Charter agency · District of Columbia
Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts, DC: schools, enrollment and spending
Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts runs 1 public school with 303 students in grades 8 to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the District of Columbia figure of 11.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 303
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- DC: 11.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 475 School Street SW, Washington, DC 20024
- Phone
- (202)388-1011
- County
- District of Columbia
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- 8 to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 1100082
- State district ID
- DC-167
- Total staff (FTE)
- 57
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
District of Columbia11.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (299), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $890,000
- State revenue
- $0
- Local revenue
- $8.7 million
- Total spending
- $9.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $31,963
- Salaries
- $3.7 million38.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.2%
- Local: 90.8%
District of Columbia overall
- Federal: 10.0%
- Local: 90.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$31,963
District of Columbia$31,930
United States$16,826
Schools in Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media ArtsCEP schoolCharter | High | 8 to 12 | 300 | 12.0 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.