Summary:
The Paul Cuffee Lower School is the sole elementary school located within the Paul Cuffee Charter School district in Rhode Island. The school serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade and faces significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students.
The data shows that Paul Cuffee Lower School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Rhode Island elementary schools, with proficiency rates on standardized tests well below the state average. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics were 14.6% and 15.2%, respectively, compared to the state averages of 37.8% and 39.1% for 3rd grade. The school's performance on the Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA) test is also below the state average, with only 15% of students proficient or better.
Despite the school's low academic performance, it appears to have a relatively high per-student spending of $15,952 for the 2020-2021 school year, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a low student-teacher ratio of 11.9, suggesting that the school may be allocating resources in a way that is not effectively improving student outcomes. The high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 83.29% in the 2022-2023 school year, indicates that the school serves a predominantly low-income population, which may be contributing to the challenges it faces in providing a high-quality education.
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