The top reported proficiency rate is 7% in English language arts. The lowest is 6% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Eagle Academy Pcs
Eagle Academy PCS was a public charter school district in the District of Columbia serving prekindergarten through third grade, operating two campuses, Congress Heights and Capitol Riverfront. It is important to state plainly at the outset that Eagle Academy relinquished its charter and permanently closed in August 2024, according to publicly reported announcements from the DC Public Charter School Board. All enrolled students were required to transition to other DC public or public charter schools. The academic and demographic data below describe the institution as it existed in its final reporting year, 2023 through 2024.
The school served an early childhood population, with its largest enrollment in prekindergarten and smaller groups in each subsequent grade through third grade. Total enrollment was modest for a multi-campus charter. The student body was overwhelmingly Black, with only a handful of students identifying as Hispanic, white, or two or more races. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was not reported, so the economic background of the student population cannot be characterized from the available records. Similarly, information on students with individualized education programs and English learner status was not available.
State assessment data is limited by the grade range served. Because only third grade participates in DC's statewide DCCAPE assessment, there are no results for prekindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. In third grade math, proficiency was very low, with only a small number of tested students reaching the proficient or above threshold. Third grade ELA proficiency was similarly low. Participation was strong, with nearly all eligible students tested. The assessment underwent a name change in this year, and the data flags trend comparability as unknown, so it is not possible to say from these records whether performance shifted from prior years. No multi-year trend data was available to provide further context.
The proficiency figures are sobering and are reported here as fact. A parent evaluating what this school offered in its final year would want to understand these results in context, including the small number of tested students, which means a few individual score changes can move the rate meaningfully. That said, the results were low by any standard measure, and a parent would reasonably want to look into this further with the school, though that option is no longer available given the closure.
No data was available on school environment topics such as discipline, course access, staffing ratios, or attendance. Program offerings were not reported. No locale brief was provided, so there is no sourced description of the surrounding neighborhoods or community context for either campus. No neighbor comparison fact-set was included, so positioning among peer DC charters is not possible from this data. Civil rights and outcomes data was absent.
The most consequential fact for any parent or resident reading this is the closure. Eagle Academy operated as an early childhood charter option in DC, served a nearly entirely Black student population across two campuses, and posted very low third grade proficiency results in its final year of operation. It then relinquished its charter and closed its doors before the following school year began. Families who had been enrolled were directed to find seats elsewhere in DC's public and public charter sectors. For anyone researching this entity after the fact, the record stands as a snapshot of a school that is no longer operating.
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