Schools
South Kingstown Public Schools compared with the state, from the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE).
Checked . The Department of Education updates each figure once a year.
Summary
- Graduation rate 93.7% Class of 2025 · State 85.5%
- Chronically absent 13.0% 2025–26
- State test, English, grades 3–8 56.7% Spring 2026, met or exceeded · State 33.1%
- State test, math, grades 3–8 54.1% Spring 2026, met or exceeded · State 31.9%
- Spending per pupil $29,314 2024–25 · State $23,634
Graduation rate
Share of students who graduated high school within four years of starting ninth grade.
| Class of | South Kingstown | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93.7% | 85.5% |
| 2024 | 92.5% | 84.1% |
| 2023 | 90.6% | 84.1% |
| 2022 | 92.4% | 83.5% |
| 2021 | 91.6% | 83.7% |
| 2020 | 94.7% | 83.6% |
| 2019 | 89.4% | 83.9% |
| 2018 | 94.5% | 84.0% |
The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. Source: RIDE report card data files (opens in new tab) (Graduation Rates).
Chronic absenteeism
Share of students who missed 10% or more of the school days they were enrolled, for any reason.
| School year | South Kingstown |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 13.0% |
| 2024–25 | 15.6% |
| 2023–24 | 18.8% |
| 2022–23 | 20.5% |
| 2021–22 | 19.3% |
The district's rate as RIDE's school accountability system counts it. RIDE's data files have no statewide rate for all students, so the state's isn't shown. Source: RIDE report card data files (opens in new tab) (Accountability).
State test results
Share of students in grades 3 to 8 who met or exceeded expectations on the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS), in English language arts and math.
English
| Spring | South Kingstown | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56.7% | 33.1% |
| 2025 | 53.3% | 33.7% |
| 2024 | 47.0% | 30.8% |
| 2023 | 49.8% | 33.1% |
| 2022 | 43.6% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 52.0% | 33.2% |
| 2019 | 58.3% | 38.5% |
| 2018 | 46.4% | 33.7% |
Math
| Spring | South Kingstown | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54.1% | 31.9% |
| 2025 | 51.1% | 31.4% |
| 2024 | 50.6% | 30.1% |
| 2023 | 46.8% | 29.6% |
| 2022 | 37.8% | 26.9% |
| 2021 | 27.8% | 20.1% |
| 2019 | 50.0% | 29.8% |
| 2018 | 46.3% | 27.3% |
No tests were given in spring 2020. RICAS is adapted from Massachusetts's MCAS tests and uses the same achievement levels, so its results can be compared with Massachusetts's only loosely. Source: RIDE assessment data portal (opens in new tab).
Spending per pupil
What the district spends for each student, from local, state, and federal funds together, as RIDE reports it on its school report cards.
| School year | South Kingstown | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | $29,314 | $23,634 |
| 2023–24 | $28,444 | $23,571 |
| 2022–23 | $26,354 | $22,690 |
| 2021–22 | $25,717 | $21,295 |
| 2020–21 | $23,850 | $19,677 |
| 2019–20 | $21,270 | $18,039 |
| 2018–19 | $21,805 | $17,955 |
| 2017–18 | $20,482 | $17,327 |
Source: RIDE report card data files (opens in new tab) (Finance, total per pupil).
All figures as published by the Rhode Island Department of Education (opens in new tab), on its school report cards (opens in new tab) and assessment data portal.
– means no figure for that year: the state hasn't published it, or, for a change, there's no earlier year to compare with.