Summary:
Zip code 02806 has one listed middle school, Barrington Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in the Barrington district, with 763 students. Its most important distinction is that 2025–26 proficiency rates were substantially higher than Rhode Island’s in all three reported subjects.
Because it is the only school listed, Barrington Middle School is the sole local option, rather than a meaningful area leader over other schools. Its ELA proficiency was 72.3%, compared with 33.1% statewide, a 39.2-point advantage; mathematics was 59.1% versus 31.9%, a 27.2-point advantage; and science was 64.0% versus 31.1%, a 32.9-point advantage. ELA is the school’s strongest reported subject, while mathematics is its lowest and has the narrowest advantage over the state. Grade 6 mathematics is a particular relative weak spot: 47.1% proficiency, 18.0 points above the state rate, compared with school–state gaps of 36.8 points in grade 7 mathematics and 33.9 points in grade 8 mathematics.
Recent results show a mixed pattern: ELA fell from 76.1% in 2024–25 to 72.3% in 2025–26, and mathematics declined from 63.2% to 59.1%, while science rose from 62.4% to 64.0%. Science also moved from 2.7 points below the district rate to 0.2 points above it; the school’s district advantages narrowed in ELA, from 8.0 to 4.8 points, and mathematics, from 2.8 to 1.7 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 5th of 68 in 2025–26, compared with 2nd of 66 the prior year and 1st of 64 in 2023–24, so its ranking remains high despite slipping. The reported student-teacher ratio is 12.3, and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 11.93% in 2024–25; these are useful context for families, not explanations of academic results.
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