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Charles E. Shea High School

Q: Is Charles E. Shea High School a good school?

Charles E. Shea High School ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Rhode Island high schools.

Q: How many students attend Charles E. Shea High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 770 students attended Charles E. Shea High School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Charles E. Shea High School?

Students at Charles E. Shea High School are 37% African American, 34% Hispanic, 16% White, 6% Two or more races, 4% Not Specified.

Q: What schools feed into Charles E. Shea High School?

Charles E. Shea High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Elizabeth Baldwin School Elementary : Francis J. Varieur School Elementary : Henry J. Winters School Elementary : Nathanael Greene School Middle : Samuel Slater Middle School

Public Grades 9-12

56^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 58 Rhode Island High Schools

Better than 3% of Rhode Island high schools

Summary

Charles E. Shea High School is a public high school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 770 students. Its 2024–25 graduation rate was 81%, but its latest results show low proficiency across science, English Language Arts (ELA), and math. The most important concern is that fewer than 12% of students were proficient in 11th-grade ELA, 6% in science, and under 5% in both reported math tests.

Graduation is Shea’s clearest strength compared with its test results and the nearby-school group: its 81% rate was 7 percentage points above Pawtucket and 4 points below Rhode Island, ranking fifth among 11 nearby schools with data. By contrast, proficiency is near the bottom of local comparisons. Shea had the second-lowest 11th-grade ELA result among the nearby schools, at 11%; Jacqueline M. Walsh School had 71%. Shea’s science result was 6%, compared with 31% statewide and 15% in Pawtucket. Its math results were under 5%, versus 24% statewide in 11th grade. The same pattern appears in 10th-grade ELA: Shea’s 14% was well below the state’s 56% and the district’s 24%.

Results over time show the clearest decline in 10th-grade ELA, which fell from 24% in 2022–23 to 14% in 2025–26; its gap with the state widened to 42 points. 11th-grade ELA dipped from 13% to 11% over that period, while science was roughly flat, moving from 7% to 6%. SchoolDigger ranked Shea 56th of 58 Rhode Island high schools, at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars, in 2025–26. Its 13.2 students per teacher and 81% free/reduced-lunch rate were near the middle of the nearby-school comparisons. One notable subgroup change is SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness percentile for Hispanic students, a measure of how well the school serves that group compared with the same group at other schools: it fell from 19 in 2023–24 to 0 in 2025–26.

770

Students ?

13.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

81.3%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

485 East Avenue
Pawtucket, RI 02860

(401) 729-6445

District: Pawtucket

Feeder schools for Charles E. Shea High School:

Elementary:	Elizabeth Baldwin School
	Francis J. Varieur School
	Henry J. Winters School
	Nathanael Greene School
Middle:	Samuel Slater Middle School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

37.3%

Hispanic:

34.4%

White:

16.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 19th percentile in 2016 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Rhode Island average (11% vs 36% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Dropout rate above the Rhode Island average (13% vs 7%)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school11%

District avg15%

Rhode Island avg36%

56^th of 58

Rhode Island public high schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 16 pts since 2016

From bottom 19% (2016) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

48^th of 61Pawtucket among Rhode Island districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	6.7	56 of 58	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.2	53 of 60	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.4	54 of 61	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.0	55 of 60	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.1	49 of 59	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	49 of 59	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	52 of 59	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.2	47 of 57	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.6	42 of 56	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.1	46 of 57	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.2	46 of 56	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.8	39 of 47	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	11.6	39 of 45	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	13.6	38 of 45	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	16.0	37 of 45	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	20.4	42 of 50	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	13.1	42 of 49	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	17.0	34 of 34	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.0	28 of 29	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	24 of 28	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	26 of 26	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.3	25 of 28	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	6.1	54 of 56	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.5	53 of 58	8.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	48 of 56	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.1	55 of 59	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	52 of 58	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	8.9	54 of 54	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.2	48 of 52	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.1	44 of 54	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	47 of 53	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	43 of 49	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	8.1	56 of 58	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.7	52 of 57	8.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	50 of 58	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.2	55 of 58	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	45 of 54	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	9.3	54 of 59	8.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	8.6	51 of 57	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.4	50 of 57	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.6	52 of 56	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.1	46 of 54	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	6.8	21 of 21	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.2	20 of 20	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Rhode Island percentile	Rating
2026	5.0	43 of 45	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.9	44 of 45	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.4	41 of 43	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.4	41 of 43	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.6	39 of 42	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2026)8th percentile+5 vs school

White (2026)4th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2026)<1st percentile-3 vs school

African American (2026)<1st percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2026)<1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Rhode Island (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts11%-36 vs state

Science6%-25 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT10 English Language Arts (2026)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2026)	SAT English Language Arts (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	NGSA Science (2026)			RICAS English Language Arts (2026)				RICAS Mathematics (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	NGSA Science 8th Grade	NGSA Science 11th Grade	NGSA Science All Grades	RICAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	RICAS English Language Arts All Grades	RICAS Mathematics 6th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 7th Grade	RICAS Mathematics 8th Grade	RICAS Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Charles E. Shea High School	Public	9-12	485 East Avenue	Pawtucket	02860	Providence County	Pawtucket	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 729-6445	770	58	13.2	81.3%	127 (16.5%)	287 (37.3%)	265 (34.4%)	6 (0.8%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.0%)	6.7	56^th of 58 public high schools	3.4%		8.2	53^rd of 60 public high schools	11.7%	3	13.9	343.0	11.4	359.0		6.3	6.3									$16,518	$1,187	$15,332
Blackstone Academy Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	334 Pleasant Street	Pawtucket	02860	Providence County	Blackstone Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 726-1750	357	25	14.2	81.2%	26 (7.3%)	72 (20.2%)	229 (64.1%)	5 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.4%)	23.5	40^th of 58 public high schools	31.0%		19	44^th of 60 public high schools	26.7%	4	42.0	19.3	26.5	14.5		14.3	14.3									$14,735	$839	$13,897
William E. Tolman High	Public	9-12	150 Exchange Street	Pawtucket	02860	Providence County	Pawtucket	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 729-6400	995	68	14.6	71.3%	230 (23.1%)	250 (25.1%)	374 (37.6%)	5 (0.5%)	9 (0.9%)	4 (0.4%)	56 (5.6%)	12.6	48^th of 58 public high schools	17.2%		12.8	50^th of 60 public high schools	16.7%	2	18.3	351.0	22.5	370.0		12.0	12.0									$15,402	$1,368	$14,034
Jacqueline M. Walsh School	Public	9-12	723 Central Avenue	Pawtucket	02861	Providence County	Pawtucket	No	(n/a)	No	No	(401) 721-2148	173	16	10.8	45.1%	69 (39.9%)	14 (8.1%)	65 (37.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.2%)	73	15^th of 58 public high schools	74.1%		76.7	13^th of 60 public high schools	78.3%	2	81.3	35.4	70.5	25.0		52.3	52.3									$17,088	$926	$16,162
Central Falls Senior High	Public	9-12	10 Higginson Ave.	Central Falls	02863	Providence County	Central Falls	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 727-7710	788	54	14.5	94.9%	160 (20.3%)	136 (17.3%)	403 (51.1%)	4 (0.5%)	52 (6.6%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.2%)	14.7	46^th of 58 public high schools	20.7%		8.5	52^nd of 60 public high schools	13.3%	6	16.9	347.0	18.4	6.4		21.6	21.6									$18,305	$2,149	$16,156
Aventure Academy	Public	9-12	425 Branch Avenue	Providence	02904	Providence County	Providence	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(401) 456-1707	227	28	8.1	85.5%	18 (7.9%)	55 (24.2%)	130 (57.3%)	5 (2.2%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.6%)								(n/a)	279.0	266.0	341.0	300.0		38.0	38.0									$24,803	$346	$24,457
Hope High School	Public	9-12	324 Hope Street	Providence	02906	Providence County	Providence	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 456-9161	775	63	12.3	85.0%	60 (7.7%)	123 (15.9%)	533 (68.8%)	24 (3.1%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.6%)	9.8	52^nd of 58 public high schools	10.3%		13	48^th of 60 public high schools	20.0%	4	15.7	319.0	15.5	353.0		11.8	11.8									$20,612	$799	$19,813
E-Cubed Academy	Public	9-12	812 Branch Avenue	Providence	02904	Providence County	Providence	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 456-0694	338	29	11.6	84.3%	25 (7.4%)	76 (22.5%)	206 (60.9%)	10 (3.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	8	54^th of 58 public high schools	6.9%		9.5	51^st of 60 public high schools	15.0%	3	16.9	341.0	15.0	360.0		6.5	6.5									$19,034	$637	$18,397
Times2 Middle/High School	Public, Charter	6-12	50 Fillmore Street	Providence	02908	Providence County	Providence	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 272-5094	383	31	12.3	76.0%	20 (5.2%)	95 (24.8%)	249 (65.0%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)	32.3	33^rd of 58 public high schools	43.1%		30.3	34^th of 60 public high schools	43.3%	1	51.0	17.6	41.7	13.9	19.6	20.0	19.8	5.6	10.6	16.4	10.9	21.2	15.4	17.9	17.9
Blackstone Valley Prep High	Public, Charter	9-12	65 Macondray St.	Cumberland	02864	Providence County	Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(401) 405-0320	405	30	13.5	73.8%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51.5	27^th of 58 public high schools	53.4%		54.7	28^th of 60 public high schools	53.3%	1	54.8	35.6	50.0	22.4		30.0	30.0									$15,957	$617	$15,340

Frequently Asked Questions about Charles E. Shea High School

What district is Charles E. Shea High School in?

Pawtucket

How many students attend Charles E. Shea High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 770 students attended Charles E. Shea High School.

What is the racial makeup of Charles E. Shea High School?

Students at Charles E. Shea High School are 37% African American, 34% Hispanic, 16% White, 6% Two or more races, 4% Not Specified.

What schools feed into Charles E. Shea High School?

Charles E. Shea High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Elizabeth Baldwin School
Elementary : Francis J. Varieur School
Elementary : Henry J. Winters School
Elementary : Nathanael Greene School
Middle : Samuel Slater Middle School

Is Charles E. Shea High School a good school?

Charles E. Shea High School ranks in the bottom 3.4% of Rhode Island high schools.

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