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YouthBuild Preparatory Academy, Providence, RI

CEP schoolYouthBuild Preparatory Academy is a public high school in Providence, part of YouthBuild Preparatory Academy. It enrolled 115 students in 2024-25, with 28.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
115
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Students per teacher
28.8
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 29.0. The Rhode Island average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school28.8
District29.0
Rhode Island13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
217 Westminister Street, Providence, RI 02903
Phone
(401)273-7528
District
YouthBuild Preparatory Academy
County
Providence County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
440120200544
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
83
Reduced-price lunch
8
Free or reduced-price lunch
9179.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
60Students 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

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.