Schools in Zip Code 02893

Zip code 02893 has five public schools in West Warwick, serving kindergarten through grade 12: three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Results vary by grade span: elementary proficiency is below state levels on average, while the high school has a stronger graduation rate than the state. Among the elementary schools, Greenbush Elementary School is the clearest standout, leading in both ELA and math.

Greenbush recorded 24.3% proficiency in ELA and 37.4% in math, compared with 17.3% and 19.6% at John F. Horgan School and 16.7% and 15.8% at Wakefield Hills Elementary School. Its math result was 5.5 percentage points above the state rate; the three-school average was below the state in both subjects. At the other end, John F. Deering Middle had 13.1% ELA, 10.0% math, and 12.3% science proficiency, each well below state rates. West Warwick High School is a bright spot for graduation: 89.7%, versus 85.5% statewide. Its grade 10 PSAT ELA result was also close to the state rate, 55.4% versus 56.0%.

Elementary math improved at all three schools from 2024–25 to 2025–26, rising 5.2 points at Horgan and 8.8 points each at Greenbush and Wakefield Hills; ELA fell by 3.3 to 4.0 points at each. Deering’s reported results edged up in all three subjects. At the high school, grade 11 SAT ELA fell 8.3 points and math fell 4.1 points, while grade 10 PSAT ELA dipped only 2.3 points. SchoolDigger ranks Greenbush at the 40th percentile and West Warwick High at the 45th, compared with the 16th for Deering, 15th for Horgan, and 9th for Wakefield Hills. As context, free/reduced-lunch rates were 51.05% at Greenbush, 70.11% at Horgan, and 63.54% at Wakefield; these observations do not explain differences in results.