Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Governor Christopher DelSesto, Providence, RI

CEP schoolGovernor Christopher DelSesto is a public middle school in Providence, part of Providence County Public Schools. It enrolled 818 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 818
Teachers (FTE): 48.0
Students per teacher: 17.0
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.1 higher than the district figure of 14.9. The Rhode Island average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.0

District14.9

Rhode Island13.0

United States15.3

School details

Address: 152 Springfield Street, Providence, RI 02909
Phone: (401)278-0557
District: Providence County Public Schools
County: Providence County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Midsize
NCES school ID: 440090000175

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 644
Reduced-price lunch: 74
Free or reduced-price lunch: 71887.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 348Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Providence County Public Schools

Nathanael Greene Middle 815 students
Roger Williams Middle 786 students
Nathan Bishop Middle 719 students
West Broadway Middle School 516 students
Esek Hopkins Middle 398 students

Middle schools elsewhere in Providence

AF Providence Mayoral Middle Achievement First Rhode Island
Providence Preparatory Charter Providence Preparatory Charter
Paul Cuffee Middle School Paul Cuffee Charter Sch
Urban Collaborative Program Urban Collaborative

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.