Girls Global Academy PCS

Girls Global Academy PCS is one of the tiny secondary schools in Washington, District of Columbia, part of Girls Global Academy PCS, with 183 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in District of Columbia, which averages around 553 students.

Girls Global Academy PCS sits inside Girls Global Academy PCS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Girls Global Academy PCS logs that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.2:1. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate median household earnings sit near $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. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Girls Global Academy PCS is one campus in the mix.

BASIS DC PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Girls Global Academy PCS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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