Summary:
ZIP code 02895 has two high schools serving grades 9–12: Woonsocket High School and BEACON Charter School. Together they enroll 1,849 students—1,646 at Woonsocket and 203 at BEACON. Their 2025–26 results show that the schools offer very different academic profiles, so the ZIP code alone does not tell parents what to expect.
BEACON Charter School stands out at the top: it had higher proficiency than Woonsocket High School in all five reported tests, leading by 2.4 percentage points in SAT math and 28.4 points in science. BEACON was also above the state in science and PSAT10 math, and close to the state in ELA; its SAT math result was 15.2%, 8.3 points below the state. Woonsocket was below the state in all five measures, with results ranging from 6.5% in science to 34.3% in PSAT10 ELA. SchoolDigger ranks BEACON 29th of 58 schools, with three stars, and Woonsocket 43rd, with one star.
Recent changes are mixed rather than a uniform decline: across four comparable ELA and math tests, the average gap between the schools and state widened from 8.24 points below in 2024–25 to 9.88 points below in 2025–26. BEACON’s SAT ELA fell from 68.0% to 45.7%, while its PSAT10 math rose from 12.5% to 29.8%; Woonsocket’s changes on those tests were smaller. Both schools’ science results fell year over year, while Woonsocket’s 2024–25 graduation rate was 88.2%, above BEACON’s 84.4% and the state’s 85.5%. The schools also differ in size and student–teacher ratio: BEACON has 203 students and a ratio of 11.9, compared with Woonsocket’s 1,646 students and ratio of 15.2; free/reduced-lunch rates are similar, at 66.01% and 67.01%. BEACON’s smaller enrollment means its percentages may reflect fewer students.
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