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The public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Providence County, Rhode Island

This ranking covers the public high schools with the highest share of Black students in Providence County, Rhode Island, drawn from 41 qualifying public high schools. Charles E. Shea High School leads the list at 37.3%, against a median of 14.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Providence County, Rhode Island

Top % Black

37.3%

Median % Black

14.2%

MOST BLACK · PROVIDENCE COUNTY, RHODE ISLAND

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Charles E. Shea High School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	770	287	37.3%
2	Charette Charter School	Providence, RI	Charette Charter	168	54	32.1%
3	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	Providence, RI	YouthBuild Preparatory Academy	115	36	31.3%
4	William E. Tolman High	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	995	250	25.1%
5	Times2 Middle/High School	Providence, RI	Providence	383	95	24.8%
6	Aventure Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	227	55	24.2%
7	E-Cubed Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	338	76	22.5%
8	RINI Middle College	Providence, RI	Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College	462	101	21.9%
9	Paul Cuffee Upper School	Providence, RI	Paul Cuffee Charter Sch	243	53	21.8%
10	Blackstone Academy Charter	Pawtucket, RI	Blackstone Academy	357	72	20.2%
11	Achievement First Providence H	Providence, RI	Achievement First Rhode Island	458	85	18.6%
12	Davies Career-Tech High School	Lincoln, RI	Davies Career and Tech	898	162	18.0%
13	Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr	Providence, RI	MET Career and Tech	817	142	17.4%
14	Central Falls Sr High	Central Falls, RI	Central Falls	788	136	17.3%
15	Hope High School	Providence, RI	Providence	775	123	15.9%
16	Classical High School	Providence, RI	Providence	1,116	176	15.8%
17	Sheila Skip Nowell	Providence, RI	Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy	187	29	15.5%
18	North Providence High	North Providence, RI	North Providence	1,085	167	15.4%
19	Trinity Academy Performing Art	Providence, RI	Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts	234	34	14.5%
20	Woonsocket High School	Woonsocket, RI	Woonsocket	1,646	238	14.5%
21	360 High School	Providence, RI	Providence	360	—	14.2%
22	Mount Pleasant High	Providence, RI	Providence	997	138	13.8%
23	Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS	Providence, RI	Providence	447	60	13.4%
24	East Providence High	East Providence, RI	East Providence	1,691	217	12.8%
25	W B Cooley & Acad Internationa	Providence, RI	Providence	685	86	12.6%
26	Central High School	Providence, RI	Providence	1,050	127	12.1%
27	Providence Career Technical	Providence, RI	Providence	759	83	10.9%
28	Jacqueline M. Walsh School	Pawtucket, RI	Pawtucket	173	14	8.1%
29	Cranston High School East	Cranston, RI	Cranston	1,525	111	7.3%
30	Johnston Senior High	Johnston, RI	Johnston	826	55	6.7%
31	BEACON Charter School	Woonsocket, RI	Beacon Charter School	203	13	6.4%
32	Apprenticeship Exploration Sch	Cranston, RI	Cranston	176	10	5.7%
33	Lincoln Senior High School	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln	973	52	5.3%
34	Bridge Academy	Providence, RI	Providence	117	6	5.1%
35	Cumberland High School	Cumberland, RI	Cumberland	1,428	59	4.1%
36	Cranston High School West	Cranston, RI	Cranston	1,653	58	3.5%
37	Smithfield High School	Smithfield, RI	Smithfield	729	22	3.0%
38	North Smitfield HS	North Smithfield, RI	North Smithfield	532	16	3.0%
39	Burrillville High School	Harrisville, RI	Burrillville	634	8	1.3%
40	Ponaganset High School	North Scituate, RI	Foster-Glocester	869	5	0.6%
41	Scituate High School	North Scituate, RI	Scituate	387	0	0.0%

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