Middle · Rhode Island

Esek Hopkins Middle

Free meals for all

Esek Hopkins Middle, a public middle school in Providence, Rhode Island: grades 6–8, 398 students, 14.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of 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: 398
Teachers (FTE): 27.0
Students per teacher: 14.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 12.4 · 57 schools compared

More students per teacher than 51% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 69% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 509 · 58 schools compared

Smaller than 64% 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%

7.5%proficient

A lower share proficient than 91% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 34% · 58 middle schools compared

134 students tested, grades 6 · RICAS; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Rhode Island: 31%

Not published: too few students tested.

365 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
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Providence

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

Location

Address: 480 Charles Street, Providence, RI 02904
Phone: (401)456-9203
City or town: Providence
County: Providence County

Quality of life in Providence Schools in Providence

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
Nathanael Greene MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	815	15.1	25%	16%	1.1 mi
Nathan Bishop MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	719	16.3	24%	19%	1.5 mi
Urban Collaborative ProgramFree meals for all	7–8	145	10.4	6.5%	—	1.9 mi
Samuel Slater Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	590	12.8	7.6%	7.3%	2.1 mi
Birchwood Middle School	6–8	390	12.6	38%	21%	2.1 mi
West Broadway Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	516	15.6	16%	11%	2.3 mi

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.

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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