At $23,371 per pupil, Providence Preparatory Charter ranks #14 of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending (Rhode Island districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Providence Preparatory Charter operates 1 public schools serving 175 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Rhode Island. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Providence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,371 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 60 Rhode Island districts by per-pupil spending. See how Rhode Island compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.1% local, 50.4% state, and 31.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 18.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.1% Hispanic or Latino, 27.0% African American, 5.7% White across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 28.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (175 to 225 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 198.1 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $4,402,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 42% went to instruction, 46% to support services, and 6.4% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Providence Preparatory Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Providence Preparatory Charter student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Providence Preparatory Charter a distant remainder — means Providence Preparatory Charter-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Providence Preparatory Charter reports 96.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Providence Preparatory Charter chronic absenteeism rate is 18.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Providence Preparatory Charter is typically wider than the Providence Preparatory Charter-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Providence Preparatory Charter's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Providence Preparatory Charter?
Providence Preparatory Charter has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 175 students.
How much does Providence Preparatory Charter spend per student?
Providence Preparatory Charter spends $23,371 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Providence Preparatory Charter?
Providence Preparatory Charter students are 63.1% Hispanic or Latino, 27.0% African American, 5.7% White, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.