Summary:
ZIP code 02881 has one listed school, The Compass School, an elementary school serving kindergarten through grade 8 with 217 students. Its 2025–26 all-grades proficiency rates were higher than Rhode Island’s in English language arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. The most important takeaway is that this sole local school performed above the state rate in all three reported subjects.
There is no second local school to rank above or below it, so the state provides the relevant comparison: The Compass School exceeded Rhode Island by 16.9 percentage points in ELA (50.0% versus 33.1%), 13.9 points in mathematics (45.8% versus 31.9%), and 21.7 points in science (52.8% versus 31.1%). Science was its strongest subject relative to the state, while mathematics had the smallest advantage. Grade-level results add some variation: the school’s ELA advantage ranged from 1.5 points in grade 3 to 37.0 points in grade 7; mathematics was above the state in every reported grade, by 6.1 to 23.8 points. SchoolDigger gives the school four stars and ranks it 38th of 163 Rhode Island schools, in the 77th percentile.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA was nearly steady, rising 0.6 points from 49.4% to 50.0%, while mathematics fell 4.8 points from 50.6% to 45.8% and science fell 13.9 points from 66.7% to 52.8%. SchoolDigger’s reported ranking also declined from 24th of 166 schools (86th percentile) in 2023–24 to 38th of 163 (77th percentile) in 2025–26, despite the latest results being above state rates. The school reports a student–teacher ratio of 11.4 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 17.97%, both for 2024–25; these offer additional context, but there are no other listed local schools for comparison.
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