Award-Winning Schools
The Rhode Island Department of Education is proud to honor excellent schools.
As part of the Rhode Island's statewide accountability system, RIDE assigns every public school a Star Rating. Schools that perform well across all measures are able to earn a 5 Star Rating, the highest designation. In addition, RIDE participates in the federal Blue Ribbon and Green Ribbon programs.
Five Star Schools
In Rhode Island's statewide accountability system, 5 Star Schools are the highest performing schools that represent the strongest patterns of performance across metrics, test at least 95% of their students, and serve all students well.
Twenty (20) schools earned 5 Star ratings in 2024. They are:
| DISTRICT | SCHOOL |
| Barrington | Barrington High School |
| Barrington | Barrington Middle School |
| Barrington | Hampden Meadows School |
| Barrington | Nayatt School |
| Barrington | Sowams Elementary School |
| Bristol Warren | Rockwell School |
| Chariho | Ashaway Elementary School |
| Coventry | Washington Oak School |
| Cumberland | Community School |
| Cumberland | North Cumberland Middle School |
| East Greenwich | Archie R. Cole Middle School |
| East Greenwich | East Greenwich High School |
| East Greenwich | James H. Eldredge El. School |
| East Greenwich | Meadowbrook Farms School |
| Jamestown | Jamestown School-Lawn |
| Kingston Hill | Kingston Hill Academy |
| Little Compton | Wilbur and McMahon Schools |
| North Kingstown | Stony Lane Elementary School |
| Portsmouth | Melville Elementary School |
| Scituate | North Scituate Elementary School |
For more information and individual school accountability data, visit our School and District Report Card platform.
This is the highest honor that the U.S. Department of Education Awards to schools.
These schools must demonstrate either exceptionally high achievement or dramatic improvement in the school as a whole and among student groups.
2024 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- Sowams Elementary School, Barrington
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, Providence
- Garvin Memorial School, Cumberland
2023 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- Clayville Elementary School, Scituate
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Park Elementary School, Warwick
- Woodridge Elementary School, Cranston
2022 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- Barrington High School, Barrington
- Fort Barton Elementary School, Tiverton
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School, Foster
2021 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- North Kingstown Senior High School, North Kingstown
- Raymond C. LaPerche School, Smithfield
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Ashton School, Cumberland
2020 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- Charlestown Elementary School, Chariho
- Kingston Hill Academy
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Narragansett Elementary School, Narragansett
2019 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- Ashaway Elementary School, Chariho
- Brown Avenue School, Johnston
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Flora S. Curtis Memorial School, Pawtucket
2018 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- East Greenwich High School, East Greenwich
- Jamestown School - Melrose, Jamestown
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Colt Andrews Elementary School, Bristol-Warren
2017 Blue Ribbon
EXEMPLARY HIGH PERFORMING
- Classical High School, Providence
- Community Elementary School, Cumberland
EXEMPLARY ACHIEVEMENT GAP CLOSING
- Fishing Cove Elementary School, North Kingstown
2016 Blue Ribbon
HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Barrington High School, Barrington
- Peace Dale Elementary School, South Kingstown
IMPROVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Kent Heights Elementary School, East Providence
2015 Blue Ribbon
HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Archie R. Cole Middle School, East Greenwich
- Nayatt Elementary School, Barrington
IMPROVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Francis J. Varieur Elementary School, Pawtucket
2014 Blue Ribbon
HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Fort Barton Elementary School, Tiverton
- Barrington Middle School, Barrington
IMPROVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Stephen Olney, North Providence
2013 Blue Ribbon
HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Stony Lane Elementary School, North Kingstown
IMPROVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- William M. Davies, Jr. Career-Technical High School
2011 Blue Ribbon
HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Hope Valley Elementary School, Chariho
IMPROVING SCHOOL CATEGORY
- Park School, Warwick
- William M. Davies, Jr. Career-Technical High School
Green Ribbon Schools
The Green Ribbon Schools program recognizes schools that save energy, reduce costs, feature environmentally sustainable learning spaces, protect health, foster wellness, and offer environmental education to boost academic achievement and community engagement.
2018 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS WINNERS:
- Potter Burns Elementary School
2017 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS WINNERS:
2015 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS WINNERS:
2014 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS WINNERS:
2013 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS WINNERS:
- Providence Career and Technical Academy
- The Compass School
2012 RHODE ISLAND GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS WINNERS:
- Nathan Bishop Middle School
- Classical High School
- Providence Career and Technical Academy
2012 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GREEN RIBBON SCHOOLS WINNERS:
- Nathan Bishop Middle School
- Classical High School