Summary:
ZIP code 02895 has three middle schools serving grades 6–8 in the Woonsocket area: Woonsocket Middle @ Villa Nova, Woonsocket Middle at Hamlet, and Founders Academy. In 2025–26, their average proficiency was about 9% in ELA, 7% in math, and 9% in science, compared with state rates of 33.1%, 31.9%, and 31.1%. Most importantly, every school’s proficiency rate was at least 20 percentage points below the state rate in every subject.
Hamlet stands out in ELA and math, with 11.0% proficient in ELA and 8.1% in math—the highest local results in those subjects. Its ELA score is 2.6 points above the lowest result, at Founders Academy (8.4%); its math score is 1.8 points above Villa Nova (6.3%), the lowest. Science has a different leader: Founders at 11.3%, 5.1 points above Hamlet’s lowest score of 6.2%. The results are therefore subject-specific rather than evidence of one school leading across the board.
Recent changes are mixed: Hamlet’s ELA proficiency rose 3.8 points from 2024–25, while its math fell 1.3 and science fell 6.1; Founders’ science dropped 11.8 points, from 23.1% to 11.3%, despite being the local leader this year. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also differ: Villa Nova rose from 2 to 6 over three years, Hamlet went from 0 to 10 after reaching 14, and Founders declined from 19 to 13. Context differs too: Villa Nova has the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.6) and lunch rate (68.27%), while Hamlet has the highest lunch rate (73%) and Founders the highest ratio (11.2). These measures describe school contexts but do not establish why results differ; prior-year state proficiency comparisons are not available.
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