Summary:
ZIP code 02909 has four middle schools: Governor Christopher DelSesto and Paul Cuffee Middle School serve grades 6–8, while West Broadway Middle School and AF Providence Mayoral Middle serve grades 5–8. Reported proficiency varies widely across the area, and the clearest overall finding is that AF Providence leads the other three schools in all three subjects.
AF Providence has the highest all-grades proficiency: 40.7% in English language arts (ELA), 33.7% in math, and 28.8% in science. Its ELA and math results are respectively 7.6 and 1.8 percentage points above state rates; science is 2.3 points below. Its ELA result is 23.13 points above the other schools’ average, and its math result is 22.7 points above theirs. At the other end, DelSesto has the lowest ELA (10.5%) and math (6.3%) rates, with science below 5%. West Broadway stands out for ELA at 20.6%, above the Providence figure of 17.2%, while Paul Cuffee has a notable grade-8 math result of 32.8%, above the state’s 30.2%, despite its 17.6% all-grades rate.
ELA proficiency rose at all four schools from the prior year: increases ranged from 3.1 points at DelSesto to 10.3 at AF Providence. Math and science trends were mixed: AF Providence improved in both, while West Broadway and Paul Cuffee had small math declines and science gains. SchoolDigger ranks AF Providence 23rd of 68 schools with three stars, compared with Paul Cuffee at 45th with two stars, West Broadway at 54th with one, and DelSesto at 63rd with none. AF Providence also has the lowest listed student–teacher ratio, 13.9; listed free/reduced-lunch rates are relatively close across the schools, from 85.93% to 89.95%, without establishing a cause for achievement differences. All-grades results reflect differing grade spans, and prior-year state rates are not supplied for comparing changes in the state gap.
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