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 twelfth grade (intermediate school). Paul focuses on allowing its students to become M.E.R.I.T Scholars, which stands for Motivated, Educated, Responsible, Independent, Thinkers. In August 2014 broke ground for high school expansion expected to be finished May 2015