Summary:
Zip code 02881 has one listed elementary-school option: The Compass School, a K–8 school in Kingston with 217 students. With no other local schools in the list, the useful comparisons are with Rhode Island and among grade-level results. Most importantly, the school is above the state proficiency rate in all three subjects, with its largest lead in science: 53% versus 31%, a 22-point advantage.
Seventh-grade ELA stands out as the school’s strongest grade-level result: 69% of students were proficient, compared with 32% statewide, a 37-point lead. ELA results are much closer to state rates in third grade (40% versus 39%, a 2-point lead) and fourth grade (35% versus 32%, a 3-point lead). Mathematics is above the state rate in every reported grade, but fifth grade is a relative low point: 38% proficient, 6 points above the state; fourth grade is the school’s high, at 55%. Across all grades, proficiency is 50% in ELA, 46% in math and 53% in science, compared with state rates of 33%, 32% and 31%.
Recent results moved in different directions by subject: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA rose by about 1 percentage point, while math fell by about 5 points and science by 14 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved lower, from 24th of 166 schools in 2023–24 to 38th of 163 in 2025–26; its percentile rank went from 86th to 77th. The school’s student–teacher ratio is 11.4, its 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch rate is 18%, and reported spending is $14,353 per student; these are context, not explanations for results. Because this list contains only one school and state score comparisons are available only for 2025–26, local peer comparisons and changes in the school–state gap cannot be assessed.
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