Summary:
ZIP code 02863 has one listed high school, Central Falls Senior High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 788 students. With no other local high schools in this list, families have no in-ZIP school comparison; the clearest concern in the reported results is English language arts performance, especially grade 10, where proficiency was 17% compared with 56% statewide—a 39-point gap.
Within the school’s results, science stands out as closest to the state benchmark, while grade 10 English language arts is the weakest of the listed measures. In grade 11 science, 22% met the benchmark, versus 31% statewide, a 10-point gap. By comparison, grade 11 SAT English language arts was 18% versus 48% statewide, and math was 6% versus 24%. Grade 10 PSAT10 math was under 5%, compared with 29% statewide. Completion results also lag the state: the 2024–25 graduation rate was 65%, 20 points below the state rate, though 3 points above the Central Falls district rate. The dropout rate was 27%, 19 points above the state.
Results over time are mixed, with grade 11 English language arts improving while grade 10 English language arts declined. Grade 11 SAT ELA rose from 14% in 2024–25 to 18% in 2025–26, narrowing its state gap from 38 to 29 points; grade 10 PSAT10 ELA fell from 19% to 17%, and its gap widened from 36 to 39 points. All-grades science proficiency increased from 10% to 22%. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved from 56th of 61 schools in 2023–24 to 46th of 58 in 2025–26, while its percentile rose from 8 to 21. The school’s reported student–teacher ratio is 14.5 to 1, and its free/reduced-price-lunch rate is 95%; these are contextual figures, not explanations of results.
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