Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center

Located at 1000 Mount Olivet Road NE, in Washington, District of Columbia, Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center is an one-room-style senior high that teaches 85 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by DYRS. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 553 students each, so Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center sits 85% below that benchmark.

Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center sits inside DYRS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.2:1 average.

In the area at large, District of Columbia reports that median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center is one.

The closest other public school is KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

On the community side, members of the Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.