Summary:
Washington Global PCS is a single public charter middle school in Washington, DC, serving grades 6 through 8 with an enrollment of 227 students. As its own district, the school’s results are nearly identical at both the school and district levels, making state comparisons the most meaningful. The school ranks 22nd out of 67 DC schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the top third with a 3-star rating, and it has shown a clear upward trend after dipping to 28th the previous year. With a favorable 12.2:1 student–teacher ratio and per-student spending of $28,260, the school is well-resourced, though no free/reduced lunch data is reported to contextualize student demographics.
Academically, Washington Global PCS is strongest in English Language Arts, with 41.0% of students proficient compared to the DC state average of 39.6%. However, math lags slightly behind at 24.8% versus 28.2% statewide. There are notable grade-level divides: 7th and 8th grade ELA are strong (50.7% and 49.2% proficient), but 6th grade ELA is dramatically lower at 27.7% — a 23-point gap from 7th grade. In math, 7th graders exceed the state average by 4 points, but 8th graders fall nearly 11 points below, at just 14.0% proficiency. Encouragingly, the school improved substantially from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with ELA proficiency rising by 8 percentage points and math by 2.6 points.
As a single-school LEA, the district results for Washington Global PCS mirror the school’s own scores, which means the state-level rankings offer the best benchmark. The combination of small class sizes and high spending suggests strong resources, yet the uneven performance across grades points to targeted needs: 6th-grade ELA and 8th-grade math are the most urgent areas for intervention. Overall, the school is a mid-sized charter middle school on an upward trajectory, ranking in the top third of DC schools, with a clear strength in literacy and a persistent challenge in upper-grade math.
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