Summary:
ZIP code 02893 has one listed middle school, John F. Deering Middle, serving grades 5–8 in the West Warwick district. With no other middle schools in the list, there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. In 2025–26, Deering’s proficiency was below both district and state results in all three reported subjects: 13.1% in English language arts (ELA), 10.0% in mathematics, and 12.3% in science. The most important finding is that its results were substantially below Rhode Island’s in every subject—by 20.0 percentage points in ELA, 21.9 in mathematics, and 18.8 in science.
Deering is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this ZIP-code list by default, rather than a meaningful area leader or laggard. Its relative bright spot is science, where the gap to the state was smallest; mathematics was the weakest relative to the state. Across grades, ELA proficiency ranged from 10.5% in grade 7 to 17.1% in grade 5, while mathematics stayed between 9.1% and 11.1%. Every reported grade-and-subject result was below the matching state result; the gaps ranged from 14.0 percentage points in grade 5 ELA to 21.6 in grade 5 mathematics.
Scores improved year over year at Deering, but progress compared with the district varied by subject. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, ELA rose 1.7 percentage points, mathematics 1.5, and science 1.6; the gap to the district narrowed in ELA, widened in mathematics, and was unchanged in science. SchoolDigger ranked the school 57th of 68 statewide, in the 16th percentile, with one star; its percentile was 12 in each of the prior two years. The school reports 976 students, a 10.3 student-teacher ratio, and a 62.91% free/reduced-lunch rate for 2024–25; these figures offer context, not a comparison with similar local schools.
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