Summary:
ZIP code 02857 has two K–5 elementary schools: Fogarty Memorial, with 318 students, and North Scituate School, with 238. Both are above the state proficiency rate in all-grades ELA, math, and science, but their results differ considerably. The clearest overall finding is that Fogarty leads in all three subjects, with its largest advantage over North Scituate in math.
Fogarty Memorial stands out at the top: its 2025–26 proficiency rates were 47% in ELA, 55% in math, and 53% in science, compared with 36%, 39%, and 41% at North Scituate School. Fogarty’s leads were 11 percentage points in ELA, 16 in math, and 12 in science. Both schools exceeded state results, though North Scituate’s ELA rate was only 3 points above the state’s 33%; Fogarty was 14 points above the state in ELA, 23 in math, and 22 in science. SchoolDigger ranks Fogarty 29th of 163 schools, at the 82nd percentile with 4 stars; North Scituate ranks 64th, at the 61st percentile with 3 stars. One grade-level exception at North Scituate is fifth-grade ELA: 30% proficiency, just below the state’s 31%.
Results fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in all three subjects at Fogarty, including a 12-point drop in math and an 8-point drop in science; North Scituate was nearly unchanged in ELA but fell 8 points in math and 8 in science. Across both schools, the average decline was largest in math, at 10 points. Context indicators also differ: Fogarty’s student–teacher ratio was 15.1, compared with 14 at North Scituate, while their free/reduced-lunch rates were 18% and 25%, respectively; these figures describe the schools but do not explain their results. Because 2024–25 state comparisons are not supplied, the data cannot show whether either school’s position relative to the state changed.
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