Best High Schools in Zip Code 02852

ZIP code 02852 has one high school, North Kingstown Senior High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 1,278 students. In 2025–26, its proficiency rates were above state rates in all six reported comparisons, by 20 to 30 percentage points. That consistent outperformance of the state is the clearest finding for families considering high schools in this area.

North Kingstown Senior High is both the top- and bottom-scoring school in this ZIP-code list by default; there is no other local high school to compare it with. Its largest state advantage was 30 points in grade 10 PSAT10 math, followed by 28 points in grade 11 SAT ELA; its smallest was 20 points in grade 11 SAT math. The school matched the North Kingstown district in grade 11 science and SAT results, and was less than 1 point above the district in the other reported comparisons. SchoolDigger ranked it 4th of 58 in 2025–26 and awarded it five stars.

Results changed in different directions across tests: grade 11 SAT math proficiency fell 7 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while grade 10 PSAT10 math rose 9 points; SAT ELA fell 1 point and PSAT10 ELA rose 4 points. The average school-to-state gap across four matched tests widened by about 1 point, but that summary masks these contrasting trends. Other reported indicators are favorable: the 2024–25 graduation rate was 96%, versus 86% statewide, and the dropout rate was 1%, versus 7% statewide. The student–teacher ratio is 11.9, and the free/reduced-lunch rate is 23%. With only one school listed, these figures describe the school but cannot show differences among local high schools.