District of Columbia Public Schools Schools
District of Columbia Public Schools is a public school district in District of Columbia, based in District of Columbia (Washington). SchoolGrade grades 116 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
District of Columbia Public Schools on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for District of Columbia Public Schools
113 of 116 schools in District of Columbia Public Schools carry a SchoolGrade (3 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 33B: 20C: 25D: 26F: 9
Best schools in District of Columbia Public Schools
Statewide rankings: all 37 high schools in District of Columbia · all 32 middle schools in District of Columbia · all 132 elementary schools in District of Columbia
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ School Without Walls HS (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Janney ES (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Ross ES (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Stoddert ES (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Lafayette ES (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Brent ES (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Hearst ES (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Murch ES (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Mann ES (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ School Within School At Goding (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
Every school in District of Columbia Public Schools
All schools, A to Z (116)
- C- Amidon Bowen ES, Washington
- F Anacostia HS, Washington
- D Ballou HS, Washington
- D- Ballou Stay HS, Washington
- A- Bancroft ES, Washington
- A- Bard HS Early College Dc Bard Dc, Washington
- B+ Barnard ES, Washington
- C+ Beers ES, Washington
- A+ Benjamin Banneker HS, Washington
- A+ Brent ES, Washington
- C- Brightwood ES, Washington
- C- Brookland MS, Washington
- D Browne Education Campus, Washington
- B+ Bruce Monroe ES At Park View, Washington
- C Bunker Hill ES, Washington
- A- Burroughs ES, Washington
- D- Burrville ES, Washington
- B Capitol Hill Montessori School At Logan, Washington
- D+ Cardozo Education Campus, Washington
- C Cleveland ES, Washington
- B+ Columbia Heights Education Campus, Washington
- B- Coolidge HS, Washington
- C- Cw Harris ES, Washington
- A+ Deal MS, Washington
- B Dorothy I Height ES, Washington
- F Drew ES, Washington
- A- Duke Ellington School Of The Arts, Washington
- D Dunbar HS, Washington
- C+ Eastern HS, Washington
- A Eaton ES, Washington
- A- Eliot Hine MS, Washington
- D- Excel Academy, Washington
- D+ Garfield ES, Washington
- A- Garrison ES, Washington
- A+ Hardy MS, Washington
- D+ Hart MS, Washington
- D+ Hd Cooke ES, Washington
- C Hd Woodson HS, Washington
- A+ Hearst ES, Washington
- D- Hendley ES, Washington
- D+ Houston ES, Washington
- A+ Hyde Addison ES, Washington
- B- Ida B Wells MS, Washington
- A Jackson Reed HS, Washington
- A+ Janney ES, Washington
- C Jefferson MS Academy, Washington
- C+ Jo Wilson ES, Washington
- B John Lewis ES, Washington
- F Johnson MS, Washington
- D- Kelly Miller MS, Washington
- F Ketcham ES, Washington
- A+ Key ES, Washington
- C- Kimball ES, Washington
- D- King ES, Washington
- F Kramer MS, Washington
- A+ Lafayette ES, Washington
- B- Langdon ES, Washington
- D- Langley ES, Washington
- C+ Lasalle Backus ES, Washington
- D Lawrence E Boone ES, Washington
- D+ Leckie Education Campus, Washington
- C Lorraine H Whitlock ES, Washington
- A Ludlow Taylor ES, Washington
- D- Luke C Moore HS, Washington
- B Macfarland MS, Washington
- D Malcolm X ES At Green, Washington
- A+ Mann ES, Washington
- A- Marie Reed ES, Washington
- A Maury ES, Washington
- C- Mckinley MS, Washington
- A Mckinley Technology HS, Washington
- Military Road Early Learning Center, Washington
- F Miner ES, Washington
- B- Moten ES, Washington
- A+ Murch ES, Washington
- C- Nalle ES, Washington
- C+ Noyes ES, Washington
- A Oyster Adams Bilingual School, Washington
- C Patterson ES, Washington
- A- Payne ES, Washington
- Peabody ES Capitol Hill Cluster, Washington
- B+ Phelps Architecture Construction And Engineering HS, Washington
- D- Plummer ES, Washington
- A- Powell ES, Washington
- C Randle Highlands ES, Washington
- B- Raymond ES, Washington
- F River Terrace Education Campus, Washington
- C+ Ron Brown College Preparatory HS, Washington
- C- Roosevelt HS, Washington
- C- Roosevelt Stay HS, Washington
- A+ Ross ES, Washington
- F Savoy ES, Washington
- A+ School Within School At Goding, Washington
- B+ School Without Walls At Francis Stevens, Washington
- A+ School Without Walls HS, Washington
- B- Seaton ES, Washington
- A Shepherd ES, Washington
- D- Simon ES, Washington
- D- Smothers ES, Washington
- D+ Sousa MS, Washington
- C- Stanton ES, Washington
- A+ Stoddert ES, Washington
- A Stuart Hobson MS Capitol Hill Cluster, Washington
- B Takoma ES, Washington
- Thaddeus Stevens Early Learning Center, Washington
- D+ Thomas ES, Washington
- B Thomson ES, Washington
- C Truesdell ES, Washington
- B- Tubman ES, Washington
- F Turner ES, Washington
- B+ Tyler ES, Washington
- C+ Van Ness ES, Washington
- D Walker Jones Education Campus, Washington
- B+ Watkins ES Capitol Hill Cluster, Washington
- D- Wheatley Education Campus, Washington
- A- Whittier ES, Washington
Where District of Columbia Public Schools schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Washington (116)
About this district
- State: Best schools in District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 51,294 students with 4,564 full-time-equivalent teachers and 8,332 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1100030
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about District of Columbia Public Schools
How many schools are in District of Columbia Public Schools?
SchoolGrade grades 116 public schools in District of Columbia Public Schools, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does District of Columbia Public Schools serve?
The largest by graded schools: Washington.
How good are the schools in District of Columbia Public Schools?
Across the 113 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C+, with 26% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 24.6%. 69% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend District of Columbia Public Schools?
51,294 students were enrolled in District of Columbia Public Schools in the 2023-24 school year, about 11.2 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is District of Columbia Public Schools?
District of Columbia Public Schools is in District of Columbia, based in District of Columbia, with its district office in Washington. Its boundary covers about 61.1 sq mi.