Center City PCS – Shaw
711 N St. NW
Type of school: Public Charter
Grades: PK4-8
Before & After School care: Yes. Contact school. Monthly cost $180.00.
Enrollment: 230 (2018-19)
—PreK4: 16; K: 24; 1st: 20; 2nd: 21; 3rd: 26; 4th: 24; 5th: 26; 6th: 25; 7th: 25; 8th: 23
PCS LEA 1 Programmatic Capacity: 280; Unfilled seats 50 (2018-19)
Cost Per Pupil- No figures found. If I were more confident with math, I’d try. But I’m a humanities person, I don’t do math.
Attracts Students From These DCPS schools (2017-18), 10 students or more
| Name of School | # of Students |
| School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens | 26 |
| Walker-Jones Education Campus | 20 |
| Cardozo Education Campus | 11 |
| Thomson Elementary School | 28 |
| Seaton Elementary School | 38 |
Physical activity: Grades K-5: 270.00 Minutes/week
Grades 6-8: 90.00 Minutes/week
| PARCC Scores 2018-19, % meeting & exceeding expectations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | White | Hispanic | Asian | ||
| ELA 2018-19 | 26.5% | n<10 | 32.2% | n<10 | |
| Math 2018-19 | 28.9% | n<10 | 33.9% | n<10 | |
| Males ELA | 13.6% | n<10 | 26.9% | n<10 | |
| Males Math | 31.8% | n<10 | 34.6% | n<10 | |
Mari’s 2 cents– I remember when this was the Immaculate Conception Catholic School. And that makes me sad. What makes me happy is that I had my wedding reception in this school building, but that has nothing to do with the school itself. The Center City schools exist in the former buildings of struggling catholic schools closed by the Archbishop. The reason why they were struggling is that those schools served primarily low-income students and the city was offering free charters, and it is hard to compete with free. So when you can’t beat them, join them. If things go downhill for St. Augustine, this could be their fate too.
Sources:
https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/150
https://secureservercdn.net/45.40.149.159/x6k.c0b.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ExtendedDayOverviewEnglish.pdf
https://www.dcschoolreportcard.org/schools/156-1107
https://dcpcsb.org/center-city-pcs-shaw
2018-19 School Year Annual Enrollment Audit Report Supplemental Tables
Detailed 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17 PARCC And MSAA Performance