Early Childhood Academy PCS

Located at 885 BARNABY STREET SE, in Washington, District of Columbia, Early Childhood Academy PCS is a cozy elementary-level community that hosts 281 students (grades pre-K through 3), operated by Early Childhood Academy PCS.

Early Childhood Academy PCS is a school of Early Childhood Academy PCS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Early Childhood Academy PCS logs that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Early Childhood Academy PCS has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for District of Columbia put median household earnings sit near $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), Early Childhood Academy PCS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS - Wahler Place ES, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. As a public charter, Early Childhood Academy PCS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Early Childhood Academy PCS has rose 14%, going from 246 students in 2018 to 281 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 100% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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