Summary:
Zip code 02842 has one middle school, Gaudet Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Middletown and enrolling 431 students. In 2025–2026, Gaudet’s results were above Rhode Island’s overall in math and science, but slightly below in English Language Arts (ELA). The most important finding is the sharp difference in math by grade: eighth graders scored 21 points above the state, while seventh graders scored 7 points below.
Gaudet is the only school in this area’s list, so there is no meaningful local top or bottom school to compare. Across all grades, its math result was 36%, 4 points above the state, and science was 38%, 7 points above; ELA was 0.4 point below the state (32.7% versus 33.1%). The grade-level math contrast is especially notable: 51% of eighth graders met the benchmark, compared with 21% of seventh graders. Relative to the Middletown district, Gaudet was behind in all three subjects: 9 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 1 in science.
Results shifted in different directions from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell 8 points and science fell 4, while math rose 3; the three-subject average declined 3 points. SchoolDigger ranks Gaudet 29th of 68 schools, at the 57th percentile with 3 stars, down from 4 stars and the 67th percentile in 2023–2024. The reported student–teacher ratio is 11, and the free/reduced-lunch rate was 40% in 2024–2025; these figures provide context, not an explanation of results. With only one school listed, the data cannot show how Gaudet compares with other local schools or what accounts for its outcomes.
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