DC Prep

At DC prep, our vision is that every child will be prepared academically and socially for a successful future. We have big dreams for our students and make those dreams a reality through daily effort, focus, and support of one another and our students and families. DC prep currently operates six tuition-free public charter schools that are open to any child in Washington, enrolling more than 2,100 students in grades preschool through 8th grade. Historically, 89% of DC prep students are african-american and 7% are hispanic; over 60% of students are considered "at risk" because they are homeless, in foster care, or their families qualify for government assistance.dc prep has a twin focus on high-quality, rigorous academics and holistic social-emotional growth. During our 20 years as a charter network, we have achieved significant results across student outcomes (including alumni success), quality reports, and awards and recognitions. In our 21-year history, DC prep has consistently been among the highest performing networks of public charter schools in our nation's capital. Our 2023 parcc assessment results demonstrated that DC prep students grew at a faster pace post-pandemic than students citywide. One-hundred percent of our alumni have been accepted to a college-preparatory high school, earning a cumulative $13 million in scholarship support. Our all-time high school graduation rate is 95%, compared to the citywide rate of 75%. Our alumni graduate college at four times the rate of their peers, both locally and nationally.all DC public charter schools must undergo the accreditation process every five years to remain eligible for operation in the city. The accreditation process is conducted by an independent third-party accreditation organization to evaluate an lea's performance against a number of performance standards evaluating leadership, learning, and resource capacity. In its most recent accreditation review by cognia, DC prep earned an index of education quality (ieq) score of 387 out of a possible 400 points. The five-year average of institutions in cognia's accreditation network is 278-283.the DC office of the state superintendent of education (osse) releases an annual assessment of school performance. The DC school report card is designed to provide community members and families with high-quality information and school performance data for all public schools in DC. Summative school performance scores are calculated using a number of measures. In 2023, all three of DC prep's middle school campuses scored in the top 10% of middle schools in the city; our edgewood middle campus received the highest summative score of any middle school in the city. Each year, the DC public charter school board issues an overall ranking of schools' academic and culture progress, ranking each school between tier 1 (the highest) and tier 3 (the lowest). All five DC prep campuses open at the time earned a tier 1 ranking on the 2019 school quality reports, the highest ranking (amc did not open until 2020). The DC pcsb has not issued tier rankings since 2019 due to the impact of the pandemic.