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Paul Cuffee Upper School, Providence, RI

Charter schoolPaul Cuffee Upper School is a public high school in Providence, part of Paul Cuffee Charter Sch. It enrolled 243 students in 2024-25, with 9.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
243
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
9.3
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.5 lower than the district figure of 11.8. The Rhode Island average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.3
District11.8
Rhode Island13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
544 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
Phone
(401)781-2727
District
Paul Cuffee Charter Sch
County
Providence County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
440003200526
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
179
Reduced-price lunch
41
Free or reduced-price lunch
22090.5% of enrollment.
Direct certification
80Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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

High schools elsewhere in Providence

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.