DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS

Set in Washington, District of Columbia, DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS is a reasonably sized junior high, one of the schools within DC Prep PCS. It works with 308 students across grades 4 through 8.

DC Prep PCS comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,181 students; DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS is among them.

Looking at the student body, DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%). The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.8:1, putting DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) reports that median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 MS is one.

DC Prep PCS - Edgewood ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 332 (now 308). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 12% over that span.

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