AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights

As a micro-enrollment primary school in Washington, District of Columbia, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights teaches 119 students from grade pre-K, one of the schools within AppleTree Early Learning PCS. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 348 students each, so AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights sits 66% below that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in AppleTree Early Learning PCS (658 students total), AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights reports that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cardozo Education Campus, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 162 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 15% to 3%. Class-load math has grew: from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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