The top reported proficiency rate is 10% in Math. The lowest is 2% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Rocketship Education Dc Pcs
Rocketship Education DC PCS is a charter elementary district operating in the District of Columbia, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade across three campuses: Rise Academy, Legacy Prep, and Infinity Community Prep. As an elementary-only charter network, it has no graduation rate, no high school course offerings, and no secondary-level metrics. Those gaps reflect the grade band, not missing reporting.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a small Hispanic presence and very few students identifying as white, Asian, multiracial, or Native. The enrollment is moderate for a DC charter elementary network, spread across the three campuses with the largest cohorts in the early grades. Free- and reduced-price lunch data was not available, so the economic profile of the enrolled families cannot be characterized here. Special population data, including students with individualized education programs and English learners, was also not reported. A parent may want to ask the school directly about how it serves students with disabilities and emerging multilingual learners, since that information does not appear in the available records.
On the most recent DC assessments, proficiency rates were low across every tested grade and subject. In math, only a small fraction of third, fourth, and fifth graders reached proficiency, with the share staying in the low single digits to low teens. English language arts results followed a similar pattern, with third grade particularly low, a modest uptick in fourth grade, and a drop again in fifth. Science results from the prior testing cycle were extremely low as well, with nearly universal participation but only a handful of students demonstrating proficiency. These results point to a broad academic challenge across the network rather than an isolated grade or subject. A parent considering this network should look into what instructional supports, intervention programs, or curricular changes the leadership has in place to address these outcomes.
Because this is a charter district rather than a neighborhood school district, there is no single town or catchment area to describe. No locale brief was available for the surrounding community, and no housing or economic context was provided. The district brief search found no recent curriculum changes, policy shifts, referenda, or budget decisions with clear lasting impact on families. That does not mean nothing is happening internally; it means the available record does not capture it. A parent would benefit from asking school leadership directly about strategic priorities, tutoring or extended-learning offerings, and how the network plans to lift proficiency.
No neighbor comparison set was available to position this district against other DC charter elementary networks or the DC public school system, so this account cannot say where Rocketship DC sits relative to its peers. What the data does show is a small elementary charter network serving an almost entirely Black student body, with state assessment results that are low across the board and limited public information about the programs or supports in place to address them. For a parent weighing options, the open question is whether the school's day-to-day culture, parent engagement model, and individualized attention compensate for what the test results show. That conversation belongs with the school itself.
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