Best Public Schools in Warwick, RI

Summary:

The city of Warwick, Rhode Island, is home to 17 schools, including 13 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and 2 high schools. The data reveals a wide range of performance among these schools, with some standouts like Park School and Scott School consistently ranking among the top in the state, while others like Lippitt School and Oakland Beach School struggle with lower proficiency rates.

The data shows that Park School and Scott School have the highest proficiency rates in the Warwick district, with 44% and 53.3% of students proficient in Math, respectively, and 38.2% and 44.2% proficient in English Language Arts. Meanwhile, Lippitt School and Oakland Beach School have significantly lower proficiency rates, highlighting the disparities within the district.

The data also reveals that there is no clear correlation between per-student spending and school performance, suggesting that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving academic achievement. Additionally, the data indicates a potential relationship between higher free and reduced lunch rates and lower academic performance, underscoring the importance of addressing socioeconomic disparities to improve educational outcomes across the Warwick district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSAT10 English Language Arts (2024)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2024)	SAT English Language Arts (2024)	SAT Mathematics (2024)	NGSA Science (2024)	RICAS English Language Arts (2024)							RICAS Mathematics (2024)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	NGSA Science All Grades	RICAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts All Grades	RICAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	RICAS Mathematics 4th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 5th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 6th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 7th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 8th Grade	RICAS Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cedar Hill School	Public	K-5	35 Red Chimney Drive	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3535	311	25	12.4	17.4%	231 (74.3%)	6 (1.9%)	31 (10.0%)	10 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (10.0%)	61.6	54^th of 166 public elementary schools	67.5%		66.8	53^rd of 167 public elementary schools	68.3%	1					38.5	43.1	30.2	40.4				37.8	54.9	34.0	44.2				44.2	$20,106	$389	$19,717
Warwick Early Learning Center	Public	PK	325 Miantonomo Drive	Warwick	02888	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3490	162	17	9.5	34.6%	108 (66.7%)	8 (4.9%)	27 (16.7%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.9%)								(n/a)																				$1,699	$508	$1,191
Greenwood School	Public	K-5	93 Sharon Street	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3290	253	18	14.0	27.3%	170 (67.2%)	5 (2.0%)	41 (16.2%)	25 (9.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	64.2	53^rd of 166 public elementary schools	68.1%		55.3	67^th of 167 public elementary schools	59.9%	14					56.1	62.5	23.8	34.1				41.2	46.9	27.9	51.2				42.1	$15,522	$795	$14,727
Holliman School	Public	K-5	70 Deborah Road	Warwick	02888	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3170	258	19	13.5	40.7%	168 (65.1%)	14 (5.4%)	53 (20.5%)	9 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	51.7	71^st of 166 public elementary schools	57.2%		46	85^th of 167 public elementary schools	49.1%	14					38.3	50.0	31.6	31.9				37.2	27.0	37.5	31.9				32.3	$16,766	$739	$16,027
Hoxsie School	Public	K-5	55 Glenwood Drive	Warwick	02889	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3555	269	17	15.8	44.2%	193 (71.7%)	6 (2.2%)	44 (16.4%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (7.1%)	30.4	110^th of 166 public elementary schools	33.7%		38.9	95^th of 167 public elementary schools	43.1%	15					35.7	31.8	13.7	26.8				23.5	22.7	17.6	28.6				22.6	$16,034	$1,229	$14,805
Lippitt School	Public	K-5	30 Almy Street	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3240	224	23	9.7	49.1%	152 (67.9%)	8 (3.6%)	42 (18.8%)	7 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (6.3%)	31.8	105^th of 166 public elementary schools	36.7%		16.7	142^nd of 167 public elementary schools	15.0%	37					31.0	31.8	6.3	40.0				26.4	22.7	18.8	27.6				22.9	$24,711	$1,247	$23,464
Norwood School	Public	K-5	266 Norwood Avenue	Warwick	02888	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3525	257	22	11.6	48.2%	149 (58.0%)	9 (3.5%)	56 (21.8%)	17 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (10.1%)	54.7	64^th of 166 public elementary schools	61.4%		56.9	64^th of 167 public elementary schools	61.7%						34.6	44.7	28.9	30.8				35.6	40.8	56.5	19.2				42.1	$30,580	$1,931	$28,649
Oakland Beach School	Public	PK, KG-5	383 Oakland Beach Avenue	Warwick	02889	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3420	335	31	10.8	51.0%	207 (61.8%)	11 (3.3%)	77 (23.0%)	10 (3.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (7.8%)	23.3	127^th of 166 public elementary schools	23.5%		29	118^th of 167 public elementary schools	29.3%	9					24.6	17.0	16.7	24.1				19.6	19.1	10.4	25.8				19.1	$22,856	$2,649	$20,207
Park School	Public	K-5	40 Asylum Road	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3690	211	22	9.5	36.5%	157 (74.4%)	3 (1.4%)	34 (16.1%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.2%)	59.1	57^th of 166 public elementary schools	65.7%		69.4	49^th of 167 public elementary schools	70.7%	8					57.1	39.5	35.9	39.3				38.2	20.9	39.5	85.7				44.0	$24,333	$759	$23,574
Pilgrim High School	Public	9-12	111 Pilgrim Parkway	Warwick	02888	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3250	1,165	108	10.7	36.6%	823 (70.6%)	53 (4.5%)	167 (14.3%)	47 (4.0%)	9 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (5.7%)	46.3	28^th of 61 public high schools	54.1%		50.6	28^th of 60 public high schools	53.3%		63.9	20.1	48.9	13.9	32.4															$18,095	$786	$17,309
Robertson School	Public	K-5	70 Nausauket Road	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3470	276	18	15.3	37.7%	188 (68.1%)	10 (3.6%)	37 (13.4%)	17 (6.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.3%)	52.9	68^th of 166 public elementary schools	59.0%		54.5	68^th of 167 public elementary schools	59.3%						39.0	67.4	27.1	20.3				36.6	68.8	24.5	27.1				39.1	$14,958	$684	$14,274
Scott School	Public	K-5	833 Centerville Road	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3585	225	21	10.7	41.3%	139 (61.8%)	5 (2.2%)	50 (22.2%)	12 (5.3%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (7.1%)	78.3	36^th of 166 public elementary schools	78.3%		69	51^st of 167 public elementary schools	69.5%	15					54.8	48.6	35.7	46.3				44.2	60.0	46.4	52.4				53.3	$17,926	$1,035	$16,891
Sherman School	Public	K-5	120 Killey Avenue	Warwick	02889	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3565	323	25	12.9	34.4%	231 (71.5%)	8 (2.5%)	42 (13.0%)	8 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (10.2%)	32.4	104^th of 166 public elementary schools	37.3%		47	80^th of 167 public elementary schools	52.1%	24					32.1	27.0	25.9	28.3				27.1	14.3	25.9	28.3				22.4	$14,316	$607	$13,709
Toll Gate High School	Public	9-12	575 Centerville Road	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3300	1,149	92	12.4	33.9%	867 (75.5%)	30 (2.6%)	153 (13.3%)	45 (3.9%)	5 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	46 (4.0%)	44.1	31^st of 61 public high schools	49.2%		44.6	31^st of 60 public high schools	48.3%		57.5	15.1	50.0	18.0	32.1															$18,384	$758	$17,626
Warwick Neck School	Public	K-5	150 Lennox Avenue (formerly 15	Warwick	02889	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3480	287	19	15.1	41.5%	210 (73.2%)	7 (2.4%)	45 (15.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.7%)	35.1	98^th of 166 public elementary schools	41.0%		46.5	82^nd of 167 public elementary schools	50.9%	16					23.1	47.1	26.1	21.2				31.5	39.2	15.2	19.2				24.8	$14,833	$1,048	$13,785
Winman Middle School	Public	6-8	575 Centerville Road	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 734-3375	715	64	11.1	34.5%	529 (74.0%)	23 (3.2%)	91 (12.7%)	27 (3.8%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (5.6%)	45.3	30^th of 64 public middle schools	53.1%		35	37^th of 64 public middle schools	42.2%	7					24.9				26.1	22.7	23.4	24.1				38.8	32.1	28.8	33.5	$17,209	$605	$16,604
Wyman School	Public	K-5	1 Columbia Avenue	Warwick	02888	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3180	285	19	15.0	36.5%	198 (69.5%)	6 (2.1%)	53 (18.6%)	5 (1.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.4%)	40.3	90^th of 166 public elementary schools	45.8%		50.1	74^th of 167 public elementary schools	55.7%	16					25.0	53.7	39.5	14.3				33.6	40.5	28.6	17.9				27.9	$16,720	$897	$15,823
Warwick Career and Technical Center	Public	10-12	575 Centerville Road-Bldg. 5	Warwick	02886	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3150	0	22	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Warwick Veterans Middle School	Public	6-8	2401 West Shore Road	Warwick	02889	Kent County	Warwick	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 734-3200	1,066	95	11.2	43.0%	760 (71.3%)	28 (2.6%)	164 (15.4%)	42 (3.9%)	8 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (6.0%)	33.4	39^th of 64 public middle schools	39.1%		31.5	40^th of 64 public middle schools	37.5%	1					27.6				25.8	21.8	21.0	22.8				29.7	19.5	12.1	20.2

Cities Near Warwick

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cranston	2.68 mi	27	42^nd
East Greenwich	3.19 mi	6	4^th
West Warwick	3.47 mi	6	48^th
Coventry	5.41 mi	8	28^th
North Kingstown	5.64 mi	8	14^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Rhode Island Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.