Elementary · District of Columbia

Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Elementary

CharterFree meals for all

Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Elementary, a public elementary school in Washington, District of Columbia: grades pre-k–3, 256 students, 9.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Friendship PCS.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 256
Teachers (FTE): 26.3
Students per teacher: 9.7
Grades: Pre-K–3; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 10.6 · 144 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 93% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 73% of elementary schools in District of Columbia

Median 360 · 144 schools compared

Smaller than 80% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–3
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Friendship PCS

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Friendship PCS.

Location

Address: 1345 Potomac Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20003
Phone: (202)547-5800
City or town: Washington
County: District of Columbia

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Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Shirley Chisholm ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	542	11.8	0.3 mi
Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster)Free meals for all	1–5	415	13.8	0.3 mi
Payne ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	398	12.0	0.4 mi
Van Ness ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	404	13.0	0.7 mi
Center City PCS - Capitol HillCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	257	10.3	0.7 mi
Lawrence E. Boone ESFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	416	10.8	0.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 110000800480