Middle · Rhode Island
Blackstone Valley Prep Jr High
CharterFree meals for allBlackstone Valley Prep Jr High, a public middle school in Central Falls, Rhode Island: grades 7–8, 323 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy.
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
- 323
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 12.4 · 57 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 509 · 58 schools compared
Smaller than 73% 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%34%proficient
+8.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 34% · 58 middle schools compared
329 students tested, grades 3–8 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Rhode Island: 31%42%proficient
−3.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 73% of middle schools in Rhode Island
Median 27% · 56 middle schools compared
331 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 7–8
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Blackstone Valley Prep A RI Mayoral Academy.
Location
- Address
- 909 Lonsdale, Central Falls, RI 02863
- Phone
- (401)331-3533
- City or town
- Central Falls
- County
- Providence County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raices Upper Dual Language AcdFree meals for all | 6–8 | 63 | 12.6 | 8.8% | 10% |
Calcutt Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 476 | 13.6 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
Blackstone Valley Prep Upper ECharterFree meals for all | 5–6 | 380 | 15.2 | 29% | 26% |
Samuel Slater Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 590 | 12.8 | 7.6% | 7.3% |
Joseph Jenks Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 697 | 16.2 | 13% | 7.2% |
| 6–8 | 482 | 10.5 | 49% | 37% |
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
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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