The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Math. The lowest is 26% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Kent Heights School
Kent Heights School is a regular public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade on Pawtucket Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island. It sits within the East Providence School District, which spans the city and covers preschool through twelfth grade across roughly a dozen schools. The enrollment here is small for an elementary school, with fairly even distribution across the six grade levels. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is racially mixed, with white students forming the largest single group, followed by a substantial Hispanic population, a smaller Black population, and a modest share of students identifying as two or more races. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not reported, so those figures are not available here.
On state assessments, Kent Heights shows a mixed academic picture. In mathematics, just under half of tested students in grades three through eight reached proficiency on the most recent RICAS exam. In English language arts, the proficiency rate sits somewhat lower. Science results, drawn from the fifth-grade NGSA assessment, were weaker still, with roughly a quarter of tested students meeting the proficiency bar. Participation was full across all three subjects. Only a single year of assessment data is available, so there is no trend to chart and no way to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. The math and ELA figures sit in a middling range for a Rhode Island elementary school, while the science result is the clearest soft spot. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly how science instruction is structured across the upper elementary grades.
Because Kent Heights is an elementary school, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit course access, and no career-pathway data to report. These measures apply to secondary schools and do not exist for this grade band. The same is true for college-readiness indicators.
The housing market in the school's zip code offers a somewhat more affordable entry point than the Rhode Island state average, with typical home values sitting below the statewide benchmark. At the same time, values here run above the national figure, reflecting the broader premium of the Providence metro area. Rent data was not available for this location. With current mortgage rates, the estimated monthly cost of ownership in this zip code is meaningfully higher than typical rent, which is a factor families may weigh if they are deciding between buying and leasing in the neighborhood. The price-to-income ratio sits above five, suggesting that purchasing a home here requires a solid income relative to national norms.
East Providence itself is a mid-sized city bordering Providence, and the district has seen a major capital improvement in recent years. East Providence High School was rebuilt and opened in 2021, replacing the prior facility. While that project sits at the secondary level and does not directly affect Kent Heights families day to day, it signals a district willing to invest in its physical plant, which can shape property values and the overall appeal of the area for families planning to stay through the later grades.
We looked for a locale brief with community-level detail about East Providence, but that search was rate limited and returned no results, so there is no additional neighborhood or civic context to include here. Program offerings, staffing ratios, discipline data, attendance figures, and Title I status were also not available in the data provided. These gaps mean the picture is limited to academics, enrollment, demographics, and housing. What the available data does show is a small, economically diverse elementary school with middling literacy and math results, a weaker science outcome worth asking about, and a location where homeownership costs are moderate by Rhode Island standards but still demanding by national ones.
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