The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Hoxsie School
Hoxsie School sits on Glenwood Drive in Warwick, serving kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Warwick district. It is a mid-sized elementary school for its grade band, drawing from a city that is among Rhode Island's largest but reads more as a patchwork of village centers than a single urban core. Warwick's character is suburban, organized around places like Apponaug, Pawtuxet Village, and Oakland Beach, with Interstate 95 running through and T. F. Green International Airport as a defining presence. The city is largely car-dependent, though commuter rail at the airport connects to Providence and Boston. Housing in the school's zip code sits below the statewide benchmark but above the national one, making it relatively moderate for the region. Rents take up a meaningful but not overwhelming portion of household income.
The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic or Latino population forming the next largest group, and smaller proportions of multiracial, Asian, and Black students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which is the main economic indicator available in the data. Information on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those portions of the school's population are not visible here. A parent looking into special education services or language supports may want to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, Hoxsie's proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science are all low, with each subject showing only a modest fraction of tested students reaching proficiency. The school participates in RICAS for math and ELA across the tested elementary grades, and the state science assessment for fifth grade. Participation was near-universal, which means the results reflect the school broadly rather than a skewed subset. Only one year of data is available, so there is no trend to describe. Whether these results reflect a transitional period, a cohort effect, or a more persistent pattern is something the data does not reveal. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking about improvement plans, instructional focus, and how the district supports growth at this level.
The Warwick district context adds some relevant background. Publicly reported information indicates the city has invested in school infrastructure, with high school renovations planned and a school consolidation having taken place in recent years. No district-level strategic priorities or recent programmatic changes were available in the search results, so those are left out rather than guessed. The district operates multiple elementary schools feeding into two junior high schools and two comprehensive high schools, and schools are spread across the city on separate campuses rather than clustered in a central area. For Hoxsie families, this means the elementary years feed into a broader district structure that a parent would want to understand separately.
What is missing from the available data is substantial. There is no information on course access or enrichment programs, staffing ratios or teacher qualifications, attendance or chronic absenteeism rates, discipline incidents, or any civil-rights reporting. No school-level neighbor comparison was provided, so Hoxsie's position relative to other Warwick elementary schools on these measures is not shown here. Program offerings were not reported. The locale brief gives a clear picture of Warwick as a community, but the school-level detail beyond demographics and test results is thin. A family considering Hoxsie would benefit from visiting, asking about classroom structure, support services, and how the school communicates academic progress to families, since the public data tells only part of the story.
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