West Broadway Middle School

West Broadway Middle School operates as a reasonably sized middle school in Providence, Rhode Island, overseen by Providence. Current enrollment sits at 516 students spanning grades 5 through 8.

Within Providence, which oversees 39 schools and 20,645 students, West Broadway Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, West Broadway Middle School shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 9% Black, 6% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at West Broadway Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Providence County (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Providence County indicate median household income runs about $78,787, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Broadway Middle School is one of 206 public schools in Providence County (combined enrollment of about 88,799 students).

Paul Cuffee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Broadway Middle School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 72% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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