District of Columbia International School (DCI) is a

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. It offers an

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education to students in grades 6 to 12. Each student learns in a partial

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program in

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, French or

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It is overseen by the

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History and campus

DCI was founded in 2014 to provide a secondary school with advanced foreign language classes to students from language immersion public charter elementary schools. While admission is lottery-based,

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, Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School, Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School, Mundo Verde Public Charter School, and DC Bilingual Public Charter School graduates are given preference in the lottery for 6th grade. In 2017, the school moved into its permanent campus, the Delano Hall building of the former

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. The new building can accommodate up to 1,450 students.

Student body

DCI is a diverse school with no majority race, consisting of about 40%

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, 40%

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, and 15%

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students in the 2018-19 school year. 8.3% are

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and 51.6% are

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Academic program

Students in grades 6-10 follow the

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and students in grades 11-12 can either study for the

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or International Baccalaureate Career-related Program. All students choose to focus on

, French, or

, and can pursue the IB Bilingual Diploma.

Results

In 2019, the DCI middle and high school were both rated Tier 1 by the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board. The same year, 61% of DCI students achieved proficiency in the English Language Arts/Literacy section of the

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exam and 41% achieved proficiency in the math section.

References

External links

* {{DC High Schools Brightwood (Washington, D.C.) Charter schools in the District of Columbia Educational institutions established in 2014 Public high schools in Washington, D.C. Public middle schools in Washington, D.C. International schools in the United States International Baccalaureate schools in Washington, D.C. 2014 establishments in Washington, D.C.