providence County	0.683	26	4
4^th	East Greenwich	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	East Greenwich	Kent County	0.913	3	1
26^th	East Providence	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	0	East Providence	Providence County	0.518	27	1
	Excel Academy Rhode Island	5-7	0	1	0	0	North Providence	Providence County			(n/a)
14^th	Exeter-West Greenwich	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Greenwich	Kent County	0.785	16	2
32^nd	Foster	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Foster	Providence County	0.428	33	1
19^th	Foster-Glocester	6-12	0	1	1	0	North Scituate	Providence County	0.716	21	2
8^th	Glocester	PK, KG-5	2	0	0	0	Chepachet	Providence County	0.889	8
56^th	Highlander	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.173	55	1
40^th	International Charter	K-5	1	0	0	0	Pawtucket	Providence County	0.313	42	2
2^nd	Jamestown	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Jamestown	Newport County	0.961	1	1
35^th	Johnston	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Johnston	Providence County	0.4	35
3^rd	Kingston Hill Academy	K-5	1	0	0	0	Saunderstown	Washington County	0.916	9	6
38^th	Learning Community	K-8	1	0	0	0	Central Falls	Providence County	0.335	43	5
18^th	Lincoln	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Lincoln	Providence County	0.746	18
1^st	Little Compton	PK, KG-11	1	0	0	0	Little Compton	Newport County	0.989	2	1
39^th	MET Career and Technical	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.333	36	3
20^th	Middletown	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Middletown	Newport County	0.716	24	4
9^th	Narragansett	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Narragansett	Washington County	0.887	7	2
	New Shoreham	K-12	0	0	0	1	Block Island	Washington County			(n/a)
49^th	Newport	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Newport	Newport County	0.237	46	3
11^th	North Kingstown	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	North Kingstown	Washington County	0.832	11
34^th	North Providence	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	North Providence	Providence County	0.412	31	3
6^th	North Smithfield	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	North Smithfield	Providence County	0.901	6
46^th	Nuestro Mundo Public Charter	K-8	1	0	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.269	38	8
48^th	Paul Cuffee Charter School	K-12	1	1	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.265	52	4
43^rd	Pawtucket	PK, KG-12	10	3	3	0	Pawtucket	Providence County	0.288	45	2
5^th	Portsmouth	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Portsmouth	Newport County	0.912	5
50^th	Providence	PK, KG-12	20	6	11	0	Providence	Providence County	0.23	48	2
52^nd	Providence Preparatory Charter	5-8	0	1	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.212	39	13
	R.I. School for the Deaf	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Providence	Providence County			(n/a)
44^th	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.283	47	3
37^th	RISE Prep Mayoral Academy	K-9	1	0	0	1	Woonsocket	Providence County	0.348	30	7
24^th	Scituate	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Clayville	Providence County	0.67	22	2
53^rd	Segue Institute for Learning	K-9	1	0	0	1	Central Falls	Providence County	0.207	54	1
	Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County			(n/a)
16^th	Smithfield	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Smithfield	Providence County	0.766	19	3
12^th	South Kingstown	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Wakefield	Washington County	0.802	13	1
41^st	SouthSide Charter School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.301	49	8
10^th	The Compass School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Kingston	Washington County	0.867	10
27^th	The Greene School	9-12	0	0	1	0	West Greenwich	Kent County	0.517	12	15
54^th	The Hope Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.203	53	1
15^th	Tiverton	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Tiverton	Newport County	0.773	14	1
45^th	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	5-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.273	50	5
59^th	Urban Collaborative	7-8	0	1	0	0	Providence	Providence County	0.061		(n/a)
55^th	Village Green Virtual	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.183	40	15
30^th	Warwick	PK, KG-12	13	2	3	0	Warwick	Kent County	0.474	28	2
51^st	West Warwick	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	West Warwick	Kent County	0.22	51
23^rd	Westerly	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Westerly	Washington County	0.682	25	2
58^th	Woonsocket	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Woonsocket	Providence County	0.095	58
60^th	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	9-12	0	0	1	0	Providence	Providence County	0.033	56	4

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Rhode Island Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 2, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Rhode Island Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Rhode Island Department of Education.
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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.