The top reported proficiency rate is 28% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Dc Prep Pcs - Anacostia Es
DC Prep PCS - Anacostia ES is a public charter school in Southeast Washington, serving pre-kindergarten through third grade. It sits on V Street SE in the 20020 zip code, part of the Anacostia area east of the Anacostia River. As an early-grade campus, it provides a starting point for families looking at the DC Prep charter network, with the expectation that children will transition to other campuses or schools for upper elementary and beyond.
The school serves a modestly sized student body for its grade band, with pre-kindergarten making up the largest single grade cohort and enrollment tapering evenly across kindergarten through third grade. The student population is overwhelmingly Black, with small numbers of Hispanic, multiracial, and American Indian or Alaska Native students. Asian, white, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander enrollment is effectively absent. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and the dataset did not include individualized education program counts or English learner figures, so the economic and special-population profile of the school is something a parent would want to ask about directly.
State assessment results are available only for the grade three through eight band, and only third graders at this campus participate. For the most recent reported year, proficiency in ELA sits above the math rate, but both are modest, with roughly a quarter of tested students meeting or exceeding expectations in reading and a smaller share doing so in math. These are early-grade results from a single tested grade, so they reflect a narrow slice of the school rather than a full picture across all the grades it serves. No multi-year trend data was available, so there is no way to see from this data whether proficiency is moving in a particular direction. A parent considering this school may want to look into the campus's internal growth measures and classroom-level assessments, since the public state results here are limited.
Because the school ends at third grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the absence of that metric simply reflects the grade band. The same applies to advanced coursework, career pathways, and dual-credit offerings, none of which apply to a pre-kindergarten-through-third-grade campus. Civil rights and discipline data was not provided in this dataset, nor were staffing, attendance, or course-access details. Program offerings were not listed, so families would need to inquire with the school directly about enrichment, after-school care, instructional model, and support services.
The surrounding housing market in the 20020 zip code is more affordable than the District as a whole. Typical home values sit below the broader Washington state benchmark and close to the national figure, and rents run below what much of the city commands. Home values in this zip code have declined modestly over the past year, while rents have ticked upward. This places the neighborhood in a different price tier from much of Northwest Washington, which may matter for families weighing where to live relative to the campus. The broader Washington economy, publicly reported as anchored by federal employment and international institutions, provides a stable regional job base, but Anacostia itself has historically sat apart from that prosperity. The locale brief for Washington describes a city of quadrants and neighborhoods radiating from the Capitol, with civic life distributed rather than concentrated in a single downtown. Schools in this part of Southeast function within that distributed pattern, serving residential communities rather than the monumental core.
The district brief for DC Prep PCS turned up little publicly reported information about recent changes or strategic shifts, so there is nothing concrete to relay about new initiatives or leadership transitions from that source. This is a gap rather than a signal of inactivity; charter networks often communicate updates through their own channels rather than district-level summaries.
What this school offers, from the available data, is an early-grade charter option in a historically Black Southeast neighborhood, with housing costs below much of the city. The academic results that are public come from a single tested grade and are modest in both subjects. Families drawn to the DC Prep model and looking for a pre-kindergarten entry point may find the campus worth visiting, with the understanding that the state data here is thin and that questions about classroom approach, support services, and the pathway into upper grades at other campuses are best asked directly.
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