Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr

Located at 325 Public Street, in Providence, Rhode Island, Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr is a medium-sized secondary school that hosts 817 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within MET Career and Tech. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 679 students each, so Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr sits 20% bigger than that benchmark.

MET Career and Tech is the operating authority for Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%; the rest breaks down as 24% White, 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr qualify 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nuestro Mundo Public Charter S, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Metropolitan Career Tech Ctr has increased 5%, going from 780 students in 2018 to 817 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 30% to 24% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.