AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights

AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights is a very small elementary school that serves part of Washington, District of Columbia. The school has 119 students in 2024-25 across pre-K. That compares with an average of about 348 students for elementary schools in District of Columbia.

AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights sits within AppleTree Early Learning PCS, which has 8 schools and 658 students.

At AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights, 68% of students are Black. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show District of Columbia is about 42% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.

AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights lists 11.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.7 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in District of Columbia.

Looking at the county, District of Columbia, median household income comes to about $109,870, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 247 public schools and about 94,385 students.

Cardozo Education Campus is about 0.3 miles from AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights as a charter school.

From 106 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 119 by 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 7.6:1 to 10.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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