[3] After a low test-score history for some years, the State authorities were going to take control of the school, but good scores in 2006 averted this.

[4] The school was targeted by the state in 2011 for turnaround because of low test scores and a graduation rate of 67 percent.

The main school building is an imposing three-story Art Deco structure, set back on a terraced lot on the west side of East Avenue.

It is an E-shaped building, with a central portion flanked by end bays which project slightly to the front, and more to the rear.

The building was designed by Providence architect John F. O'Malley and built in 1938–39 with funding from the Public Works Administration.