Middle · Rhode Island

Joseph Jenks Middle School

Free meals for all

Joseph Jenks Middle School, a public middle school in Pawtucket, Rhode Island: grades 6–8, 697 students, 16.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Pawtucket.

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
697
Teachers (FTE)
43.0
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 93% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 12.4 · 57 schools compared

More students per teacher than 64% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 74% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 509 · 58 schools compared

Larger than 69% 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%

13%proficient

+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 78% of middle schools in Rhode Island

Median 34% · 58 middle schools compared

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

Math

Rhode Island: 31%

7.2%proficient

+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 27% · 56 middle schools compared

614 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
Large suburb
Run by
Pawtucket

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

Location

Address
350 Division Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860
Phone
(401)729-6520
City or town
Pawtucket

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Lyman B. Goff Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–863714.8
6–86312.6
Calcutt Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–847613.6
Samuel Slater Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–859012.8
Blackstone Valley Prep Jr HighCharterFree meals for all
7–832313.5
6–850011.5

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.

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