Summary:
ZIP code 02840 in Newport has one listed elementary school, Claiborne Pell Elementary, which serves prekindergarten through grade 4 and enrolls 657 students. Its latest all-grade proficiency rates were 19.1% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 16.7% in math. The most important takeaway is that Pell’s results are above the Newport district rates but substantially below Rhode Island’s statewide rates.
Pell is the only school in this ZIP-code list, so there is no local top or bottom school to compare; the school’s results are the entire group’s results. In 2025–2026, Pell was 5.6 percentage points above the district in ELA (19.1% versus 13.5%) and 5.1 points above in math (16.7% versus 11.6%). It was 14.0 points below the state in ELA and 15.2 points below in math. Grade 3 shows the largest state gaps: Pell was 22.1 points behind in ELA and 21.9 points behind in math. Grade 4 ELA was relatively closer, 10.2 points below the state. SchoolDigger ranked Pell 142nd of 163 Rhode Island elementary schools, at the 13th percentile, and awarded it one star.
Pell’s latest scores declined from the prior year, especially in math: ELA fell from 22.4% to 19.1%, while math fell from 22.9% to 16.7%. SchoolDigger’s rank changed from 132nd of 166 schools in 2024–2025 to 142nd of 163 in 2025–2026. ELA remains the stronger subject, with a 2.4-point advantage over math in the latest all-grade results. The school reports a student–teacher ratio of 10.9 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 74.28% for 2024–2025; these figures provide context but do not establish why scores changed. Because only one school is listed, the data cannot show differences among elementary schools in the ZIP code.
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