Summary:
Zip code 02917 has one listed middle school, Vincent J. Gallagher Middle, serving grades 6–8 in Smithfield, Rhode Island. With no other middle schools listed nearby, families have one school to consider in this set. Its clearest strength is that 2025–26 proficiency was above the state level in all three reported subjects, with the largest advantage in science.
There is no meaningful local top-versus-bottom comparison because this is the only school listed. In 2025–26, the school’s proficiency was 46.8% in English language arts, 44.4% in math, and 49.7% in science, compared with state results of 33.1%, 31.9%, and 31.1%, respectively—advantages of 13.7, 12.5, and 18.6 percentage points. Grade 8 science was also 20.3 points above the grade-matched state result. Results varied by grade most in math: grade 8 reached 52.7%, versus 41.3% in grade 6 and 39.9% in grade 7; ELA stayed nearly level at 46.6%–46.9%. Compared with the district, the school was essentially even in ELA, 3.4 points lower in math, and 8.6 points higher in science.
Scores declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26 in every subject: 1.9 points in ELA, 3.6 in math, and 1.7 in science, so the strong state comparisons coexist with a downward one-year trend. SchoolDigger’s ranking shifted from 12th of 64 schools (81st percentile) in 2023–24 to 15th of 68 (78th percentile) in 2025–26. The school reports 502 students, a student–teacher ratio of 11.6, and a 2024–25 free/reduced-lunch rate of 20.72%; these figures provide context, not an explanation for its scores.
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