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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOSTER-GLOCESTER·NCES 440042000117

Ponaganset Middle School

7 Rustic Hill Road, North Scituate, RI 02857 · (401) 710-7500 · Providence County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Rhode Island public middle schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Rhode Island public middle schools

Enrollment
396
Middle
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 523
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
100 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 612832%
Grade 713534%
Grade 813334%
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 64% · US 70%
White
36091%
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
185%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Two+
123%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
20552%
Female
19148%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Ponaganset Middle School→Ponaganset High School
Based on grade levels within Foster-Glocester. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

RICAS + NGSA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
49.5%
RI avg 34.2%
Math
32.7%
RI avg 32.8%

What this means: On the RICAS + NGSA, Rhode Island's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Rhode Island schools, those numbers are about 34 and 33.

Source: RICAS + NGSA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

Schools most like Ponaganset Middle School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Ponaganset Middle School this school39625.3%N/A
Wickford Middle School
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33924.8%N/A
Scituate Middle School
North Scituate
26021.9%N/A
North Smithfield MS
North Smithfield
50225.9%N/A
Vincent J. Gallagher Middle
Smithfield
50220.7%N/A
Tiverton Middle School
Tiverton
49934.7%N/A
Matched among Rhode Island middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Ponaganset Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Rhode IslandIn Providence County
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
32.7%#26 of 52#10 of 33
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
49.5%#13 of 56#3 of 37
Enrollment
ranked largest first
396#43 of 59#28 of 40
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.4:1#26 of 53#13 of 35
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
17.0%#53 of 54#35 of 36
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
25.3%#48 of 58#35 of 39
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-22.2%#7 of 38#4 of 22
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
396
-49 (-11%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253963212.4:125% (100)
2023-244243312.8:117% (74)
2022-2342637.411.4:117% (71)
2020-214454110.8:116% (71)
2017-1850941.412.3:118% (90)
2015-164703812.4:119% (91)
2010-115033414.8:118% (93)
2000-017054914.4:19% (64)
1990-915784512.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ponaganset Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 22% (509 to 396); teachers down 23% (41.4 to 32).

About Ponaganset Middle School

Families in North Scituate, Rhode Island, are served by Ponaganset Middle School, a small middle school. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 396 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Rhode Island is roughly 523 students; this school is 24% smaller than that.

The district, Foster-Glocester, has 1,265 students enrolled across 2 schools.

White students are the large majority at Ponaganset Middle School, with 91% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Providence County's population at about 60%. By the diversity index, Ponaganset Middle School comes in at 17%.

Ponaganset Middle School employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.4:1. Middle schools in Rhode Island average about 12.7:1, a similar figure. Ponaganset Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 25%. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Providence County is 39 points.

Measured against Rhode Island public middle schools, Ponaganset Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Among Providence County residents, median household income is about $78,787, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Ponaganset Middle School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County, which together enroll about 88,799 students.

The nearest other public school, Ponaganset High School, is about 2.0 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Ponaganset Middle School.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.

The 2024-25 enrollment of 396 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 445. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 10.8:1 to 12.4:1.

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Providence County at a glance

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Population
664,854
Census ACS
Median income
$78,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
88,799 students

Quick facts

School name
Ponaganset Middle School
District
Foster-Glocester
Address
7 Rustic Hill Road, North Scituate, RI 02857
Phone
(401) 710-7500
County
Providence County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
396
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
12.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
100 (25%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
440042000117
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Ponaganset Middle School
How many students attend Ponaganset Middle School?
Ponaganset Middle School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ponaganset Middle School serve?
Ponaganset Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Ponaganset Middle School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Ponaganset Middle School.
How diverse is Ponaganset Middle School?
Ponaganset Middle School reports a student body of 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ponaganset Middle School?
Ponaganset Middle School is overseen by Foster-Glocester in Providence County.
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