Summary:
Paul Cuffee Upper School is the sole high school within the Paul Cuffee Charter School district in Rhode Island. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of high schools in the state, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Despite relatively high per-student spending and a low student-teacher ratio, the school's academic performance, as measured by test scores and graduation rates, lags behind state averages.
Paul Cuffee Upper School's proficiency rates in core subjects like math and English language arts are significantly below the statewide averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 15% of 11th-grade students were proficient in math, compared to 23.3% statewide. Similarly, the school's 40% proficiency rate in 11th-grade English language arts was lower than the 51.6% statewide average. The school's four-year graduation rate of 84.0% in the 2022-2023 school year also falls short of the state's performance.
The data suggests that the school faces socioeconomic challenges, with 80.51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. While the school allocates significant resources, with a high per-student spending and low student-teacher ratio, these investments do not appear to be translating into stronger academic outcomes. Without additional data on other high schools in the area, it is difficult to draw more meaningful comparisons, but the available information indicates that Paul Cuffee Upper School is a lower-performing high school within the Rhode Island education system.
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