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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Providence County, Rhode Island

Across Providence County, Rhode Island, 144 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Community School leads the list at 69.4%, against a median of 27.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

144

Providence County, Rhode Island

Top % Proficient (Reading)

69.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

27.1%

BEST IN READING · PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Community School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Elementary	545	69.4%
2	North Cumberland Middle	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Middle	643	67.4%
3	Lincoln Central Elem.	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	Elementary	416	65.0%
4	North Smithfield MS	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	Middle	502	59.5%
5	Raymond LaPerche School	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	Elementary	337	58.8%
6	Vartan Gregorian El. School	Providence, RI	Providence	Elementary	311	56.8%
7	West Glocester Elementary	Chepachet, RI	Glocester	Elementary	243	54.8%
8	North Smithfield Elementary	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	Elementary	583	54.4%
9	Ashton School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Elementary	429	52.5%
10	Old County Road School	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	Elementary	228	52.5%
11	Myron J. Francis Elementary	Rumford, RI	East Providence	Elementary	391	52.4%
12	Fogarty Memorial	North Scituate, RI	Glocester	Elementary	318	51.7%
13	Pleasant View Elementary Schoo	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	Elementary	552	51.6%
14	Ponaganset Middle School	North Scituate, RI	Foster-Glocester	Middle	396	49.5%
15	Vincent J. Gallagher Middle	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	Middle	502	48.7%
16	Joseph L. McCourt MS	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Middle	482	48.5%
17	Orchard Farms El. School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Elementary	444	47.1%
18	John J. McLaughlin Cumberland	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Elementary	413	46.8%
19	Francis J. Varieur School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	Elementary	270	45.3%
20	Saylesville Elementary	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	Elementary	312	44.4%
21	Garvin Memorial	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Elementary	422	43.5%
22	Scituate Middle School	North Scituate, RI	Scituate	Middle	260	43.4%
23	Stone Hill School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Elementary	234	42.5%
24	Hope Highlands Middle School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Middle	366	42.2%
25	Lincoln Middle School	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	Middle	773	42.1%
26	Kent Heights School	East Providence, RI	East Providence	Elementary	251	41.9%
27	Edward S. Rhodes School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Elementary	287	41.3%
28	Lonsdale Elementary	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	Elementary	286	40.4%
29	Garden City School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Elementary	530	39.6%
30	Hope School	Hope, RI	Scituate	Elementary	163	39.1%
31	Birchwood Middle School	North Providence, RI	North Providence	Middle	390	37.7%
32	Clayville School	Clayville, RI	Scituate	Elementary	140	37.3%
33	Greystone School	North Providence, RI	North Providence	Elementary	303	36.8%
34	Woodridge School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Elementary	260	36.4%
35	Northern Lincoln Elem.	Manville, RI	Lincoln	Elementary	495	36.4%
36	Nicholas A. Ferri Middle	Johnston, RI	Johnston	Middle	720	36.1%
37	Blackstone Valley Prep	Cumberland, RI	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	Elementary	422	35.8%
38	Western Hills Middle School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Middle	727	35.8%
39	North Scituate School	North Scituate, RI	Scituate	Elementary	238	35.8%
40	Steere Farm Elementary School	Pascoag, RI	Burrillville	Elementary	268	35.6%
41	W. R. Dutemple School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Elementary	254	35.2%
42	Excel Academy Rhode Island	North Providence, RI	Excel Academy Rhode Island	Middle	312	34.4%
43	Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High	Central Falls, RI	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	Middle	323	34.3%
44	Dr. Edward Ricci School	North Providence, RI	North Providence	Middle	378	34.1%
45	Leviton Dual Language School	Providence, RI	Providence	Elementary	288	33.9%
46	Waddington School	Riverside, RI	East Providence	Elementary	554	33.5%
47	Glen Hills School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Elementary	270	33.3%
48	AF Iluminar Mayoral Middle Sch	Cranston, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	Middle	406	32.8%
49	Park View Middle School	Cranston, RI	Cranston	Middle	711	32.8%
50	B.F. Norton Elementary School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	Elementary	374	31.9%

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