Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary

Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by Friendship PCS, with 357 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3.

Within Friendship PCS, which oversees 15 schools and 4,378 students, Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for District of Columbia put median household income runs about $109,870, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Friendship PCS - Southeast Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 36% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 357). Class-load math has tightened: from 39.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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