Summary:
ZIP code 02896 has three public schools in North Smithfield Elementary (PK–4), North Smithfield Middle School (grades 5–8), and North Smithfield High School (grades 9–12), serving students from elementary through high school. The elementary and middle schools report RICAS results, while the middle and high schools also report NGSA science; the high school reports SAT and PSAT10 results. The most important area-wide finding is that every school’s reported proficiency rate is above its corresponding state result.
North Smithfield Elementary stands out among the two schools with RICAS results: 69.5% are proficient in ELA and 68.6% in math, ahead of North Smithfield Middle School by 12.9 and 11.7 percentage points. The middle school is above the state, but its all-grades results are below district results by 3.8 points in ELA, 3.4 in math, and 2.6 in science. At the high school, SAT grade-11 math is a particular strength: 56.0% proficient, 32.5 points above the state. SchoolDigger ranks Elementary 5th of 163, High 6th of 58, and Middle 6th of 68 in their respective statewide groups, placing all three in the top 10.
Recent results are mixed rather than uniformly rising or falling. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Elementary’s ELA increased 15.1 points and math 2.4; Middle’s ELA fell 2.9 points while math rose 1.9 and science 3.2. High’s SAT math rose 8.4 points, but SAT ELA fell 5.9, science fell 5.2, and PSAT10 math fell 7.4. High also reports a 94.0% graduation rate, above the state’s 85.5%. Enrollment ranges from 502 to 583 students, student-teacher ratios from 12.0 to 13.8, and free/reduced-lunch rates from 24.53% to 25.90%; these are contextual observations, not explanations for results. Because schools serve different grades and report different assessments, comparisons across them are descriptive.
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