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Goodwill Excel Center PCS
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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Goodwill Excel Center PCS
Goodwill Excel Center PCS is one of the compact 9-12 campuss in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the schools within Goodwill Excel Center PCS, with 440 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 553 students per school, that is 20% below typical.
Goodwill Excel Center PCS is a school of Goodwill Excel Center PCS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On demographics, Goodwill Excel Center PCS logs that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 5% 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 income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Goodwill Excel Center PCS higher than the state norm the norm.
Across the wider county, 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 roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Goodwill Excel Center PCS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).
School Without Walls HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Goodwill Excel Center PCS 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 23%: 358 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 32.5:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for Goodwill Excel Center PCS typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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