BASIS DC PCS
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Templeton Academy → Girls Global Academy PCS → Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts → Gonzaga College High School → Goodwill Excel Center PCS → Dunbar HS → Benjamin Banneker HS → School Without Walls HS →📋 At a glance
- 📚 19 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 5 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 55th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How BASIS DC PCS compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 18% nationally with 19 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyDC trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−12 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Templeton Academy, Girls Global Academy PCS, Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
82th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2155th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 692 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $21,334 per student in district revenue, the 76 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,621,384/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton Academy Washington |
Private | 0.1 | 65 | — |
| Girls Global Academy PCS Washington |
Public · charter | 0.3 | 183 | +18.1% |
| Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts Washington |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 277 | -1.8% |
| Gonzaga College High School Washington |
Private | 0.9 | 956 | -0.6% |
| Goodwill Excel Center PCS Washington |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 440 | +3.3% |
| Dunbar HS Washington |
Public | 1.0 | 892 | +22.5% |
| Benjamin Banneker HS Washington |
Public | 1.2 | 703 | +30.9% |
| School Without Walls HS Washington |
Public | 1.3 | 606 | +1.5% |