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Cedar Tree Academy PCS
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cedar Tree Academy PCS
Cedar Tree Academy PCS operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by Cedar Tree Academy PCS. Current enrollment sits at 399 students spanning grades pre-K through 2.
Cedar Tree Academy PCS sits inside Cedar Tree Academy PCS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, Cedar Tree Academy PCS records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.
In terms of school funding signals, Cedar Tree Academy PCS logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.
Around the school, District of Columbia reports that median household earnings sit near $109,870, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Cedar Tree Academy PCS is one campus in the mix.
Savoy ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedar Tree Academy PCS.
The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, Cedar Tree Academy PCS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Trend over the last 7 years. Cedar Tree Academy PCS's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 381 (now 399). Black enrollment moved from 98% to 91% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Cedar Tree Academy PCS community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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