DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES

DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in Washington, District of Columbia, overseen by DC Prep PCS, works with 401 students in grades pre-K through 3.

Within DC Prep PCS, which oversees 6 schools and 2,181 students, DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES records that 80% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES is one.

The closest other public school is DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 9% to 14% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.