Summary:
ZIP code 02885 has one high school, Highlander Secondary Charter S, serving grades 7–12 with 340 students. Its 2025–26 all-grades proficiency rates were below Rhode Island’s in all three subjects: 9% in English language arts (ELA), 14% in math and 10% in science, compared with state rates of 33%, 32% and 31%. The most important finding is that results were consistently below the state, with gaps of 24 points in ELA, 18 in math and 21 in science.
There is no school-to-school leader or lowest performer because Highlander Secondary Charter S is the only school in the list. Within its results, math stands out as the strongest subject: 14% met the standard, versus 10% in science and 9% in ELA, though math was still 18 points below the state. The reported grade- and exam-specific results were also below state figures; the closest comparisons were grade 11 SAT math and ELA, each 13 to 14 points behind. SchoolDigger ranks the school 42nd of 58 statewide, in the 28th percentile, with 2 stars. These figures describe the school rather than a local ranking among schools.
Results improved on average across the three all-grades subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but the gains were uneven: math rose 8 points and science 4, while ELA fell 2; the three-subject average increased from 8% to 11%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved up from 45th of 60 schools in 2024–25 to 42nd of 58 in 2025–26, while its percentile rose from 25th to 28th. Completion outcomes offer a mixed picture: the 2024–25 graduation rate was 84%, 2 points below the state’s 86%, while the dropout rate was 2%, 5 points below the state’s 7%. The school’s student–teacher ratio is 15.4, and 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch; these figures provide context, not an explanation of results. Because this is the only school listed, the data cannot show how local schools compare with one another.
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