Summary:
ZIP code 02905 has one listed middle school, Roger Williams Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 786 students. Families can compare its reported 2025–26 results with those for Providence and Rhode Island, but there are no other listed middle schools in the ZIP code. The most important finding is that the school’s proficiency rates are far below state rates in every reported subject.
ELA is the school’s strongest reported subject, but its results remain well below both state and district levels. All-grades proficiency is 8.5% in ELA, compared with 33.1% statewide and 17.2% in Providence; in math, 5.2% compares with 31.9% statewide and 16.8% districtwide. Science proficiency is reported as under 5%, versus 31.1% statewide and 14.3% in Providence. That means the school trails the state by 24.6 percentage points in ELA, 26.7 points in math, and more than 26.1 points in science. Grade-level results also show low performance across grades; grade 8 math and science are both under 5%.
SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking has fallen in recent years: Roger Williams Middle ranked 59th of 64 middle schools in 2023–24, 65th of 66 in 2024–25, and 68th of 68 in 2025–26, when it was at the 0th percentile and received one star. The available score history shows a small ELA decline, from 8.7% to 8.5%, and a science decline from 5.4% to under 5%; prior-year state scores are not provided to compare trends. The school’s student-teacher ratio is 14.5, and its 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch rate is 89.82%—contextual figures that do not explain achievement. Per-student spending was $17,801 in 2024–25.
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