Other / mixed grade configuration · Washington, DC

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park

Federal NCES profile for Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 110005400448Charter school
0/100100/10045/100
👥 S:T ratio
59
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the District of Columbia median. It is also one of the smallest schools in District of Columbia.

#36 of 154
schools in Washington · Resource Index
45
Resource Index · Typical
10.2:1
students per teacher
61
students enrolled

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park has class sizes near the District of Columbia median. Computed live against every District of Columbia school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park ranks #36 of 154 schools in Washington, DC.

Enrollment

61

District of Columbia · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

6.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

10.2:1

vs 12.3:1 District of Columbia avg

-17% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park compares with District of Columbia and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park is a small charter combined-grade school in Washington, District of Columbia, enrolling 61 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 10.2:1 puts it in the smaller third of District of Columbia schools by student-teacher ratio.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of District of Columbia schools, with 61 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 243 scored District of Columbia schools.

Its student body is led by White (57%) and African American (28%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 58/100).

Among Washington's public schools, it stands alongside District of Columbia International School (1,654 students): Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (10.2:1 vs 11.3:1).

Appletree Early Learning Pcs also operates Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Columbia Heights (119 students) and Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Parklands at Thearc (98 students) alongside Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park compares

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park on the metrics families compare, against District of Columbia and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs District of Columbia District of Columbia avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 10.2:1 ▼ 17% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 61 top 98% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

10.2:1
Leaner classes than 88% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
61
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
10.2:1
students per teacher - 17% below state mean
Top 37% in District of Columbia - lower ratio than 63% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$30,088
per pupil, district-wide - below District of Columbia avg of $31,650
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 57.4%
African American 27.9%
Two or More 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino 4.9%

Largest group: White at 57.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 58.1/100

Simpson diversity index - at 58.1, Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park is more mixed than the District of Columbia school average of 33.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Appletree Early Learning Pcs, which includes Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park.

$30,088
Per student
-5%
vs District of Columbia
Avg $31,650
+81%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 87.6%
Federal 12.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Columbia Heights Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Parklands at Thearc Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Oklahoma Avenue Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Southwest Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Douglas Knoll Smaller No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Appletree Early Learning Pcs · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools in Washington

6 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of District of Columbia, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park

How many students attend Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park?

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park has 61 students enrolled. It is a public school in Washington, DC.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park?

The student-teacher ratio at Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park is 10.2:1, which is 17% lower than the District of Columbia average of 12.3:1 and 35% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park?

The largest demographic group at Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park is White at 57.4% of enrollment, in Washington, DC. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 58.1/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park?

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

How does Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park rank among schools in Washington?

By Resource Investment Index, Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park ranks #36 of 154 schools in Washington, DC. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Washington on the city page.

Is Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park a good school?

Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the District of Columbia median. It is also one of the smallest schools in District of Columbia. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Appletree Early Learning Pcs?

Besides Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Lincoln Park, Appletree Early Learning Pcs also operates Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Columbia Heights (119 students), Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Parklands at Thearc (98 students), and Appletree Early Learning Center Pcs - Oklahoma Avenue (84 students). See the Appletree Early Learning Pcs district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.