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Enrollment
478
Elementary
STATE 348
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DC SCHOLARS PCS·NCES 110008500438
DC Scholars PCS
5601 EAST CAPITOL STREET SE, Washington, DC 20019 · (202) 559-6138 · District of Columbia
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of District of Columbia public elementary schools
- B-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
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 6% smaller than its 8th grade class (49).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 56% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
DC CAPE 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
DC avg 37.9%
Math
24.8%
DC avg 27.5%
What this means: On the DC CAPE, District of Columbia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all District of Columbia schools, those numbers are about 38 and 28.
Source: DC CAPE. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where DC Scholars PCS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In District of Columbia | In District of Columbia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #59 of 127 | #59 of 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #71 of 131 | #71 of 131 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #27 of 156 | #27 of 156 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #118 of 135 | #118 of 135 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #112 of 135 | #112 of 135 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #56 of 73 | #56 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-129 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 478 | 35 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 45 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 39 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 41.8 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 99% (442) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DC Scholars PCS.
About DC Scholars PCS
Students in Washington, District of Columbia, attend DC Scholars PCS, a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 478 students. By comparison, elementary schools in District of Columbia enroll about 348 students on average.
DC Scholars PCS operates as its own local education agency.
DC Scholars PCS is 95% Black by enrollment. The next largest groups are 2% multiracial. In District of Columbia overall, about 42% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DC Scholars PCS scores 9%.
DC Scholars PCS has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.7:1. Elementary schools in District of Columbia average 11.0:1, 2.6 fewer students per teacher than here.
DC Scholars PCS earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of District of Columbia public elementary schools.
In the surrounding county, District of Columbia, median household income comes to about $109,870, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 247, with about 94,385 students.
The closest school to DC Scholars PCS is Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DC Scholars PCS.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. DC Scholars PCS is a public charter school.
Enrollment fell by 21% across 4 years, from 607 in 2020-21 to 478 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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District of Columbia at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
681,294
Census ACS
Median income
$109,870
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
247
94,385 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About DC Scholars PCSHow large is DC Scholars PCS?
DC Scholars PCS enrolls approximately 478 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does DC Scholars PCS serve?
DC Scholars PCS serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DC Scholars PCS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DC Scholars PCS is approximately 13.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DC Scholars PCS?
Student demographics at DC Scholars PCS are roughly 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is DC Scholars PCS public or private?
DC Scholars PCS is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by DC Scholars PCS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.