Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle

Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle operates as a close-knit middle-grades school in Washington, District of Columbia, overseen by Friendship PCS. Current enrollment sits at 199 students spanning grades 4 through 8. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 345 students each, so Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle sits 42% below that benchmark.

Friendship PCS runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 4,378 students. Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle records that nearly all students (97%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.8:1, putting Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate 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 Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle is one.

Friendship PCS - Armstrong Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle.

Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle operates from a downtown location. As a public charter, Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On the community side, members of the Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.