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{{Infobox school district
| name = Providence Public School District
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| superintendent = Javier Montañez
| asst_superintendent =
| schools = 43 schools, 2 annexes and 2 charter schools, 2 transitions{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
| budget =
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|4400900|district_name=Providence|access_date=September 22, 2018}}
| students = 2324,983454 <ref name="2018–2019 Totals">{{cite web |url=http://www.providenceschools.org/files/_ySFDs_/96c80521742540473745a49013852ec4/Brief_Overview_031414.pdf |title=Totals By Grade for all Public |publisher=Providence Public School District |accessdate=20 July 2015 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| teachers = 1954
| staff = 258
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The '''Providence Public School Department''' is the administrative force behind the primary public school district of [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. As of DecemberJuly 20172022, it serves overabout 2321,000700 students in 43pre-K schools,through 312th annexes,grade. 2It charterhas 21 elementary schools, seven middle schools and 2nine centershigh servicingschools, studentsalong with disabilitiestwo public charter schools.<ref name="LearnAboutPPSD">{{cite web|title=General District Information/Who We Are|url=https://www.providenceschools.org/Page/529|publisher=PPSD Office of Communications|accessdate=20172023-1206-1520}}</ref>
 
The Providence Public School District includes [[magnet school]]s at the middle and high school level, [[Nathanael Greene Middle School|Nathanael Greene]] and [[Classical High School|Classical]] respectively. There are two separate centers for students with special needs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.providenceschools.org/dept/students/index.html|publisher=Providence Schools|title=About the Student Body|access-date=June 10, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050204131744/http://www.providenceschools.org/dept/students/index.html |archive-date = February 4, 2005}}</ref> Two public charter schools, [[Time Squared Academy High School]] (K–12) and Textron Chamber of Commerce (9–12), are funded by [[GTECH Corporation]] and [[Textron]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.providenceschools.org/dept/news/files/9E0BC30F74514CA18DB979D75C88BEBF.pdf|title=The Providence Public School District at a Glance|publisher=Providenceschools.org|access-date=June 11, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071128080535/http://www.providenceschools.org/dept/news/files/9E0BC30F74514CA18DB979D75C88BEBF.pdf |archive-date = November 28, 2007}}</ref> Overall, the public high school graduation rate {{as of|2019|lc=y}} is 74%,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d21/tables/dt21_215.15.asp|title=Selected statistics on enrollment, staff, and graduates in public school districts enrolling more than 15,000 students in 2020: Selected years, 1990 through 2020|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=June 19, 2023}}</ref> which is below the statewide rate of 84%<ref>{{cite web|url = https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=805|title = Fast Facts - High school graduation rates|publisher = National Center for Education Statistics|access-date = June 19, 2023}}</ref> and the national average of 87%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d20/tables/dt20_219.10.asp|title=Table 219.10. High school graduates, by sex and control of school; public high school averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR); and total graduates as a ratio of 17-year-old population: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2029-30|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=June 19, 2023}}</ref>
Providence Public Schools rank third when compared to public schools in New England. Worcester Public and Boston Public are ranked 1st and 2nd.
 
Providence Public Schools rank third when compared to public schools in New England. Worcester Public and Boston Public are ranked 1st and 2nd.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
 
== Vision and mission ==
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| caption4= Nathanael Greene Middle School
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===Elementary schools===
As of the 20192022-20202023 school year
 
* Bailey
* Carnevale
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| caption5=Providence Career & Technical Academy
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===Middle schools===
As of the 2019–20202022–2023 school year
 
* DelSestoDelsesto
* Esek Hopkins
* Gibert Stuart
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===High schools===
As of the 20192022-20202023 school year
 
* 360 High School
*[[Classical High School|Classical]]
* [[Central High School (Providence, Rhode Island)|Central]]
* E-Cubed Academy
* [[Hope High School (Rhode Island)|Hope]]
* Mount Pleasant
* [[Juanita Sánchez|Juanita Sanchez Complex]]
* Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School
* Providence Career Tech Academy
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* Highlander Charter School
* Paul Cuffee Charter School
* Achievement First
 
 
===Centers servicing students with significant disabilities===
 
* Harold A. Birch Vocational Program
* St. Charles Vocational Program at Hope High School Special Education
 
===Former schools===
* Brigham
* St. Charles Vocational Program
* Windmill Street School
 
===Transition Programs===
Special Education Students are 18-2225 ages students some are disabilities on IEP/504 Plan
 
* Providence Autism School to Tomorrow Academy (PASA)
 
* Providence Autism School to Tomorrow Academy (PASAPASTTA)
* Providence Transition Academy
 
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===NECAP results===
{{update|date=June 2023}}
 
District NECAP results for 2015–16 were significantly below state averages.<ref name="InfoWorksProv" />
 
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===Graduation rates===
{{update|date=June 2023}}
 
''Four-year graduation rate (students entering grade 9 in 2009–2010)''<ref name="InfoWorksProv" />
(as reported by the [[Rhode Island Department of Education]])
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==Population==
{{update|date=June 2023}}
 
=== 2010–2011 school year ===
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''Special Education''
 
As of June 2022, 4,605615 students in the district, ages 3–243–25, were identified as having disabilities.
 
''Language programs''
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| Dual language (included in bilingual totals) || 3% || 132
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| Inclusion Regular (General Education IEP) || 10% || 175 1,000
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| Total in program || 100% || 410,075000
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| 1,895 || 59% || Teachers
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| 757855 || 23% || Aides, bus monitors, crossing guards
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| 224 || 7% || Clerical support
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[[Category:School districts in Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Education in Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Government of Providence, Rhode Island]]
[[Category:School districts established in 1977]]