St. Coletta Special Education PCS

Washington · DC · St. Coletta Special Education PCS · Public charter · K-12 combined

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This is a special-education school. It serves students with disabilities, who take alternate state assessments rather than the SAT/ACT. College-prep measures like test participation and AP rigor aren't collected here and don't reflect what this school does.

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‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

56.2%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

37.5%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

67.6%

Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.

Students absent 15+ days

161

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

62:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

4.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 238 in 2021 to 250 in 2024 — over 3 years.

+5.0%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +1.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 250 students:

2025

254

2027

262

2029

270

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
DC Department of Corrections Washington	Public	0.3	45	—
Eastern HS Washington	Public	0.3	909	+18.7%
Kingsman Academy PCS Washington	Public · charter	0.8	290	+17.9%
Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill Washington	Public · charter	0.9	387	+230.8%
Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS Washington	Public	1.0	350	+9.4%
River Terrace Education Campus Washington	Public	1.1	111	+14.4%
Anacostia HS Washington	Public	1.2	246	-23.4%
The SEED PCS of Washington DC Washington	Public · charter	1.6	245	+2.1%

At a glance

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St. Coletta Special Education PCS is a public high school in Washington, DC, enrolling 250 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is up 5% from 2021 to 2024.

It has about 62 students per school counselor.

68% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

How many students attend St. Coletta Special Education PCS? St. Coletta Special Education PCS is a public high school in Washington, DC, enrolling 250 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.