Summary:
Paul Cuffee Charter School has one middle school, Paul Cuffee Middle School, serving grades 6–8, with 189 students. In 2025–26, the school’s all-grade proficiency rates were below Rhode Island’s in English language arts (ELA), math, and science: 21.6% versus 33.1% in ELA, 17.6% versus 31.9% in math, and 20.0% versus 31.1% in science. Math was the largest overall shortfall, 14.3 percentage points below the state.
There are no other listed middle schools to compare, so the most useful standouts are differences among grades at Paul Cuffee Middle School. Grade 8 math was the strongest state comparison: 32.8% proficient, 2.6 points above Rhode Island’s 30.2%. Grade 7 ELA was nearly level with the state, at 31.8% versus 32.0%. Results were weakest in grade 6 ELA, 7.9% compared with 31.4% statewide, and grade 7 math, 6.1% compared with 27.9%. The school was above its district in ELA and science—by 1.1 and 4.4 points, respectively—but 1.1 points below the district in math.
Results improved in ELA and science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math edged down: ELA rose 5.2 points, from 16.4% to 21.6%, and science increased 4.8 points, from 15.2% to 20.0%; math fell 0.8 points, from 18.4% to 17.6%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, moving from 50th of 64 schools and the 22nd percentile with 1 star in 2023–24 to 45th of 68 and the 34th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–26. The reported student–teacher ratio was 14.5 in 2024–25, and 89.95% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch that year; these are context, not explanations for results. State results for 2024–25 are not provided, so changes in the school’s gap with Rhode Island cannot be determined.
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