Capital City PCS - HS

Capital City PCS - HS operates as a small four-year high school in Washington, District of Columbia, run under Capital City PCS. Current enrollment sits at 348 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 553 students each, so Capital City PCS - HS sits 37% below that benchmark.

Capital City PCS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,015 students. Capital City PCS - HS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Capital City PCS - HS reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 26% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Capital City PCS - HS tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) logs that median household income runs about $109,870, 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), Capital City PCS - HS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Capital City PCS - Lower School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Capital City PCS - HS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 335 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 35% to 26%.

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