Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary

Located at 725 19TH STREET NE, in Washington, District of Columbia, Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school that serves 271 students (grades pre-K through 3), part of Friendship PCS. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 348 students each, so Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary sits 22% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, census data for District of Columbia shows median household earnings sit near $109,870, 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 - Blow Pierce Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 271). Class-load math has pulled in: from 29.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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