Summary:
There is just one middle school serving zip code 20018 in Washington, DC: Friendship PCS – Woodridge International Middle, a public charter school in the Friendship PCS network that serves grades 4 through 8 and enrolls 223 students. Because it is the only middle school in the area, this analysis focuses on how the school performs compared to its district and the District of Columbia as a whole.
The school stands out for its consistently strong ranking: it has earned a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for three straight years and is ranked 18th out of 67 DC middle schools (73rd percentile) in 2025–2026. It excels in English Language Arts, with 45.8% of students proficient in 2025–2026, well above the district's 34.6% and the state's 39.6%. Upper-grade performance is especially impressive, with 7th and 8th graders scoring about 54% proficient in ELA. Math proficiency, however, trails the state average (22.9% vs. 28.2%), though it still beats the district average of 17.9%. Science proficiency is a weaker area at 10.3%, nearly triple the district rate but below the state's 13.4%. The school also has a very low student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1 and spends $32,770 per student, reflecting a resource-rich environment.
One notable concern is that math proficiency declined from 28.6% in 2024–2025 to 22.9% in 2025–2026, even as ELA improved slightly. Fifth grade is the only grade level where math comes close to the state average. Given the high spending and small class sizes, these mixed results suggest that instructional strategies and curriculum choices matter as much as resources. Free/reduced lunch data was not reported, so socioeconomic context is not available. Overall, families in zip 20018 can expect a top-quartile public charter school with strong literacy outcomes and small learning communities, though math and science remain areas for improvement.
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