If D.C.’s public schools won’t cut it and private schools are too expensive, the city has 57 charter schools for your child to attend. But how do you choose one? Well, there’s now an app to help you through the process.

At this weekend’s Fourth Annual D.C. Charter School Expo, the Wireless Foundation, D.C. Public Charter School Board and Mayor Vincent Gray unveiled MyDCcharters, a free app that provides detailed information—from test scores to application deadlines—on all of the city’s charter schools. Explained a press release:

MyDCcharters is based entirely on the PCSB’s Performance Management Framework (PMF), PCSB’s annual tool for assessing and monitoring charter school performance. Users can see lists of high-performing schools and search for schools by type of program, giving parents on-the-go access to school quality information. More than 35,000 students attend DC charter schools, about 43 percent of the city’s public school population, and more than 83 percent of the students are African American and more than 72 percent are from economically disadvantaged households.

Research has shown that the average adoption rate of wireless technology is higher among low-income and minority households. According to a December 2012 survey by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, while 45 percent of all Americans own a smartphone, the number increases to more than 47 percent among African-Americans and Hispanics. These smartphone users are also more likely to use their smartphone to access the Internet, with 60 percent of African-Americans and 66 percent of Hispanics compared to 52 percent of Caucasians.

A similar app was launched in New Orleans last May, which included information on both the city’s public and public charter schools. Some 71 percent of students in New Orleans attend charter schools; in D.C., the number stands around 43 percent.

The app is currently only available for Android, BlackBerry, Java and Windows Mobile platforms, though an iPhone version is being developed. You can download it here.