KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS

KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS is one of the reasonably sized junior highs in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by KIPP DC PCS, with 340 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

KIPP DC PCS comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 7,372 students; KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.8:1, putting KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, ACS estimates for District of Columbia put the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS is one campus in the mix.

KIPP DC - Arts and Technology Academy PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS has climbed 11%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 340 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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