Center City PCS - Capitol Hill
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded District of Columbia public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 12% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Test scores
DC CAPE 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingWhat this means: On the DC CAPE, District of Columbia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all District of Columbia schools, those numbers are about 38 and 28.
Where Center City PCS - Capitol Hill ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In District of Columbia | In District of Columbia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #93 of 127 | #93 of 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #105 of 131 | #105 of 131 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 257 | #105 of 156 | #105 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #57 of 135 | #57 of 135 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #86 of 135 | #86 of 135 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #67 of 73 | #67 of 73 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 257 | 25 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 18 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 19 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 21 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 20.5 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | 64% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 17 | 12.7:1 | 74% (159) |
About Center City PCS - Capitol Hill
Center City PCS - Capitol Hill is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Washington, District of Columbia. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 257 students. Elementary schools in District of Columbia have about 348 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
In Center City PCS, 6 schools enroll a combined 1,446 students.
Black students are 90% of those enrolled at Center City PCS - Capitol Hill. Next come 7% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 42% Black among all District of Columbia residents. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Center City PCS - Capitol Hill are from different groups.
With 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.3:1. Elementary schools in District of Columbia average 11.0:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here.
Center City PCS - Capitol Hill holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of District of Columbia public elementary schools.
In District of Columbia, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $109,870, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 247 public schools in the county, enrolling about 94,385, Center City PCS - Capitol Hill among them.
Eastern High School sits about 0.2 miles from Center City PCS - Capitol Hill. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Center City PCS - Capitol Hill has an NCES locale of City: Large. Center City PCS - Capitol Hill is run as a public charter school.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 261 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 257. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.4:1 to 10.3:1.
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