| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Providence County, RI |
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| Total Students |
1088 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
41% /
59% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
72 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 263 students | | Grade 10 - 277 students | | Grade 11 - 285 students | | Grade 12 - 263 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:15 |
1:12 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
1% |
n/a |
| % Asian |
11% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
30% |
14% |
| % Black |
19% |
7% |
| % White |
39% |
74% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
33% |
20% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
15% |
5% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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(RI) Statewide Testing Performance |
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| School District Name |
Providence School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
55 |
7 |
| Number of Students Managed |
26,405 students |
3,382 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$366,542,000 |
$44,126,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$325,814,000 |
$43,899,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$13,882 |
$13,047 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$12,339 |
$12,980 |
| District Graduation Rates |
66% |
77% |
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- Classical High School, founded in 1843, is a public exam school in the Providence School District, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It was originally an all-male school, but has since become co-ed. Its motto, the Latin phrase Certare, Petere, Reperire, Neque Cedere, is a translation of the famous phrase taken from Tennyson's Ulysses, "To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield". It has been rated "High Performing and Sustaining" by its performance in 2005 on the New Standards Reference Exam, placing it third highest in the state. Classical High School stands roughly at the intersection of the Federal Hill, West End, and Upper South Providence neighborhoods.
- Mission statement
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Classical High School, a demanding college preparatory examination school, serves a diverse community and provides its students with the means to achieve high standards in a rigorous learning environment. Classical encourages its students to pursue academic, artistic, athletic, and personal growth so they will experience success in colleges and universities, and will demonstrate excellence in leadership within the community.
- Notable achievements
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The Classical High School debate team had more teams finish in the top ten at the 2007 state championships than any other school, including the #3 team and the #1 team. This was Classical's sixth state championship in the past eight years. It also marked the second time ever that a sophomore was on the champion team (both Classical debaters were sophomores).
- At the 2006 National Japan Bowl in Washington, D.C. for students of Japanese, Classical High School's Level 2 (Marilyn Le, Kavy T. [2], and Karen Castillo), and 4 (Matthew Lopes, Julian Robinson, Nathan Weissburg [3]) teams placed first in the nation, with its Level 3 team (Dennis Hul, Miguel Miranda, Steven Pelcovits [4]) tying for 3rd place and winning 4th place after an intense tiebreaker. In the two previous annual National Japan Bowls (which were, unlike the 2006 Japan Bowl, preceded by Regional Japan Bowl competitions), Classical High School had maintained a high profile, successively placing 3.r.d and then 2nd in the nation at respective Levels 2 and 3.
- Architecture
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Classical High School's current building was finished in 1970 and is one of few buildings in the area created in the Brutalist architectural style, making it an adventitious addition to the West End neighborhood of Providence. The school's large faces of concrete, few windows, and lack of natural light gives the building a somewhat prison-like appearance, the reason for a persisting but likely spurious rumor that firm constructing it had specialized in prison construction.
- The design is not popular among the students, mostly citing poor circulation and lack of natural light. Wm McKenzie Woodward, a well-known architectural historian and staff member of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, does not agree aesthetically with the building, going so far as to write in his Guide to Providence Architecture, "It's no wonder Modernism has gotten such a bad reputation in Rhode Island."
- The previous building, a yellow brick building with a peaked roof (under which was the study hall), was considerably smaller and was bounded by Pond Street which was consumed in the creation of the new campus. When the old building was razed the yellow bricks were sold to students and alumni.
- Famous alumni
- John Orlando Pastore — Former Governor of Rhode Island, United States Senator
- S. J. Perelman — American Humorist
- Bruce Sundlun — Former Governor of Rhode Island
- Rudolph Fisher — pioneering Black radiologist and writer of the Harlem Renaissance
- Irving R. Levine — Former NBC News Economics Correspondent
- Frank Licht — Former Governor of Rhode Island
- A.O. Scott — Chief New York Times Movie Critic
- Michael Kang — Filmmaker
- George Macready — Film Actor
- C. M. Eddy, Jr. — Author
- Lauren Corrao - President of original programming and development for Comedy Central. Former Fox executive, helped develop That '70s Show and Mad TV.
- External links
- Classical High School Website
- GreatSchools.net info page
- Providence Public School System
- Quick Fact Sheet
- NSRE RI High Schools Listing For 2005
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (02903) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
9,342 people |
1,042,949 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
32% |
33% |
| Population Average Age |
27 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
1.7 persons
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2.4 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$14,095
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$39,668 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
3.2 rooms |
5.1 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
57 years old |
53 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
13% / 87% |
55% / 45% |
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