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Pawtucket Schools
Pawtucket is a public school district in Rhode Island, based in Providence County (Pawtucket). SchoolGrade grades 16 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Pawtucket on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Pawtucket
16 of 16 schools in Pawtucket carry a SchoolGrade. Grade distribution:
A: 1B: 1C: 4D: 10
Best schools in Pawtucket
Statewide rankings: all 55 high schools in Rhode Island · all 57 middle schools in Rhode Island · all 168 elementary schools in Rhode Island
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A- Jacqueline M Walsh School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B- Francis J Varieur School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C+ Flora S Curtis School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C Curvin Mccabe School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C- Agnes E Little School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C- Lyman B Goff Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- D+ Potter Burns School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ William E Tolman High (High school, meets expectations)
- D Fallon Memorial School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D Joseph Jenks Middle School (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
Every school in Pawtucket
All schools, A to Z (16)
- C- Agnes E Little School, Pawtucket
- D- Charles E Shea High School, Pawtucket
- D- Cunningham School, Pawtucket
- C Curvin Mccabe School, Pawtucket
- D- Elizabeth Baldwin School, Pawtucket
- D Fallon Memorial School, Pawtucket
- C+ Flora S Curtis School, Pawtucket
- B- Francis J Varieur School, Pawtucket
- D- Henry J Winters School, Pawtucket
- A- Jacqueline M Walsh School, Pawtucket
- D Joseph Jenks Middle School, Pawtucket
- C- Lyman B Goff Middle School, Pawtucket
- D- Nathanael Greene School, Pawtucket
- D+ Potter Burns School, Pawtucket
- D- Samuel Slater Middle School, Pawtucket
- D+ William E Tolman High, Pawtucket
Where Pawtucket schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Pawtucket (16)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Rhode Island
- County: Providence County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 7,887 students with 581 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,020 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 4400840
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Central Falls (6 schools, 1 mi)
- Providence (39 schools, 4 mi)
- North Providence (8 schools, 4 mi)
- Lincoln (6 schools, 5 mi)
- East Providence (12 schools, 5 mi)
- Cumberland (9 schools, 7 mi)
- Johnston (8 schools, 8 mi)
- Smithfield (5 schools, 8 mi)
Questions about Pawtucket
How many schools are in Pawtucket?
SchoolGrade grades 16 public schools in Pawtucket, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Pawtucket serve?
The largest by graded schools: Pawtucket.
How good are the schools in Pawtucket?
Across the 16 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D+, with 21.7% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 17.6%. 94% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Pawtucket?
7,887 students were enrolled in Pawtucket in the 2023-24 school year, about 13.6 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Pawtucket?
Pawtucket is in Rhode Island, based in Providence County, with its district office in Pawtucket. Its boundary covers about 8.6 sq mi.