KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS

KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS is one of the compact elementary-level communitys in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the schools within KIPP DC PCS, with 251 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through K. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 348 students each, so KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS is one of 20 schools operated by KIPP DC PCS, a district that hosts 7,372 students overall.

Demographically, KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS reports that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, District of Columbia reports that 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. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS operates from a downtown location. KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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