KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS

KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Washington, District of Columbia, run under KIPP DC PCS, with 343 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 4.

KIPP DC PCS runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 7,372 students. KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS is one of those campuses.

On demographics, KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS shows that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 4% 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, On paper, KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, census data for District of Columbia shows median household income runs about $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

The closest other public school is KIPP DC - WILL Academy PCS, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 343 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.