Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 02865

ZIP code 02865 has two middle schools: Lincoln Middle School, serving grades 6–8, and Blackstone Valley Prep Upper E, serving grades 5–6. Lincoln leads the 2025–26 All Grades results in all three subjects, and grade 6—the only grade both schools share—also shows Lincoln ahead in ELA and math.

Lincoln is the current score leader, with the largest All Grades gaps in ELA and math: 41% versus 31% in ELA, a 9-point lead, and 40% versus 32% in math, an 8-point lead. In science, it leads 35% to 32%, a 3-point gap. Grade 6 results reinforce the comparison: Lincoln leads by 9 points in ELA and 4 points in math. Blackstone Valley Prep is closer to the state in All Grades math and science, at 32.0% versus 31.9% in math and 32% versus 31% in science, but its ELA result is 31% compared with the state’s 33%.

The recent trend favors Blackstone Valley Prep: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, it gained 3 points in ELA, 6 in math and 11 in science. Lincoln fell 2 points in ELA and 4 in math, while rising 1 point in science. Lincoln’s student–teacher ratio is 16.1, compared with 15.2 at Blackstone Valley Prep; their reported free/reduced-lunch rates are 38% and 74%, respectively. SchoolDigger ranks Lincoln’s district 18th of 61 and gives it four stars, while it ranks Blackstone Valley Prep’s district 28th and gives it three stars; these are district measures, not school test-score rankings. The schools serve different grade spans, so grade 6 offers the most direct comparison.