Quick Facts - Columbia Heights Educational Campus

ACADEMICS

AP Courses Offered: 18

ARTS

Four-Year Graduation Rate

84%

Students Attending 4 Year Colleges

82%

Average Daily Attendance Rate

94%

World Language courses offered:

Arabic, French, Italian
Mandarin Chinese,
Spanish (dual immersion)

Student Exchanges

Brazil, China, Haiti, Guatemala, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay and The Bahamas

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS

Total Enrollment    

1,410

Male

702

Female

708

African-American/black

34%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1%

Caucasian/white

1%

Hispanic/Latino

61%

Multi-ethnic

2%

Other

1%

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

Academy of Hospitality & Tourism - in conjunction with the National Academy Foundation (NAF) helps CHEC students chart career paths in one of the world’s largest industries, from hotel management to sports, entertainment, and event management.

Early High School - allows middle school students the opportunity to accrue high school credits in advance of entry to Bell Multicultural High School.

Early College - provides students with a variety of off campus college courses and the opportunity to accrue tuition-free college credits while still in high school. We beleive that many of our students are ready and eager to do serious college work and that their ambition should be taken seriously.

World Languages - prepares students to be linguistically and culturally competent in languages other than English. CHEC has DCPS’s only grade 6-12 Dual Language immersion program. Students also have the option of taking Italian, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese.

Robotics - is part of CHEC's Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) initiative. Students use math, physics, art, and their ingenuity to create robots to compete with other schools. Students interact with professional mentors from science and engineering fields at least once a week, giving students positive role models, job skills, and an insight into the engineering field.

Study Abroad - prepares CHEC students to be global-ready. Today’s employers seek graduates who can communicate in at least one foreign language, have multi-cultural knowledge, possess skills and training in negotiating with people of different cultures and have the basic skills to travel and work outside of the United States.