East Providence High

East Providence High is a high school in East Providence, RI, enrolling 1,659 students in grades 9-12 within the East Providence school district. That headcount is above the 429-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 60% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 12 points above the 48% average for the East Providence school district. Against the 51% Rhode Island statewide average, the school sits 8 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 15 points. As a high school, it reports a 80% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 15.8 to 1, close to the U.S. average of about 16 to 1. 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It receives Title I federal funding, which flags a higher share of low-income students rather than measuring school quality.