Bristol-Warren School Report Cards: See How The District Did

BRISTOL-WARREN, RI —The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) released its annual school accountability and improvement report cards, including for the Bristol Warren Regional School District.

RIDE evaluates school performance factors, including state assessments, academic performance, student success criteria such as student and teacher absences, suspension rates and percentage of students exceeding expectations, and college and career readiness based on graduation rates and the percentage of students attaining college credits and industry credentials. These factors are used to determine the report card rating. Schools are classified from one to five stars, with one being the lowest score and five being the highest.

School officials said the report cards are designed to serve as public-facing documents that provide community members with a "holistic and well-rounded view" of how their schools are performing from year to year.

Bristol Warren's rankings were:

• Colt Andrews Elementary School— three stars
• Hugh Cole Elementary School — three stars
• Guiteras Elementary School — four stars
• Rockwell Elementary School — four stars
• Kickemuit Middle School — three stars
• Mt. Hope High School — four stars.

This marks the first year that RIDE released report cards since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In comparison to 2019, the majority of Bristol Warren school ratings remained the same, except for the Colt Andrews Elementary School rating which dropped from four to three, and the Mt. Hope High School rating which increased from three to four stars.

"While we recognize that there is room for growth and improvement with our overall school ratings given the effects and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning, we would like to acknowledge the four-star ratings at Mt. Hope, Rockwell and Guiteras Schools," Superintendent Ana Riley said. "We are committed to supporting the continued growth of our schools, as well as student and staff success, and we pledge to work toward the areas of improvement at our schools as identified by RIDE."

Across the state, there are 14 five-star schools, 28 four-star schools, 116 three-star schools, 94 two-star schools and 38 one-star schools. School Report Cards are public and available on RIDE's website.