Summary:
ZIP code 02911 has five listed schools—three elementary schools and two middle schools—serving different grade spans; Excel Academy Rhode Island serves grades 5–8. Results vary considerably: in 2025–26, the five-school average was 31.84% in ELA, 27.54% in math, and 26.74% in science, compared with state results of 33.1%, 31.9%, and 31.1%. The clearest overall takeaway is that math and science are the area’s largest shared challenges, but school results—especially in science—are far from uniform.
Excel Academy Rhode Island is the strongest all-around performer: it exceeded the state in ELA by 3.3 percentage points, math by 2.4, and science by 0.8. Greystone School had the highest science result, 44.1%—13 points above the state—but its math was 5.2 points below. Centredale School tied Excel for the top math result at 34.3%, while its science was 24.1%. Dr. Edward Ricci School had the lowest math and science results, 20.4% and 15.4%, and fell below the state in all subjects; James L. McGuire School had the lowest ELA result at 25.6%. Among middle schools, Excel also outscored Ricci in grade 6 and grade 8 math by 25 and 23.1 points, respectively.
Across the five schools, average results dipped slightly from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but school trends differed: Excel improved in all three subjects, while Greystone’s science rose 12.3 points to 44.1% and Centredale’s fell 9.2 points to 24.1%. SchoolDigger ranked Excel 27th of 68 middle schools (60th percentile), compared with Ricci at 39th (43rd); among elementary schools, Centredale and Greystone were both at the 47th percentile and McGuire at the 29th. Other characteristics do not neatly track results: Excel had the highest reported free/reduced-lunch rate (79.81%) and spending per student ($18,200), while Ricci had the lowest student–teacher ratio (12.1) but the lowest math and science scores. Prior-year state figures are not supplied, so the area’s changing gap with the state cannot be determined.
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