Washington Latin PCS - Upper School
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Capital City PCS - HS → E.L. Haynes PCS - HS → Paul PCS - International HS → Kirov Academy Of Washington D.C. → Coolidge HS → Archbishop Carroll High School → Roosevelt HS → Kennedy Institute →📋 At a glance
- 📚 15 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 5 calculus classes · 9 physics · 7 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 90th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 55th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 82% (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Washington Latin PCS - Upper School compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 10% nationally with 15 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: Capital City PCS - HS, E.L. Haynes PCS - HS, Paul PCS - International HS 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
90th 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?
Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 -1.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 357 students:
≈ 30 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $20,068 per student in district revenue, the 30 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $602,040/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital City PCS - HS Washington |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 348 | +0.3% |
| E.L. Haynes PCS - HS Washington |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 446 | +0.7% |
| Paul PCS - International HS Washington |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 439 | +3.8% |
| Kirov Academy Of Washington D.C. Washington |
Private | 0.9 | 77 | — |
| Coolidge HS Washington |
Public | 1.0 | 1,029 | +39.1% |
| Archbishop Carroll High School Washington |
Private | 1.0 | 383 | — |
| Roosevelt HS Washington |
Public | 1.1 | 943 | +18.3% |
| Kennedy Institute Washington |
Private | 1.2 | 44 | — |