Summary:
The Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy district contains just one school: Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy, a combined middle and high school serving grades 6 through 12 at 3701 Hayes Street NE in Washington, DC. With only 367 students, the school maintains a favorable 8.9:1 student-teacher ratio and spends $36,042 per student, yet these resources have not translated into strong academic outcomes.
The school's math proficiency is critically low at just 1.4% in 2025–2026, compared to the DC state average of 28.2%, meaning nearly all students tested were not proficient in math. ELA proficiency was 22.1%, roughly 18 points below the state average of 39.6%. Grade-level results tell a similar story: 6th grade ELA was 20.7% versus 40.8% statewide, 7th grade ELA was 15.9% versus 45.9% statewide, and English I proficiency was 18.9% versus 36.9% statewide. The graduation rate of 67.6% also lags the DC average of 78.7% by more than 11 percentage points, meaning fewer than 7 in 10 students graduate on time.
Performance has been moving in the wrong direction, with all-grades ELA dropping from 24.5% to 22.1% and math falling from 4.7% to 1.4% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. The school's ranking has also slipped from 15th out of 34 schools (3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 24th out of 36 (2 stars) in 2025–2026, and its current overall district rank is 39th out of 46 DC schools, placing it in the bottom 15% with a 1-star rating. The combination of very high per-student spending, small class sizes, and persistently weak academic and graduation results raises important questions about how resources are being deployed and highlights a pressing need for targeted instructional interventions, particularly in mathematics.
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