Summary:
DC Bilingual PCS is the only elementary school in the DC Bilingual PCS district, located at 33 Riggs Road NE in Washington, DC, serving grades PK through 5 with an enrollment of 622 students. This public charter school functions as its own district and holds a 4-star rating from Schooldigger for the past three years. With a student-teacher ratio of 7.9 and per-pupil spending of $30,073, the school operates with substantial instructional resources that support small class sizes and individualized attention.
DC Bilingual PCS outperforms the DC state average in every tested subject and grade level for both the 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 school years. In 2025–2026, the school posted 48.2% proficiency in English Language Arts compared to the state average of 39.6%, and 44.7% in math versus the state average of 28.2% — a 16.5-point advantage. Math is a particular strength, with 5th graders scoring 46.7% proficiency versus the state's 30.1%. Science is an outlier strength as well: 46.2% of 5th graders were proficient in science, more than double the state average of 20.4%. ELA proficiency also shows a clear upward progression from 35.2% in 3rd grade to 50.0% in 4th and 61.6% in 5th grade.
The school currently ranks 31st out of 124 DC elementary schools (75th percentile) for 2025–2026, down from 24th of 128 (81st percentile) the previous year. Its district-level rank is 9th out of 46 DC districts (80th percentile), though the district consists of just this one school. Year-over-year results are mixed: math proficiency improved significantly from 37.1% to 44.7%, while ELA dipped slightly from 49.7% to 48.2%. The math improvement may reflect curriculum changes or a strong cohort, while the rank shift shows that other DC schools are also improving. The data set does not include free/reduced-price lunch percentages, so it is not possible to assess performance in the context of student poverty or socioeconomic need.
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