Summary:
Zip code 02891 has five Westerly schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, with 2,008 students combined. The clearest difference among the elementary schools is between State Street and Springbrook: in 2025–26, State Street’s proficiency rates were 16.4 percentage points higher in English language arts (ELA) and 19.8 points higher in math. That gap is the most important finding for families comparing the area’s schools.
State Street School leads the elementary group, with 51.2% proficient in ELA and 60.0% in math; both are also well above state rates. Springbrook Elementary School is at the other end of the group, at 34.8% in ELA and 40.2% in math, though both results exceed state rates. Dunn’s Corners School stands out for math at 58.8%, while its ELA rate is 41.7%. Westerly Middle School is above state rates in ELA, math and science, but its results are slightly below the reported district figures. Westerly High School is above state rates on its reported SAT, PSAT10 and science measures; its graduation rate is 93.5%, compared with 85.5% statewide.
Recent results show gains at Springbrook—7.0 points in ELA and 6.3 in math—while Dunn’s Corners’ ELA fell 7.4 points and State Street improved modestly. At Westerly High, 11th-grade SAT ELA rose 3.8 points, but math fell 9.7; 10th-grade PSAT10 math, by contrast, gained 13.4 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentiles rose for all five schools between 2023–24 and 2025–26, reaching 85 at State Street, 77 at Dunn’s Corners, 72 at Westerly Middle, 76 at Westerly High and 55 at Springbrook. Ratios are fairly close among the elementary schools, from 9.3 to 10.1 students per teacher, while reported free/reduced-lunch rates range from 33.71% at Dunn’s Corners to 62.14% at Springbrook; these figures provide context but do not explain results.
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