Rhode Island Elementary School Rankings

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NGSA and RICAS test scores by the Rhode Island Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 166)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
440027000075	1	Community School	Public	K-5	15 Arnold Mills Road	Cumberland	02864	Providence County	Cumberland	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 333-5724	676	41	16.6	2.7%	564 (83.4%)	15 (2.2%)	33 (4.9%)	42 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.3%)	$10,573			$345			$10,228	97.6	97.4	1
440003000004	2	Nayatt School	Public	K-3	400 Nayatt Road	Barrington	02806	Bristol County	Barrington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 247-3175	353	23	15	3.7%	271 (76.8%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.1%)	32 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.5%)	$14,622			$349			$14,273	97.4	95	5	3
440057000134	3	Lincoln Central Elementary	Public	K-5	1081 Great Road	Lincoln	02865	Providence County	Lincoln	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 334-2800	399	26	15.5	4.5%	348 (87.2%)	6 (1.5%)	17 (4.3%)	19 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	$13,131			$323			$12,808	95.8	85	26	23
440051000404	4	Jamestown School-Melrose	Public	PK, KG-4	76 Melrose Avenue	Jamestown	02835	Newport County	Jamestown	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 423-7020	245	24	10.4	3.3%	228 (93.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.3%)	$18,200			$1,490			$16,710	95.7	96.2	4
440075000167	5	Hamilton School	Public	K-5	25 Salisbury Avenue	North Kingstown	02852	Washington County	North Kingstown	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 268-6520	415	26	16.1	9.4%	372 (89.6%)	3 (0.7%)	17 (4.1%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$14,193			$370			$13,824	95	96.5	3	2
440096000252	6	Clayville School	Public	PK, KG-5	3 George Washington Highway	Clayville	02815	Providence County	Scituate	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 647-4115	145	10	14.3	7.6%	130 (89.7%)	2 (1.4%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	7 (4.8%)	$19,230			$438			$18,793	94.8	91.6	11	5
440003000005	7	Sowams Elementary School	Public	K-3	364 Sowams Road	Barrington	02806	Bristol County	Barrington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 247-3180	268	18	15.3	2.6%	220 (82.1%)	6 (2.2%)	7 (2.6%)	17 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.7%)	$17,023			$283			$16,740	93.7	92.9	8	1
440030000089	8	James H. Eldredge School	Public	3-5	101 First Avenue	East Greenwich	02818	Kent County	East Greenwich	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 886-3246	285	21	13.3	7.7%	215 (75.4%)	3 (1.1%)	23 (8.1%)	21 (7.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.0%)	$13,442			$156			$13,286	93.5	94.5	6	2
440102000263	9	Matunuck School	Public	K-4	380 Matunuck Beach Road	Wakefield	02879	Washington County	South Kingstown	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 360-1234	177	15	11.5	7.9%	158 (89.3%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.2%)	$25,358			$1,095			$24,263	92.9	83.8	29	20
440099000257	10	Raymond LaPerche School	Public	PK, KG-5	11 Limerock Road	Smithfield	02917	Providence County	Smithfield	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 231-6652	319	21	15.5	6.3%	279 (87.5%)	2 (0.6%)	18 (5.6%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.1%)	$16,091			$278			$15,813	92.3	91.8	9	1

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NGSA Science, RICAS English Language Arts, RICAS Mathematics test scores released by the Rhode Island Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 9, 2022, 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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