Summary:
ZIP code 02861 has seven schools in the Pawtucket district: five elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Across the six elementary and middle schools, average 2025–26 proficiency was below state rates in ELA, math and science, with the largest average gap in ELA (10.7 percentage points); the most important takeaway is that Jacqueline M. Walsh School stands out as a strong high-school exception.
Among the elementary and middle schools, results vary substantially by subject: Potter-Burns School led in all-grades ELA at 30.8%, Curvin-McCabe School led in math at 29.7%, and Flora S. Curtis School led in science at 31.8%, slightly above the state’s 31.1%. At the lower end, Fallon Memorial School had the lowest ELA (15.5%) and science (8.5%), while Lyman B. Goff Middle School had the lowest math (12.1%). Walsh’s Grade 11 SAT ELA and NGSA science results were 22.7 and 21.0 points above state rates, respectively, and its graduation rate was 100% versus 85.5% statewide. SchoolDigger ranked Walsh 15th of 58 schools and awarded it four stars.
Year-over-year results improved in all three subjects at Potter-Burns and Nathanael Greene School, while the other four elementary and middle schools declined in all three; Greene’s science rose 19.6 points to 31.0%, and Potter-Burns’ rose 7.4 points to 25.3%. SchoolDigger percentiles also increased for Potter-Burns (29th to 39th) and Greene (16th to 32nd). Similar reported lunch rates and enrollments at Greene and Curvin-McCabe accompany a striking science-score difference—31.0% versus 9.4%—but do not explain it; their student-teacher ratios were 13.2 and 11.3. These figures offer context, not a prediction of any individual student’s experience.
Thank you for your feedback!