An equity score of 41/100 ranks Rocketship Education Dc Pcs #21 of 52 districts in District of Columbia (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $31,705 per pupil, Rocketship Education Dc Pcs ranks #24 of 61 District of Columbia districts by per-pupil spending (District of Columbia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,493
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$31,705
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rocketship Education Dc Pcs operates 3 public schools serving 1,493 students, placing it among the smallest districts in District of Columbia. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined 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 $31,705 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 61 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 84.4% local, and 15.6% 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 41/100, ranked #21 of 52 in District of Columbia against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 199.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 56.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.0% African American, 9.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rocketship Pcs - Infinity Community Prep, with a diversity index of 44.8/100.
Its largest campus is Rocketship Pcs - Legacy Prep, enrolling 530 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
Rocketship Pcs - Legacy Prep accounts for 35.5% of all Rocketship Education Dc Pcs student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Rocketship Education Dc Pcs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Rocketship Education Dc Pcs student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — 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.
Rocketship Education Dc Pcs chronic absenteeism rate is 56.8% — 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.