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Washington, District of Columbia - 2 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Paul Pcs #17 of 51 districts in District of Columbia (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $27,755 per pupil, Paul Pcs ranks #35 of 58 District of Columbia districts by per-pupil spending (District of Columbia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Paul Pcs operates 2 public schools serving 694 students, placing it among the smallest districts in District of Columbia. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle 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 $27,755 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half 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 84.9% local, and 15.1% 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 47/100, ranked #17 of 51 in District of Columbia against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 237.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 42.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.6% Hispanic or Latino, 43.5% African American, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Paul Pcs - International Hs, enrolling 439 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Paul Pcs - International Hs accounts for 57.2% of all Paul Pcs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Paul Pcs a distant remainder — means Paul Pcs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Paul Pcs student-counselor ratio is 237:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Paul Pcs chronic absenteeism rate is 42.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Paul Pcs has 2 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 694 students.
How much does Paul Pcs spend per student?
Paul Pcs spends $27,755 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #17 in District of Columbia.
What is the demographic composition of Paul Pcs?
Paul Pcs students are 54.6% Hispanic or Latino, 43.5% African American, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% White, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Paul Pcs?
Paul Pcs has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #17 out of 51 districts in District of Columbia.