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Washington, District of Columbia - 6 schools
An equity score of 13/100 ranks Dc Prep Pcs #47 of 51 districts in District of Columbia (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,286 per pupil, Dc Prep Pcs ranks #57 of 58 District of Columbia districts by per-pupil spending (District of Columbia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,128
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$20,286
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dc Prep Pcs operates 6 public schools serving 2,128 students, placing it among the smallest districts in District of Columbia. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 3 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in District of Columbia.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,286 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 6 of 58 District of Columbia districts by per-pupil spending. See how District of Columbia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 93.5% local, and 6.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 13/100, ranked #47 of 51 in District of Columbia against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 373.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.6% African American, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dc Prep Pcs - Edgewood Es, with a diversity index of 33.8/100.
Its largest campus is Dc Prep Pcs - Benning Es, enrolling 430 students (20% of the district's total enrollment).
Dc Prep Pcs - Benning Es accounts for 19.7% of all Dc Prep Pcs student enrollment
That concentration means Dc Prep Pcs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Dc Prep Pcs student-counselor ratio is 373:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Dc Prep Pcs chronic absenteeism rate is 33.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.