Summary:
ZIP code 02879 has two elementary schools in South Kingstown: Peace Dale School, serving pre-K through grade 5, and Matunuck School, serving kindergarten through grade 5. In 2025–26, both schools had 62% proficiency in English language arts, and each was 29 percentage points above the state’s 33%; in math, results were 58% and 65%, compared with 32% statewide. Science was less strong: the schools scored 34% and 47%, versus 31% statewide. The clearest area-wide takeaway is that ELA and math results are much stronger relative to the state than science results.
Matunuck stands out in all-grades math and science, leading Peace Dale by 6 percentage points in math and 13 in science; the schools tie in ELA. SchoolDigger ranks Matunuck 18th of 163 Rhode Island elementary schools and Peace Dale 26th, and gives both four stars. The overall leads do not hold in every grade: Peace Dale is ahead in fifth-grade ELA, 50% to 39%, while Matunuck leads in fourth-grade ELA and fourth- and fifth-grade math. Peace Dale is the lower performer in all-grades science, at 34% versus Matunuck’s 47%, though it remains above the state result.
Results improved in ELA and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26 at both schools, while science declined: ELA rose 7 points at Peace Dale and 14 at Matunuck, and math rose 10 and 14 points; science fell 19 and 8 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose over the three rankings shown, from 69th to 84th for Peace Dale and from 81st to 89th for Matunuck. Their student–teacher ratios are similar, at 11.4 and 11.1; reported free/reduced-lunch rates are 38% and 25%, useful context but not an explanation for results. These comparisons cover only two schools, and enrollment figures do not show how many students were tested in each grade or subject.
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