Summary:
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS is a public charter district in Washington, DC, serving 1,067 students across two elementary campuses — Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook and Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - Calle Ocho — both spanning grades PK through 5. The district as a whole is highly rated, ranking 8th out of 46 DC districts with a 4-star rating, and it outperforms the state average in both reading and math by significant margins.
Calle Ocho is the clear standout campus, ranking 15th out of 124 DC schools in 2025–2026, while J.F. Cook ranked 35th. Calle Ocho outperforms J.F. Cook in every subject and grade level tested — 69% vs. 43.2% in ELA, and 64.4% vs. 45.6% in math across all grades. The gap is especially wide in 3rd grade reading, where Calle Ocho posts 60.2% proficiency vs. just 31.4% at J.F. Cook. Calle Ocho has also been improving much faster, climbing from 29th to 15th in the city over three years, while J.F. Cook has stayed essentially flat.
Both schools improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but Calle Ocho’s gains were more than double J.F. Cook’s in both subjects. Math is a district-wide strength: even J.F. Cook, the lower-performing campus, is well above the DC average (45.6% vs. 28.2%). Science tells a different story — Calle Ocho’s 5th graders reached 28% proficiency, above the state, while J.F. Cook’s fell to 18.75%, below both the district and state. Notably, Calle Ocho spends about $4,173 more per student than J.F. Cook yet has a slightly higher student–teacher ratio, suggesting the extra funding goes toward factors other than additional staff. For parents, the takeaway is clear: Calle Ocho is the stronger, rising school, while J.F. Cook still offers solid performance in math but has real room for growth in early reading and science.
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