Summary:
Zip code 02837 has one listed school, Wilbur and McMahon Schools, a PK–8 school serving 216 students in Little Compton; the supplied assessment results cover grades 3–8. In 2025–26, the school’s all-grades results were 72.3% in English language arts (ELA), 67.7% in mathematics and 82.0% in science, compared with Rhode Island’s 33.1%, 31.9% and 31.1%, respectively. The most important finding is that the school scored well above state results in all three subjects, with its largest advantage in science: 50.9 percentage points.
With just one listed school, there is no local school-to-school comparison; the clearest differences are between grades at Wilbur and McMahon Schools. Science was the strongest overall subject, at 82.0%, while mathematics was lowest at 67.7%. Math results varied most by grade: third grade had the school’s highest reported result, 85.7%, while sixth grade had its lowest, 50.0%; both were still above the state, by 48.6 and 20.9 points, respectively. ELA was steadier, ranging from 69.6% in grade 7 to 78.6% in grade 3. Science was also consistent across its two reported grades: 82.8% in grade 5 and 81.0% in grade 8.
Results moved in different directions from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA fell 4.7 points, from 77.0% to 72.3%, and math fell 5.0 points, from 72.7% to 67.7%, while science rose 10.0 points, from 72.0% to 82.0%. SchoolDigger ranked Wilbur and McMahon Schools 3rd of 163 in 2025–26, after 1st of 166 the previous year and 2nd of 166 in 2023–24. For context, its reported student–teacher ratio was 7.4 and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 18.06% in 2024–25; these figures describe the school but do not provide a basis for comparison with other local schools.
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