E.L. Haynes Public Charter School

E.L. Haynes made outstanding scores and gains on the 2009 DC-CAS. In Math, 80% of E.L. Haynes students scored proficient or advanced, a 12 percentage point gain over 2008 DC-CAS scores; 37% of students scored advanced in Math. In Reading, 66% of students scored proficient or advanced, a 6 percentage point gain over 2008 DC-CAS scores.

6th grade scores

E.L. Haynes' oldest students, who were 6th graders in 2008-2009, posted scores of 93% proficient or above in Math; more than 50% of the class scored advanced and not a single student scored below basic in math.

2009 Proficiency Gains

In the last three years, E.L. Haynes has made extraordinary gains of 50 percentage points in Math proficiency and 26 percentage points in Reading proficiency, substantially exceeding DCPS’s three-year gains of 16 percentage points in Math and 10 percentage points in Reading.

For the second year in a row, E.L. Haynes was named the recipient of a Silver-Gain Award through New Leaders for New Schools’ Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) grant program. The award, given in recognition of outstanding student achievement gains in 2008, ranked E.L. Haynes in the top 10 in a consortium of 150 charter schools nationwide.

In November 2008, E.L. Haynes celebrated the grand opening of its new facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring remarks by DC Mayor Adrian Fenty and Obama campaign education advisor Jon Schnur.

E.L. Haynes 5th and 6th grade students presented two outstanding performances of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

In 2008-2009, more than 120 educators, education policy experts, and education leaders visited E.L. Haynes for school tours, classroom observations, and to learn more about our effective practice model. More than 275 Teach for America Corps Members and 50 presenters spent five hours on six Saturdays engaging in professional development at E.L. Haynes. E.L. Haynes held three Teacher Leadership Series events, which were attended by 140 teachers and educational professionals from more than 50 DC public, public charter, and private schools and other organizations.