Achievement First Promesa

Located at 234 Daboll St, in Providence, Rhode Island, Achievement First Promesa is an expansive elementary school that instructs 548 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Achievement First Rhode Island. Enrollment runs roughly 65% larger than the state mean of about 332.

Achievement First Rhode Island comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,200 students; Achievement First Promesa is among them.

Looking at the student body, Achievement First Promesa lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Achievement First Promesa has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Providence County's rate of about 64%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Providence County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,787 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Providence County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), of which Achievement First Promesa is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alfred Lima Sr. El School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Achievement First Promesa operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.