Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2

Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2, a reasonably sized elementary school in Cumberland, Rhode Island, one of the schools within Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy, caters to 426 students, covering grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 28% larger than the state mean of about 332.

Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,236 students; Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2 records that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 35% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Pacific Islander. That composition is broadly in line with Providence County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Providence County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Providence County put median household earnings sit near $78,787, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2 is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

The closest other public school is Blackstone Valley Prep High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2 is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blackstone Valley Prep E. 2 has showed little movement, going from 418 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 44% to 0% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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