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Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts

Test scores delayed: 2025-2026 science scores will be released by the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education in October, at which point rankings will be updated.

At a glance

16^thof 46 District Of Columbia districts▼ 2

Better than 65% of District Of Columbia districts

High 1Grades 8-12

475 School Street SW
Washington, DC 20024·(202) 388-1011·All District Of Columbia district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 65.2% of districts

School

300

Students

Top rankedRichard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts14^th of 37 District Of Columbia high schools

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Summary:

The area has one school, Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts, a high school serving grades 8–12 with 300 students. With no other local schools to compare, its results are best understood against District of Columbia figures. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades English language arts (ELA) proficiency was 35%, compared with 40% statewide, while mathematics proficiency was 2%, compared with 28% statewide. Mathematics is the school’s most significant concern: its result was 26 points below the state.

ELA is the school’s stronger tested subject, though it still trailed the state by 5 points in 2025–2026. The contrast between subjects is pronounced: ELA proficiency was 33 points higher than mathematics proficiency. Geometry also improved, rising from 5% in 2024–2025 to 15% in 2025–2026, a 9-point increase; the latest state Geometry result was not supplied for comparison. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 78%, just 1 point below the state’s 79%.

Results moved in different directions over time: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the ELA gap with the state narrowed by 3 points, while the mathematics gap widened by 3 points. ELA proficiency rose from 30% to 35%; mathematics fell from 4% to 2%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 12th of 34 in 2023–2024, 12th of 35 in 2024–2025, and 14th of 37 in 2025–2026, with 4 stars in the first two years and 3 stars in the latest year. For context, the reported student–teacher ratio was 11.7:1, and 58% of students were directly certified for free meals in 2024–2025; these figures describe the school but cannot be compared with local peers.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				DC CAPE English Language Arts (2026)		DC CAPE Mathematics (2026)		DC CAPE English II (2026)	DC CAPE Algebra I (2026)	DC CAPE Geometry (2026)	DC CAPE English I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DC CAPE English Language Arts 8th Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts All Grades	DC CAPE Mathematics 8th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics All Grades	DC CAPE English II End of Course	DC CAPE Algebra I End of Course	DC CAPE Geometry End of Course	DC CAPE English I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Public, Charter	8-12	475 School Street SW	Washington	20024	District Of Columbia	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 388-1011	300	26	11.7	58.0%	3 (1.0%)	293 (97.7%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44.6	14^th of 37 public high schools	62.2%		45.1	12^th of 35 public high schools	65.7%	2	36.4	34.9		2.3	36.2	6.0		32.7	$34,963	$1,976	$32,987

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
AppleTree Early Learning PCS	0 mi	8
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District of Columbia Public Schools	0.31 mi	122	19^th
Basis Dc Pcs	0.8 mi	1	1^st
Girls Global Academy PCS	1.06 mi	1	36^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

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