Summary
Hoxsie School is a K–5 elementary school in Warwick, Rhode Island, serving 278 students in a community with 10 nearby elementary schools in the comparison. Its overall results are near local and state levels, but scores differ sharply by grade. The clearest concern is fourth grade: ELA proficiency was 16%, compared with 32% statewide and 31% in the district; math was 21%, compared with 35% statewide and 31% districtwide. Only Holliman School had a lower nearby fourth-grade ELA result.
Science is Hoxsie’s strongest subject relative to the state, district, and nearby-school average: proficiency was 33%, versus 31% statewide, 32% districtwide, and a 31% nearby average. It ranked fifth among the 11 schools in the comparison. ELA was 33%, essentially level with the state, district, and nearby average; math was 32%, close to the state and nearby average but just below the district’s 33%. Third-grade math stood out at 43%, above the state’s 37% and district’s 34%, while fifth-grade ELA was 39%, above the state’s 31% and district’s 30%.
Hoxsie’s SchoolDigger percentile rose from 27 to 49 in one year, and its rating increased from 1 to 3 stars; it is now ranked 83rd of 163 Rhode Island elementary schools. Test trends are mixed: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, math rose 8 percentage points, ELA was nearly unchanged, and science fell 2 points overall after a sharp drop and recovery. The 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 13.9, compared with a nearby average of 13.1; its free/reduced-lunch rate was 55%, versus a nearby average of 51%. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile for how well it serves Special Education Students rose from 14 to 49, matching its overall percentile; for White Students, it rose from 8 to 29 but remained 20 points below the school’s overall percentile.
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