Schools in Valley Falls · Cumberland School District
Valley Falls’s public schools beat 72% of Rhode Island districts
The public schools Valley Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of Rhode Island’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
76%beats similar-income towns
Math proficiency
40%
▲ 19 pts vs RI 21%
2020–21
Graduate on time
87%
▲ 4 pts vs RI 83%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$16.0K
▼ 33% vs RI $23.9K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Valley Falls compares
A− Test scoresC+ Graduation
Rhode Island school districts we grade (57)Better than 72%
Lower resultsHigher results
Rhode Island towns with similar household incomes (41)Better than 76%
High confidence. Built on 2,386 tested students and a graduating class of 365; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Rhode Island’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Rhode Island only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Valley Falls.
5 schools teach K in Valley Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Community School, Ashton School, Garvin Memorial and John J. McLaughlin Cumberland and more.
5 schools teach 1st grade in Valley Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Community School, Ashton School, Garvin Memorial and John J. McLaughlin Cumberland and more.
5 schools teach 2nd grade in Valley Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Community School, Ashton School, Garvin Memorial and John J. McLaughlin Cumberland and more.
5 schools teach 3rd grade in Valley Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Community School, Ashton School, Garvin Memorial and John J. McLaughlin Cumberland and more.
5 schools teach 4th grade in Valley Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Community School, Ashton School, Garvin Memorial and John J. McLaughlin Cumberland and more.
5 schools teach 5th grade in Valley Falls’s district. Which one depends on your address: Community School, Ashton School, Garvin Memorial and John J. McLaughlin Cumberland and more.
Straight-line distance from the center of Valley Falls. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 22 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Rhode Island. Stars are from neighbors.