Two of Cranston’s public schools- Garden City School and Hugh B. Bain Middle School- saw a rise in their Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) accountability scores for the 2022-23 school year.

Garden City School became the only school in Cranston to reach a four-star ranking, while Bain- formerly the only school in the city ranked at one star by RIDE- avoided that ignominious distinction.

The data, released on Friday, did not show any Cranston schools with a worse ranking than in the 2021-22 school year. RIDE’s School and District Report Cards, which measure these scores in schools statewide, go back as far as 2003.

The ratings, according to RIDE, take into account factors including chronic absenteeism, test scores and graduation rates. A school cannot receive a higher ranking than their lowest-ranked category.

RIDE attributed the rise in Garden City’s ranking to growth in English Language Arts (ELA) and math, and new achievements in ELA, math and science, with the categories having risen from three stars in the 2021-22 school year to five and four stars, respectfully.

Bain’s rise occurred in the same two categories, which kept it at one star during the 2021-22 academic year. In addition, the school saw a reduction in the number of low-performing subgroups, which RIDE characterizes as groups within a school that would be at one star should they be a school of their own.

The vast majority of Cranston’s schools- including all but one of its secondary schools- sit at a two-star ranking. Oak Lawn, Waterman, Rhodes, Eden Park, Stadium, Woodridge, Stone Hill and Orchard Farms Elementary Schools, as well as Hope Highlands Middle School, each have a three-star rating.

District-wide, Cranston saw slight rises in its graduation rate, postsecondary enrollment rate, and proficiency in ELA, math and science, as well as its per pupil expenditure rate.