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Schools in Valley Falls

Valley Falls’s public schools

Cumberland School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valley Falls. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?8/8schools above Rhode Island’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Rhode Island’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
50%
2021–22
Graduate on time
89%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.0K
▼ 33% vs RI $23.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.4
RI 13.0
Schools in town
0
4,736 students on the public path
In brief

Valley Falls’s schools, in brief

School by school

8 of Valley Falls’s 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Rhode Island’s 278 public schools. Community School places highest (better than 99%); Joseph L. McCourt MS lowest (51%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Five elementary schools serve Valley Falls, graded from B− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Cumberland High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Valley Falls, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–55 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A+
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB− to A
9–12Cumberland High Schoolin CumberlandA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cumberland School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Cumberland School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 9 schools · 4,845 students, up 6% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (RI 13.0)
$16,007RI $23,945 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading51%
State average 33.1% · 2450 students tested
Math50%
State average 26.6% · 2459 students tested

Valley Falls vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Rhode Island towns that share Valley Falls’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Valley Falls—Cumberland
CumberlandA−Cumberland
LincolnB+Lincoln
Central FallsD−Central Falls

Attleboro, MA borders Valley Falls but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Valley Falls

8 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Rhode Island’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Valley Fallsin other towns
Community School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cumberland
A+
545 students17:1Rate it →
Ashton School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cumberland
A
429 students15:1Rate it →
Garvin Memorial
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cumberland
B+
422 students13:1Rate it →
John J. McLaughlin Cumberland
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cumberland
B+
413 students14:1Rate it →
B.F. Norton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Cumberland
B−
374 students12:1Rate it →
North Cumberland Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cumberland
A
643 students13:1Rate it →
Joseph L. McCourt MS
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cumberland
B−
482 students10:1Rate it →
Cumberland High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Cumberland
A−
1,428 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Valley Falls’s schools

Are Valley Falls’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Valley Falls. Cumberland School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Valley Falls. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 8 of its 8 district schools with test results score above the middle of Rhode Island’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Valley Falls in?

Cumberland School District.

Where do Valley Falls kids go to high school?

Cumberland High School.

Parents talk

What Valley Falls families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.