Summary:
Zip code 02886 includes six elementary schools in Warwick, all serving kindergarten through grade 5, with 1,450 students combined. In 2025–2026, their unweighted average proficiency rates were 38.1% in English language arts (ELA), 39.2% in math and 42.5% in science—above Rhode Island’s respective rates of 33.1%, 31.9% and 31.1%. However, results vary substantially by school and subject: the clearest takeaway is that area-wide averages do not predict how an individual school performs in every subject.
Robertson School led ELA at 48.8%, 15.7 percentage points above the state; Scott School led math at 50.0%, 18.1 points above state; and Cedar Hill School led science at 50.0%, 18.9 points above state. At the other end, Lippitt School had the lowest ELA rate, 25.9%—7.2 points below state—while Greenwood School had the lowest math rate, 29.2%, 2.7 points below state. Park School had the lowest science rate, 28.9%, 2.2 points below state. Yet Lippitt was above state in math and science, and Greenwood was above state in ELA and science, so a school’s strengths depend on the subject.
Group averages improved by 2.4 points in math and 10.9 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while ELA slipped 0.5 points; individual trends differed, including a 16.5-point math gain at Lippitt and an 11.6-point math drop at Park. SchoolDigger gives Robertson and Scott four stars, ranking them 41st and 42nd of 163 Rhode Island elementary schools; its six-school average percentile was nearly unchanged, from 62.5 to 63.0. School characteristics also offer different context rather than a simple guide: Scott, the smallest school, led math, while Cedar Hill, the largest, led science; Robertson had the highest student-teacher ratio (13.6) and led ELA, while Lippitt had the lowest ratio (9.2) and lowest ELA. Free/reduced-lunch rates ranged from 49.03% at Robertson to 57.85% at Lippitt, but these observations do not explain results.
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