Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle

Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle, a tight-knit middle-grades school in Washington, District of Columbia, overseen by Friendship PCS, hosts 238 students, covering grades 4 through 8. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in District of Columbia, which averages around 345 students.

Across the 15 schools in Friendship PCS (4,378 students total), Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle shows that nearly all students (97%) are Black. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.8:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) shows that median household income runs about $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

Nearest neighbor: Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle.

Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle operates from an urban location. Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 242 students in 2018 compared to 238 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 121.0:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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