AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Parklands at THEARC

AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Parklands at THEARC is one of the very small elementary schools in Washington, District of Columbia, part of AppleTree Early Learning PCS, with 98 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in District of Columbia, which averages around 348 students.

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

On demographics, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Parklands at THEARC logs that nearly all students (93%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate median household earnings sit near $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Parklands at THEARC is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

Turner ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Parklands at THEARC operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Parklands at THEARC runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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