Ingenuity Prep PCS

Ingenuity Prep PCS is a primary school of high-enrollment scale in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the schools within Ingenuity Prep PCS, educateing 797 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 129% above the typical public school in District of Columbia, which averages around 348 students.

Ingenuity Prep PCS sits inside Ingenuity Prep PCS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Ingenuity Prep PCS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

Around the school, census data for District of Columbia shows median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Ingenuity Prep PCS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Ingenuity Prep PCS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ingenuity Prep PCS has grew 61%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 797 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Ingenuity Prep PCS typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.