Public School
The Providence Public School District serves about 26,000 students from pre-Kindergarten to grade 12. The district has 25 elementary schools, nine middle schools, and secondary high schools. The PPSD features magnet schools at the middle and high school level, Nathanael Greene and Classical respectively. There are also two centers for students with special needs.
Private Schools
Several private schools, including Moses Brown, the Lincoln School, and the Wheeler School, are in the city's East Side. La Salle Academy, a Catholic high school, is located in the Elmhurst area of the city near Providence College. The public charter schools Times Square Academy (K-12) and Textron Chamber of Commerce (9-12) are funded by GTECH and Textron respectively. In addition, the city's South Side houses Community Preparatory School, a private school serving primarily low-income students in grades 3-8.
Post Secondary
Most notably, and most famous is the beautiful campus of Brown University in Providence. This prestigious, Ivy League school is always at the top of the charts in academic ratings. Also in Providence are the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), which is considered one of the top art schools in the United States, and the Johnson and Wales University, known for its world reknown culinary arts program.
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