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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 02863

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862

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Top rankedBlackstone Valley Prep Junior High33^rd of 68 Rhode Island middle schools

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Biggest riser

Calcutt Middle School up 4 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 02863 has three middle schools: Calcutt Middle School and Raices Upper Dual Language Academy serve grades 6–8, while Blackstone Valley Prep Junior High serves grades 7–8; results vary sharply across the area, and Blackstone Valley Prep leads all three schools in ELA, math, and science.

Blackstone Valley Prep is the clear test-score leader, with 32% proficient in ELA, 32% in math, and 22% in science. Its results are 22 percentage points above the next-highest school in ELA, 17 points ahead in math, and 3 points ahead in science; in math it is nearly level with the state (32.1% versus 31.9%). Calcutt and Raices are considerably lower overall: Calcutt narrowly leads Raices in ELA (10.7% versus 10.5%) and science (19% versus 13%), while Raices leads Calcutt in math (16% versus 10%). SchoolDigger gives Blackstone Valley Prep three stars and a 51st-percentile ranking, compared with one star and the 18th percentile for Calcutt and one star and the 22nd percentile for Raices. Across the schools, average proficiency is 18% in ELA, 19% in math, and 18% in science—13 to 15 percentage points below state results.

Recent changes are mixed: Calcutt and Raices improved in both ELA and math, while Blackstone Valley Prep declined, including a 10-point math drop (from 42% to 32%). In science, Calcutt rose 12 points, while Blackstone Valley Prep fell 8 points. Grade-level results can also help families compare: Raices leads Calcutt in sixth-grade ELA and math by 13 points in each, but trails Calcutt in eighth-grade ELA; Blackstone Valley Prep leads in both shared grades in ELA and math. Student-teacher ratios are similar—13.4 at Blackstone Valley Prep, 13.6 at Calcutt, and 12.6 at Raices—while reported free/reduced-lunch rates are 81%, 93%, and 98%, respectively; these are contextual figures, not explanations for results. Raices’ enrollment is 63, so its results merit extra care, and SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings have risen over their listed periods for Calcutt and Raices but fallen for Blackstone Valley Prep.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NGSA Science (2026)		RICAS English Language Arts (2026)				RICAS Mathematics (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NGSA Science 8th Grade	NGSA Science All Grades	RICAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts All Grades	RICAS Mathematics 6th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 7th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 8th Grade	RICAS Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Blackstone Valley Prep Junior High	Public, Charter	7-8	909 Lonsdale	Central Falls	02863	Providence County	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 331-3533	323	24	13.4	80.5%	209 (64.7%)	99 (30.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47.4	33^rd of 68 public middle schools	51.5%		58.4	27^th of 66 public middle schools	59.1%	6	22.0	22.0		36.6	28.0	32.4		35.5	28.7	32.1	$13,619	$951	$12,669
Calcutt Middle School	Public	6-8	112 Washington Street	Central Falls	02863	Providence County	Central Falls	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 727-7726	476	35	13.6	93.3%	114 (23.9%)	95 (20.0%)	198 (41.6%)	5 (1.1%)	35 (7.4%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.8%)	15.7	56^th of 68 public middle schools	17.6%		10.9	60^th of 66 public middle schools	9.1%	4	19.1	19.1	8.4	9.2	14.4	10.7	6.1	474.0	17.8	9.6	$18,486	$1,226	$17,259
Raices Upper Dual Language Acd	Public	6-8	112 Washington Street	Central falls	02863	Providence County	Central Falls	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(401) 727-7733	63	5	12.6	—	7 (11.1%)	1 (1.6%)	50 (79.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19.6	53^rd of 68 public middle schools	22.1%		14.3	54^th of 66 public middle schools	18.2%	1	13.2	13.2	21.2	468.0	5.6	10.5	19.4	6.9	18.4	15.5	$23,958	$2,111	$21,847

Cities Near Zip Code 02863

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Central Falls	0.13 mi	10	47^th
Pawtucket	0.18 mi	19	44^th
Cumberland	0.93 mi	13	26^th
Lincoln	1.13 mi	7	21^st
Providence	2.92 mi	61	46^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Rhode Island Department of Education.

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