School Choice

Middle School Choice at Providence Public Schools

Middle School Choice Form

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Families of current fifth-grade students have the opportunity to indicate their top four preferences for middle school placement next fall.

The district uses a lottery system to assign seats to each school. To participate in the lottery submit your choices by February 10, 2023:

• Online in the Skyward Portal or,
• Complete and return this form to your child’s current school.
• If your child is living in Providence but attending private or charter schools, complete and return this form to the Registration Center, 325 Ocean St., Providence.

Placements will be announced by late March, where they will be available at providenceschools.org in the Skyward Portal. Due to limited space, we cannot guarantee placement in any one school.

Placement preference will be given to:

• Fifth grade students with an older sibling or household member enrolled in a particular middle school for the fall.
• Neighborhood schools. (80% of school seats are reserved for students within 1.5 miles from home)
• If a student does not have two schools within the 1.5 mile radius, the closest schools count as neighborhood schools.

Students who register after the initial deadline are not eligible for the lottery and will be assigned after all of the lottery students are placed.

For more information on the student placement policy or the registration process, visit our website here.

Questions? Contact Registration at 401-456-9297 or registration@ppsd.org.

Dual Language Students:

The dual language program at Gilbert Stuart Middle School will be available to incoming sixth graders this fall on a lottery basis. Preference will be given to students who attended bilingual or dual language programs in elementary, multilingual learners with Spanish as their home language, and students with Spanish literacy skills.