Summary:
Zip code 02908 has two schools serving high-school students: Mount Pleasant High serves grades 9–12, and Times2 Middle/High School serves grades 6–12; both are in Providence. The clearest direct comparisons are for grades 10 and 11, where Times2 leads on every reported test measure, while neither school reaches state proficiency in those comparisons.
Times2 stands out for both test results and graduation: its grade 11 SAT ELA proficiency is 41.7%, compared with 10.8% at Mount Pleasant, and its grade 10 PSAT ELA result is 51% versus 12%. Times2 also leads in math and science, with results more than 8.9 percentage points higher on grade 11 SAT math, more than 12.6 points higher on grade 10 PSAT math, and more than 15 points higher on grade 11 science. Its graduation rate is 95.5%, compared with Mount Pleasant’s 80%. SchoolDigger ranks Times2 33rd of 58 schools (43rd percentile) and Mount Pleasant 58th of 58 (0th percentile). Both schools remain below state proficiency in the matched high-school measures.
Recent results are mixed rather than showing a consistent upward trend. Mount Pleasant’s grade 10 PSAT ELA increased slightly, from 11.5% to 12%, while its grade 11 SAT ELA fell from 13% to 10.8%; Times2’s all-grades RICAS math rose from 10.8% to 17.9%, while its ELA and science slipped slightly. SchoolDigger’s rankings were steady recently for both schools: Times2 was at the 43rd percentile in each of the last two years, while Mount Pleasant moved from the 2nd percentile to the 0th. As context, Mount Pleasant has a student-teacher ratio of 16 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 89.77%, compared with 12.3 and 75.98% at Times2; these are descriptive differences, not explanations for outcomes. Times2’s middle-grade results are above the Providence district in math and science, but below it in ELA; all three are below state rates.
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