Summary:
ZIP code 02921 has one listed elementary school, Orchard Farms Elementary School, serving kindergarten through grade 5. Because it is the only school in the list, families cannot compare elementary schools within the ZIP code. In 2025–26, Orchard Farms’ all-grades proficiency was above both state and Cranston district results in English language arts, math, and science; its largest advantage was in math.
Orchard Farms is the sole local entry, not a peer-group winner or a school with a local counterpart at the bottom. Its strongest reported result was fourth-grade math: 63% proficient, 28 percentage points above the state. Across all grades, the school scored 47% in ELA, 51% in math, and 35% in science, compared with state results of 33%, 32%, and 31%, respectively. Its advantages over the state were 14 points in ELA, 19 in math, and 4 in science; it also exceeded the district by 16, 22, and 10 points. Math varied by grade, from 41% in grade 5 to 63% in grade 4. SchoolDigger ranked the school 39th of 163 elementary schools, at the 76th percentile, with four stars. For context, SchoolDigger ranked Cranston 32nd of 61 districts, at the 48th percentile, with two stars.
Test scores fell between 2024–25 and 2025–26, most sharply in science: science proficiency dropped from 48% to 35%, math from 53% to 51%, while ELA was nearly unchanged at about 47%. The science decline is worth watching, though the latest result remained above the state rate. SchoolDigger’s school ranking improved from the 73rd percentile in 2023–24 to 76th in 2025–26, after reaching 79th in 2024–25. The school’s reported 2024–25 context was enrollment of 444, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3, a free/reduced-lunch rate of 16%, and spending of $12,711 per student; these figures describe the school but do not establish why its results differ.
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