The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 29% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Greenwood School
Greenwood School sits on Sharon Street in Warwick, a regular public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade within the Warwick school district. The enrollment is modest for its grade band, with a fairly even distribution across the six grades. The student body is majority white, with Hispanic and Asian students forming the next largest groups, along with smaller populations identifying as Black, multiracial, and American Indian or Alaska Native. Just over a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a relatively low share for a public elementary school in this region. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those figures are not available here.
Warwick is Rhode Island's third-largest city, a suburban-to-urban place built around distinct village centers rather than a single dominant downtown. Apponaug, Pawtuxet Village, Oakland Beach, Conimicut, Cowesett, and Warwick Neck each have their own character. The city's eastern edge runs along the Providence River and Narragansett Bay, giving residents waterfront access at spots like Oakland Beach and Conimicut Point. T. F. Green International Airport, the state's main commercial airport, sits inside the city limits and also serves as a commuter rail station with weekday service to Providence and Boston. Interstate 95 cuts through Warwick as the primary highway, and the city is car-dependent for most daily trips. Major employers span healthcare, financial services, logistics, retail, and education, with Kent Memorial Hospital, Citizens Bank, UPS, MetLife, and the Community College of Rhode Island among the largest. The median household income sits below the national median but above many older Rhode Island urban centers, and the housing market is relatively tight with low vacancy rates.
For the current school year, Greenwood's state assessment results are available through Rhode Island's RICAS tests in English language arts and math for grades three through eight, and the NGSA science assessment for fifth grade. In math, the proportion of students reaching proficiency is below what most Rhode Island elementary schools post. English language arts results are somewhat stronger, with a somewhat larger share of students meeting proficiency, though still in a range that suggests many students are not yet at grade-level benchmarks. Fifth-grade science proficiency lands in a similar middle-to-lower band. Participation was near full across all three subjects, which means the results reflect nearly the entire tested population.
Because only one year of data is available, there is no trend information to show whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent looking at these numbers may want to ask the school what interventions are in place for students below proficiency and how growth is tracked from year to year. The school's average scale scores in math and ELA provide additional context but do not change the overall picture: Greenwood is performing in a middling-to-lower range compared with state expectations for elementary students.
The school does not have a graduation rate or college or career data, which is expected because it serves only elementary grades. No information on program offerings, course access, staffing levels, attendance, discipline, or civil-rights indicators was available in the data provided. The Warwick district brief did not surface any recent parent-relevant changes, so there is nothing specific to report on district-level initiatives or shifts that would affect Greenwood families.
Greenwood appears to be a typical neighborhood elementary school in a mid-sized suburban city with diverse employment and stable, if aging, residential neighborhoods. The academic results suggest a school where a meaningful portion of students are meeting state standards but where a larger group is still working to get there. Families considering this school would benefit from visiting, talking with teachers about how the school supports students at different proficiency levels, and asking about enrichment and intervention offerings, since none of that detail was available in the data reviewed.
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