Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS, works with 354 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS, which oversees 2 schools and 707 students, Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland shows that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Black, 17% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, District of Columbia reports that median household income runs about $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

Brookland MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland operates from an urban location. Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 350 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 40% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.