Summary:
ZIP code 02842 has one listed high school, Middletown High School, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 523 students. Its 2025–26 proficiency rates were above Rhode Island’s in all six reported subject-and-test comparisons, by 3 to 12 percentage points, with the largest advantages in English language arts (ELA).
There is no meaningful top or bottom school in this area because only one is listed; compared with state results, the school’s strongest 2025–26 profile is ELA, while math is closer to the state rates. ELA proficiency was 60% on the 11th-grade SAT versus 48% statewide, and 67% on the 10th-grade PSAT10 versus 56% statewide. Math was 28% on the SAT versus 24% statewide and 32% on the PSAT10 versus 29%. Graduation outcomes are also favorable: the 2024–25 rate was 95%, compared with 86% statewide and 90% in the Middletown district. The dropout rate was 4%, below the state’s 7% and the district’s 6%.
Results moved in mixed directions over the two years: science proficiency rose 8 points, from 30% to 38%, and 10th-grade PSAT math rose 9 points, from 23% to 32%; by contrast, 11th-grade SAT ELA fell 7 points, from 67% to 60%, and SAT math fell 3 points. The school remained above state rates in every 2025–26 comparison, though its advantage narrowed in both SAT subjects. SchoolDigger lists it at 20th of 58 schools, in the 66th percentile, with three stars for 2025–26; its percentile history was 70th, 60th, then 66th. School context includes a 10.6 student–teacher ratio, a 33% free/reduced-lunch rate, and spending of $22,484 per student; these figures describe the school, not causes of its results. With only one school listed, families cannot compare school-to-school differences in this ZIP code.
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