Middle · Rhode Island

Birchwood Middle School

Birchwood Middle School, a public middle school in North Providence, Rhode Island: grades 6–8, 390 students, 12.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of North Providence.

Size and class size

Compared with middle 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
390
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
12.6
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 54% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 12.4 · 57 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 72% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 509 · 58 schools compared

Smaller than 65% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 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%

38%proficient

−5.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 34% · 58 middle schools compared

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

Math

Rhode Island: 31%

21%proficient

−4.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 57% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 27% · 56 middle schools compared

387 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
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

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

Location

Address
10 Birchwood Drive, North Providence, RI 02904
Phone
(401)233-1120

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–837812.234%17%
Excel Academy Rhode IslandCharterFree meals for all
5–731214.934%34%
Esek Hopkins MiddleFree meals for all
6–839814.77.5%—
Blackstone Valley Prep Upper ECharterFree meals for all
5–638015.229%26%
Nathanael Greene MiddleFree meals for all
6–881515.125%16%
Samuel Slater Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–859012.87.6%7.3%

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 440078000173