McKee, Infante-Green, Rhode Island FC Announce Week 2 Attendance Matters Challenge Winners

Published on Friday, May 15, 2026

PROVIDENCE, RI — As part of the statewide Attendance Matters RI campaign, today, Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, and Rhode Island Football Club announced the winners of week 2 of the RIFC Attendance Matters Challenge recognizing Rhode Island schools with the highest weekly attendance, and most improved attendance rates, across elementary, middle, and high schools.

The following schools are Rhode Island’s attendance leaders for the week of May 4-May 8, 2026:  

Elementary: Melrose Avenue School, Jamestown - 98.0% weekly attendance rate

Middle: Raíces Upper Dual Language Academy, Central Falls - 98.3% weekly attendance rate

High School: Barrington High School - 96.4% weekly attendance rate

The following schools were recognized for demonstrating the most improved attendance week over week:  

Elementary: Clayville Elementary School, Scituate - 3.7 percentage point improvement in weekly attendance rate

Middle: Roger Williams Middle School, Providence - 4.8 percentage point improvement in weekly attendance rate

High School: Apprenticeship Exploration School, Cranston - 4.6 percentage point improvement in weekly attendance rate

As of 6:00am on May 13, 2026. *  

The RIFC Attendance Matters Challenge runs from late April through May 2026, recognizing six schools each week for strong or improving attendance—24 schools total. Winning schools earn the chance to attend a Rhode Island FC game, with winners honored at the stadium during the June 6 Kids Night game. This effort builds on statewide progress in attendance, including a 12-percentage-point drop in chronic absenteeism statewide and over 3.7 million recovered learning hours since the pandemic.

For more information on the partnership and Rhode Island’s work to improve attendance, visit AttendanceMattersRI.org.