Center City PCS - Capitol Hill

Center City PCS - Capitol Hill, a modestly sized elementary-level community in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by Center City PCS, hosts 257 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 348.

Center City PCS - Capitol Hill is one of 6 schools operated by Center City PCS, a district that instructs 1,446 students overall.

On demographics, Center City PCS - Capitol Hill reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%); the rest is composed of 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Center City PCS - Capitol Hill logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Center City PCS - Capitol Hill tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for District of Columbia put median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), Center City PCS - Capitol Hill is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eastern HS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Center City PCS - Capitol Hill operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Center City PCS - Capitol Hill runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Center City PCS - Capitol Hill has stayed largely flat, going from 260 students in 2018 to 257 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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