Paul Public Charter School is a charter school in northwest Washington, D.C.. It is located at 5800 Eighth Street NW, at the intersection of Eighth and Olglethorpe Streets. The school opened its doors as a public charter junior high school in 2000. It has students from sixth through ninth grade (intermediate school) and is named in honor of Edward Paul. As of school year 2007-2008, Paul Public Charter School no longer serves 9th grade and now has students from 6th to 8th grade, but will be adding 9th grade again as of the 2009-2010 school year. Paul focuses on allowing its students to become M.E.R.I.T Scholars, which stands for Motivated, Educated, Responsible, Independent, Thinkers.
There are 617 students at Paul. Paul has 2% Asians and Pacific Islanders, 8% Hispanics, 76% African Americans, and 4% Caucasian.
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