The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in English language arts. The lowest is 10% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Friendship Pcs - Woodridge International Middle
FriendshipPCS - Woodridge International Middle sits on Carlton Avenue in Northeast Washington, part of the Friendship Public Charter School network that operates across multiple campuses in the District. This campus serves grades four through eight, placing it in that middle-grade band between elementary and high school. Because it stops at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report; that metric applies to high schools, and this school does not serve those grades.
The campus enrolls a small student body, with fairly even distribution across the grades it serves. The student population is almost entirely Black, with a small Hispanic presence and a handful of students identified as two or more races. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was not available, and the same was true for special education and English learner rates, so those portraits of student need are gaps a parent would need to ask the school about directly.
On the most recent DC state assessments, reading results were the relative bright spot. The share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in English language arts landed in a middling range, below what most families would hope for but a fair distance ahead of the school's math results. Math proficiency was notably lower, with fewer than a third of tested students clearing the proficiency bar. Science results, drawn from an earlier testing cycle, were weaker still. Grade five science proficiency was quite low, and grade eight science showed almost no students reaching proficiency. Participation rates were strong across the tested subjects, so the results reflect nearly the full student body rather than a skewed subset. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly how science instruction is sequenced and supported across the grades here.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from the provided information whether these results are improving, holding steady, or slipping over time.
The school sits in a residential part of Northeast Washington, in a zip code where housing values run above the national typical but close to the District's own benchmark. Recent values have been declining modestly year over year, tracking a broader softening in the D.C. market, while national values have held roughly flat. Rents in the area have dipped slightly as well. For a family considering a move near the campus, the housing market carries a D.C.-level premium on purchase prices but has been easing, and rents are somewhat more forgiving than they were a year prior. The broader economic backdrop is steady, with low unemployment and gradually rising median household income nationally.
Washington itself, as publicly reported sources describe, is a government-driven city where federal employment anchors the economy. The L'Enfant Plan laid out wide diagonal avenues and a quadrant system, and civic life spreads across many neighborhoods rather than concentrating in a single downtown. The campus's Northeast location places it in one of those residential neighborhoods, away from the monumental core but within the city's transit and library networks.
At the network level, Friendship PCS recently cleared its mandatory charter review. The DC Public Charter School Board voted unanimously to continue the charter, and an amended agreement was executed, giving families assurance about the network's stability and continued operation across its campuses. The network has also gone through structural changes in recent years, having acquired a former Hope Community PCS campus and closed its Technology Preparatory Middle campus, consolidating middle-grade students into remaining campuses. Those shifts form part of the backdrop for any family weighing enrollment at a Friendship middle school today.
What the available picture suggests is a small, predominantly Black charter middle school in Northeast D.C. with a clear relative strength in reading compared to its other academic results, real challenges in math and especially science, and a stable charter network behind it. The missing data on student need indicators means a family would want direct conversations with the school about how it supports learners across the spectrum before drawing a fuller conclusion.
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