Veazie Street School is an elementary school located in Providence, Rhode Island, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 469 students. The school is part of the Providence School District, which is ranked 48 out of 60 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Veazie Street School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Rhode Island elementary schools over the past decade.
Veazie Street School consistently underperforms the state and district averages in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency on the RICAS assessments. In 2023-2024, only 16.2% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 15.3% in the Providence district and 37.8% statewide. In Mathematics, 26.6% of Veazie Street students were proficient or better, compared to 14.7% in the district and 39.1% statewide. The school's performance in Science, as measured by the NGSA assessment, is also low, with only 9.6% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 14.2% in the district. Veazie Street School has a high percentage of students from low-income families, with 84.65% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year.
The nearby Paul Cuffee Lower School and Nathanael Greene School, both in the Providence district, have similar academic performance and socioeconomic profiles to Veazie Street School. In contrast, the nearby Times2 Elementary School, a charter school, outperforms Veazie Street School and the Providence district in all subject areas, with significantly higher proficiency rates. Schools in the neighboring North Providence district, such as James L. McGuire School and Joseph A. Whelan School, generally perform better than Veazie Street School in ELA and Mathematics, though they still lag behind the state averages.
Veazie Street School ranks in the bottom 21.1% of Rhode Island elementary schools.
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Students at Veazie Street School are 61% Hispanic, 21% African American, 8% White, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian, 1% Not Specified.
Students who attend Veazie Street School usually go on to attend:Middle : Esek Hopkins MiddleMiddle : Gilbert Stuart Middle SchoolMiddle : Governor Christopher DelSestoMiddle : Nathan Bishop MiddleMiddle : Nathanael Greene MiddleMiddle : Roger Williams MiddleHigh : Central High SchoolHigh : Classical High SchoolHigh : Dr. Jorge Alvarez High SchoolHigh : Hope High SchoolHigh : Mount Pleasant HighHigh : W B Cooley & Academy Internationa
In the 2022-23 school year, 469 students attended Veazie Street School.