Paul Cuffee Upper School

Among the schools in Providence, Rhode Island, is Paul Cuffee Upper School, a small high school. It educates 243 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Rhode Island is about 679 students, so this school is 64% smaller than average.

Paul Cuffee Charter Sch is the local district for Paul Cuffee Upper School. It runs 3 schools with 790 students.

Hispanic students are the majority at Paul Cuffee Upper School, with 73% of enrollment. It is also 22% Black and 2% White. Providence County's residents are about 26% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. Paul Cuffee Upper School's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.

Its teaching staff equals 26 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.3:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Rhode Island. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 91%. The 64% average for public schools in Providence County is 27 points lower.

Paul Cuffee Upper School is located in Providence County, where the median household income is $78,787, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Paul Cuffee Upper School is one of 206 public schools in the county.

Dr. Jorge Alvarez HS is the public school closest to Paul Cuffee Upper School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Under the NCES locale system, Paul Cuffee Upper School is City: Mid-size. Federal records list Paul Cuffee Upper School as a charter school.

Enrollment declined 9% from its 2020-21 level of 268. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.2:1 to 9.3:1.

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