Elementary · Rhode Island

Alfred Lima Sr. El School

Free meals for all

Alfred Lima Sr. El School, a public elementary school in Providence, Rhode Island: grades k–5, 662 students, 17.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Providence.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
662
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
17.0
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 13.4 · 172 schools compared

More students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 99% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 317 · 172 schools compared

Larger than 86% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Rhode Island's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Rhode Island: 34%

7.5%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 98% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 32% · 167 elementary schools compared

292 students tested, grades 3–8 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Rhode Island: 31%

15%proficient

+4.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Rhode Island

Median 35% · 167 elementary schools compared

308 students tested, grades 3–8 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Providence.

Location

Address
222 Daboll Street, Providence, RI 02907
Phone
(401)278-0504
City or town
Providence

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Achievement First PromesaCharterFree meals for all
K–554813.427%29%
K–528816.934%38%
Nuestro Mundo Public Charter SCharterFree meals for all
K–829218.320%12%
Highlander Elementary CharterCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–626912.817%8.3%
Robert L. Bailey IVFree meals for all
K–544414.827%30%
Achievement First IluminarCharterFree meals for all
K–446515.031%32%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 440090000124