Narragansett Elementary

Narragansett Elementary serves prekindergarten through grade 4 and enrolls 331 students in the coastal town of Narragansett, Rhode Island. Its clearest strength is mathematics: 78% of students were proficient in 2025–26, the highest result among the school and 10 nearby schools and well above both the district and state.

Math proficiency was 22 percentage points above the Narragansett district’s 56% and 47 points above the state’s 32%; it also exceeded the nearby-school average of 54% by 24 points. ELA was a strength relative to the district and state, but less exceptional locally: 59% were proficient, 4 points above the district and 26 above the state, ranking fifth among the 11 schools. Fourth-grade ELA is a relative soft spot: 52% were proficient, equal to the district rate, and only four of the 10 nearby schools with grade-level data scored lower. By contrast, Narragansett placed second among 10 schools in both third- and fourth-grade math.

Math has held up better over time: proficiency increased 4 points from 2022–23 to 2025–26, reaching its highest level in the supplied series. ELA moved the other way, declining 11 points over that span, from 70% to 59%, though it remains above state results; its advantage over the district narrowed from 16 points to 4. SchoolDigger ranks Narragansett 11th of 163 Rhode Island schools, at the 93rd percentile with 5 stars, down from the 98th percentile in 2022–23 and 2023–24. Its local rank is fourth, behind Hamilton School, Kingston Hill Academy, and Jamestown School-Melrose. The student-teacher ratio was 11 students per teacher, among the lowest nearby; the free/reduced-lunch rate was 27%, close to the local average of 28%. One notable exception in subgroup rankings is Military Connected Students: SchoolDigger ranks the school 3rd of 3 schools, at the 0th percentile with 4 stars, a much lower standing than its overall ranking; that comparison includes only three schools.