AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll

Located at 2017 SAVANNAH TERRACE SE, in Washington, District of Columbia, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll is an one-room-style elementary school that hosts 39 students (grade pre-K), operated by AppleTree Early Learning PCS. Compared to the state average of about 348 students per school, that is 89% below typical.

AppleTree Early Learning PCS comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 658 students; AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%); the rest consists of 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, census data for District of Columbia shows median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Garfield ES, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll has contracted 78%, going from 181 students in 2018 to 39 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

On this page, the feed for AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.