Summary:
Bridges PCS is the sole school in the Bridges PCS district, an elementary school in Washington, DC (at 100 Gallatin Street NE) serving grades PK through 5 with 365 students. The school has shown a dramatic upward turn in the 2025–2026 school year, climbing from 123rd out of 128 DC schools (4th percentile) in 2024–2025 to 91st out of 124 (27th percentile), and improving its star rating from 0 to 1 star. The district itself is ranked 35 out of 46 in DC.
Academically, the standout finding is a major one-year improvement in mathematics proficiency, which jumped from 9.2% in 2024–2025 to 22.8% in 2025–2026, narrowing the gap to the state average from -17.2 points to just -5.4 points. However, this overall gain is heavily driven by a relatively strong 3rd-grade cohort (38.4% proficient, nearly matching the state's 40.5%), while 4th grade drops to 16.3% and 5th grade falls to 6.7%. English Language Arts remains a serious concern: proficiency is 8.8%, a startling 30.8 points below the state average, and it has lingered in single digits for two consecutive years. Both 3rd grade (6.4%) and 4th grade (5.4%) ELA scores are far below state benchmarks, with the 4th-grade gap of 33.7 points being the largest in the entire data set.
Bridges PCS spends a substantial $34,782 per student and maintains a favorable 9.2:1 student-teacher ratio, indicating small class sizes and significant resources. Yet these investments have not translated into high proficiency rates in most subjects and grades. Free and reduced-price lunch data was not reported, so poverty levels cannot be factored into this analysis. The school remains in the lower half of DC elementary schools despite its recent improvement, but the clear upward trajectory in math and overall ranking makes Bridges PCS a school worth watching. Sustaining the 3rd-grade math success and addressing the steep drops in later grades, as well as the systemic ELA challenges, will be critical going forward.
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