Summary:
The KIPP Dc Pcs district operates six middle schools across Washington, D.C., serving grades 5–8 with a combined enrollment of about 2,211 students, with schools located in Northeast, Southeast, and Northwest DC.
If you are looking at this network, KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS is the clear academic leader, posting the highest ELA proficiency (31.1%) and second-highest math proficiency (20.8%) in the group, along with the network's best overall ranking. It achieves these results while spending the second-lowest amount per pupil, making it an efficiency standout. KIPP DC - Northeast Academy PCS is the most improved school, jumping from the 17th to 43rd percentile over three years and posting strong gains in both subjects. KIPP DC - WILL Academy PCS spends the most per student but is only mid-pack; however, its 8th-grade math proficiency of 33.0% is the best in the network and far exceeds the state average, a pattern worth investigating. At the other end, KIPP DC - Honor Academy PCS and KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS are persistently low-performing, with Honor's 7th-grade math proficiency of just 2.2% being a serious red flag. KIPP DC - AIM Academy PCS sits in the bottom quartile with 20.0% ELA and 9.0% math proficiency.
Across the network, ELA proficiency improves as students progress to 8th grade, but math remains flat and low in every grade, and science results are critically weak—all three schools reporting data are below 2.5% proficiency. Spending and class size do not explain differences in outcomes, as the highest-spending and lowest-ratio schools are not the top performers. Overall, these six schools are far from uniform, and while the network remains below DC state averages in both ELA and math, the wide internal gaps show that school-level leadership matters as much as network membership.
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