Washington Leadership Academy PCS

Washington Leadership Academy PCS is a close-knit high school in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the schools within Washington Leadership Academy PCS. The school teaches 386 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 553 students per school, that is 30% below typical.

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

In terms of who attends, Washington Leadership Academy PCS reports that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder breaks down as 16% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.2:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Washington Leadership Academy PCS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

The closest other public school is Lee Montessori PCS - Brookland, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Washington Leadership Academy PCS operates from an urban location. Washington Leadership Academy PCS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Washington Leadership Academy PCS's enrollment has ticked up 89% since 2018, when it stood at 204 (now 386). The Black share of enrollment declined from 88% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 in 2025.

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