Roots PCS

Roots PCS operates as a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in Washington, District of Columbia, overseen by Roots PCS. Current enrollment sits at 80 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 348 students per school, that is 77% leaner than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Roots PCS logs that 100% 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 noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Roots PCS has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, 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%. Roots PCS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

Nearest neighbor: DC Bilingual PCS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Roots PCS operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 32%: 118 students in 2018 compared to 80 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Roots PCS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.