There's a pretty sharp divide now between the city and the surrounding schools. Back when I went in the early 2000s schools were pretty racially diverse and Inclusove to all. Field trips, lots of honors students, school events, sports etc.

I have younger relatives in it now. From what I've heard from them it's pretty shitty, even for someone like me an hispanic who is part of the shitty part of providence according to some here on this reddit. There are no field trips or extra curriculum activities even since before covid. Many schools dont let you take books home, either text books or reading books. Classroom vibe is a mess with too many wannabe "bad/hood" kids. Teachers no longer care. Big population of foreign born/ migrants that bully the US born kids

I would say unless you need some good aftercare options k and elementary school will be good in that regard. Or if you want your kid to attend classical, it still retains alot of that old schooling on top of being progressive and still the top school in RI.