Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts

Set in Washington, District of Columbia, Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts is a tight-knit four-year high school, overseen by Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts. It hosts 300 students across grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 553.

Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts is a school of Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts lists that 98% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate median household earnings sit near $109,870, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts is one campus in the mix.

AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Southwest 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.

Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts operates from a metropolitan location. Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts 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. Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 282 (now 300).

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.