Meridian PCS

As a high-enrollment primary school in Washington, District of Columbia, Meridian PCS educates 578 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Meridian PCS. Enrollment runs roughly 66% bigger than the state mean of about 348.

Meridian PCS is a school of Meridian PCS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Meridian PCS shows that Black students make up the majority at 69%; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Meridian PCS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

The closest other public school is Garnet-Patterson STAY HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meridian PCS.

Meridian PCS operates from a downtown location. Meridian PCS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meridian PCS has edged down 9%, going from 636 students in 2018 to 578 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 64% to 69%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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