Paul Cuffee Middle School

Paul Cuffee Middle School is a middle school of micro-enrollment scale in Providence, Rhode Island, part of Paul Cuffee Charter Sch, hosting 189 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Rhode Island's public schools average about 523 students each, so Paul Cuffee Middle School sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Paul Cuffee Charter Sch comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 790 students; Paul Cuffee Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Paul Cuffee Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest breaks down as 15% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Providence County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Providence County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Providence County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,787 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Paul Cuffee Middle School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

West Broadway Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Paul Cuffee Middle School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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