Summary:
ZIP code 02909 has 12 schools—eight elementary and four middle schools—in Providence. Across the schools, average proficiency is 18.4% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 18.1% in math, compared with supplied state figures of 33.1% and 31.9%; the science average is only 12% to under 13%, versus 31.1% statewide. Results differ sharply from school to school, but the clearest overall pattern is that just two schools exceed the state figures in both ELA and math, while the other ten fall below them.
AF Providence Mayoral Middle leads ELA at 40.7% and science at 28.8%, and is close to the state in math at 33.7%. Achievement First Providence leads math at 44.6% and scores 34.9% in ELA. SchoolDigger ranks Mayoral 23rd of 68 middle schools, at the 66th percentile, and Achievement First Providence 66th of 163 elementary schools, at the 60th percentile. At the other end, Mary E. Fogarty Elementary School has the lowest ELA result at 8.0%, while Governor Christopher DelSesto has the lowest math result at 6.3%; both report science below 5%. Webster Avenue School is also near the bottom of SchoolDigger’s elementary rankings, at 159th of 163 schools.
Recent changes are mixed rather than a clear area-wide improvement: the average ELA result edged down 0.3 percentage points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, and the math average for schools with both years available fell 0.7 points, while the science average rose slightly. Mayoral improved 10.3 points in ELA and 5.8 in math; Fogarty’s ELA fell 10 points. A particularly useful comparison for families is between Achievement First Providence and Achievement First Envision Ele: both serve K–4, have nearly identical enrollment and reported free/reduced-lunch rates, yet Providence scores 16.8 points higher in ELA and 24.7 points higher in math. These rates are context, not an explanation for results; science figures are unavailable for two schools.
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