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Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep

Q: Is Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep a good school?

Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep ranks in the bottom 0.0% of District Of Columbia elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep?

In the 2024-25 school year, 530 students attended Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep?

Students at Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep are 97% African American, 2% Hispanic.

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-5

124^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 124 District Of Columbia Elementary Schools

Better than 0% of District Of Columbia elementary schools

Summary

Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep is an elementary charter school in Washington, DC, serving 530 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Rocketship Education DC PCS network. The school's academic performance is among the lowest in the city — in the 2025-2026 school year, it ranked 124th out of 124 ranked elementary schools in DC, earning a 0-star rating. Proficiency rates are dramatically below state averages: just 2.5% of students were proficient in English Language Arts and 5.2% in math, compared to DC state averages of 39.6% and 28.2%, respectively.

The school's performance has been declining while the rest of DC has improved. Between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, ELA proficiency fell from 6.7% to 2.5% and math from 12.0% to 5.2%, even as state averages rose. Compared to nearby schools serving similar communities, Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep is a clear outlier. For example, Kimball Elementary School (1.28 miles away) has 29.8% ELA and 28.5% math proficiency, KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS (0.93 miles) has 22.9% ELA and 36.3% math proficiency, and DC Prep PCS - Benning Elementary School (1.45 miles) has 39% ELA and 31.2% math proficiency. Even lower-performing nearby schools like Plummer Elementary School and C.W. Harris Elementary School outperform Rocketship in both subjects.

Rocketship also shows concerning resource allocation patterns. It spends about $27,256 per student — comparable to or higher than nearby schools like KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS ($26,266) and Kimball Elementary ($26,952) — yet produces far weaker results. Its student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1 is the highest among nearby schools, compared to 13.4 at DC Prep PCS - Benning Elementary and 9.5 at Kimball Elementary. The school's network, Rocketship Education DC PCS, ranks 44th out of 46 DC districts, suggesting the challenges are network-wide rather than isolated to one campus. For parents, the data points to serious concerns about academic effectiveness, with the school ranking last among all DC elementary schools in the most recent assessment.

530

Students ?

16.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,256

Per pupil spending ?

4250 Massachusetts Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20019

(202) 803-7004

District: Rocketship Education DC PCS

Racial breakdown:

African American:

97.2%

Hispanic:

2.3%

Two or more races:

0.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2022 → <1st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the District Of Columbia average (4% vs 34% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2022

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school4%

District avg9%

District Of Columbia avg34%

124^th of 124

District Of Columbia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 11 pts since 2022

From bottom 11% (2022) to bottom 1% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Elementary Schools in the Rocketship Education DC PCS

44^th of 46Rocketship Education DC PCS among District Of Columbia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2026	10.3	124 of 124	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	16.2	119 of 128	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	119 of 126	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	120 of 128	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	86 of 97	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2026	12.8	95 of 96	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	17.1	103 of 108	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	91 of 92	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	51 of 55	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.0	51 of 53	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile-6 vs school

African American (2026)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs District Of Columbia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics5%-23 vs state

English Language Arts2%-37 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				DC CAPE English Language Arts (2026)				DC CAPE Mathematics (2026)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	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 3rd Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts 4th Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts 5th Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts All Grades	DC CAPE Mathematics 3rd Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 4th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 5th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	4250 Massachusetts Avenue SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	Rocketship Education DC PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 803-7004	530	32	16.5		0 (0.0%)	515 (97.2%)	12 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10.3	124^th of 124 public elementary schools	0.0%		16.2	119^th of 128 public elementary schools	7.0%	5	2.6	2.1	3.0	2.5	10.5	2.3	3.0	5.2	$27,256	$3,326	$23,930
Malcolm X Elementary School at Green	Public	PK, KG-5	4430 H St SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 645-3409	170	26	6.5		0 (0.0%)	164 (96.5%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	18	103^rd of 124 public elementary schools	16.9%		36	71^st of 128 public elementary schools	44.5%	32	6.3		23.8	13.6		4.8			$35,708	$4,735	$30,974
Beers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3600 Alabama Ave. SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-4800	412	38	10.8		3 (0.7%)	390 (94.7%)	14 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	34	70^th of 124 public elementary schools	43.5%		33.2	78^th of 128 public elementary schools	39.1%	8	23.3	23.8	30.5	25.6	25.6	26.2		23.9	$33,650	$4,429	$29,221
KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS	Public, Charter	K-4	4801 Benning Road SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 582-1390	614	43	14.3		0 (0.0%)	586 (95.4%)	25 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40.8	59^th of 124 public elementary schools	52.4%		41.7	54^th of 128 public elementary schools	57.8%	5	20.7	25.0		22.9	37.6	35.0		36.3	$26,266	$3,493	$22,773
I Dream PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2220 Branch Avenue SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	I Dream PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 922-7221	99	10	9.9		3 (3.0%)	90 (90.9%)	5 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)								(n/a)									$37,608	$5,341	$32,267
Plummer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4601 Texas Ave. SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-4360	233	31	7.5		0 (0.0%)	183 (78.5%)	49 (21.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	15.1	114^th of 124 public elementary schools	8.1%		17.3	116^th of 128 public elementary schools	9.4%	2		12.0	9.1	11.7	13.3		9.1	7.7	$30,408	$4,723	$25,686
C.W. Harris Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	301 53rd St. SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 645-3188	251	30	8.5		2 (0.8%)	230 (91.6%)	15 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	14.7	116^th of 124 public elementary schools	6.5%		25.4	92^nd of 128 public elementary schools	28.1%	24	11.1	5.8	8.8	8.4	14.9		5.9	13.8	$30,497	$5,260	$25,237
Nalle Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	219 50th St. SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6280	287	34	8.5		6 (2.1%)	226 (78.7%)	51 (17.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)								(n/a)		27.3		23.0			12.5		$28,461	$4,538	$23,923
Kimball Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3375 Minnesota Ave. SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6260	330	35	9.5		0 (0.0%)	323 (97.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	39.3	61^st of 124 public elementary schools	50.8%		34.6	74^th of 128 public elementary schools	42.2%	13	27.0	25.4		29.8	30.7	31.0		28.5	$26,952	$4,500	$22,452
Randle Highlands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1650 30th St. SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 729-3250	301	30	10.0		3 (1.0%)	286 (95.0%)	9 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	6.2			18.6			25.7	24.7	$29,995	$4,574	$25,421

Frequently Asked Questions about Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep

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Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep ranks in the bottom 0.0% of District Of Columbia elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep?

Students at Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep are 97% African American, 2% Hispanic.

What district is Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep in?

Rocketship Education DC PCS

How many students attend Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep?

In the 2024-25 school year, 530 students attended Rocketship PCS - Legacy Prep.

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