Hope Community PCS - Tolson

Hope Community PCS - Tolson, a low-enrollment primary school in Washington, District of Columbia, part of Hope Community PCS, serves 232 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 348 students each, so Hope Community PCS - Tolson sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

Hope Community PCS is the operating authority for Hope Community PCS - Tolson, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Hope Community PCS - Tolson shows that Black students make up the majority at 58%; the rest comes out to 38% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, District of Columbia reports that median household earnings sit near $109,870, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Hope Community PCS - Tolson is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper MS, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hope Community PCS - Tolson.

Hope Community PCS - Tolson operates from a downtown location. Hope Community PCS - Tolson operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Hope Community PCS - Tolson's enrollment has ticked down 50% since 2018, when it stood at 467 (now 232). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 93% to 58%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.