Summary:
ZIP code 02817 has two high schools serving grades 9–12: Exeter-West Greenwich Regional and The Greene School, with 641 students combined. As a group, their latest results are above Rhode Island averages in science and English language arts, while math performance varies sharply by school and test. The clearest overall finding is that Exeter-West Greenwich leads Greene on every comparable current test measure and has the higher graduation rate.
Exeter-West Greenwich stands out at the top: it has 58.9% proficiency in science versus Greene’s 40.9%, and 69.4% versus 52.3% on grade 11 SAT ELA. Its SAT math proficiency is 33.3%, compared with under 5% at The Greene School—a gap of more than 28.3 percentage points. The schools are closer on grade 10 PSAT10 ELA, where Exeter-West Greenwich leads 71.0% to 68.2%. Graduation rates are 98.9% and 90.7%, respectively, both above the state’s 85.5%. SchoolDigger ranks Exeter-West Greenwich 13th of 58 schools with four stars, and Greene 22nd with three stars.
Recent changes offer a more mixed picture: Greene’s PSAT10 math proficiency jumped 20.9 percentage points to 27.3%, and its PSAT10 ELA rose 8.6 points to 68.2%; nevertheless, its math result remained 2.0 points below the state. Greene’s SAT math fell from 21.7% to under 5%, while Exeter-West Greenwich rose from 28.4% to 33.3%; SAT ELA declined at both schools. Greene’s SchoolDigger rank also recovered from 29th in 2024–25 to 22nd, though it remains below its 12th-place result in 2023–24. Exeter-West Greenwich has a lower student-teacher ratio (11.5 versus 14.5) and reported free/reduced-lunch rate (23.23% versus 45.5%); these are differences in school context, not explanations for results. With only two schools, averages and comparisons describe this pair rather than a broader pattern.
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