Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High

Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High is one of the small intermediate schools in Central Falls, Rhode Island, part of Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy, with 323 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 523.

Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,236 students. Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 31% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is 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, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Providence County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students), Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ella Risk School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High 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 Jr High has edged down 3%, going from 332 students in 2018 to 323 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 51% to 0% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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