District of Columbia Public Schools

Washington, District of Columbia

District of Columbia Public Schools runs 116 public schools in District of Columbia, enrolling 50,131 students — the 93rd largest district in the country.

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At a glance

Schools

116schools

43rd nationally

Enrollment

50,131students

93rd nationally

Schools listed here

116in the directory

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Schools

All 116 schools in the district, largest first.

Enrollment

1Jackson-Reed Hs2,153 students
2Columbia Heights Education Campus1,567 students
3Deal Ms1,391 students
4Coolidge Hs1,015 students
5Roosevelt Hs913 students
6Lafayette Es892 students
7Dunbar Hs868 students
8Eastern Hs865 students
9Oyster-Adams Bilingual School767 students
10Roosevelt Stay Hs740 students
11Bancroft Es715 students
12Mckinley Technology Hs696 students
13Janney Es688 students
14Ballou Hs657 students
15Murch Es651 students

Schools in District of Columbia Public Schools
School	City	Enrollment
Jackson-Reed Hs	Washington	2,153
Columbia Heights Education Campus	Washington	1,567
Deal Ms	Washington	1,391
Coolidge Hs	Washington	1,015
Roosevelt Hs	Washington	913
Lafayette Es	Washington	892
Dunbar Hs	Washington	868
Eastern Hs	Washington	865
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School	Washington	767
Roosevelt Stay Hs	Washington	740
Bancroft Es	Washington	715
Mckinley Technology Hs	Washington	696
Janney Es	Washington	688
Ballou Hs	Washington	657
Murch Es	Washington	651
Cardozo Education Campus	Washington	639
School Without Walls Hs	Washington	602
Brightwood Es	Washington	591
Barnard Es	Washington	580
Benjamin Banneker Hs	Washington	579
Hardy Ms	Washington	571
Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Washington	564
H.D. Woodson Hs	Washington	543
Tubman Es	Washington	540
Ida B. Wells Ms	Washington	539
Macfarland Ms	Washington	528
Maury Es	Washington	527
Tyler Es	Washington	510
Turner Es	Washington	491
Powell Es	Washington	484
School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens	Washington	479
Stuart-Hobson Ms (Capitol Hill Cluster)	Washington	464
Marie Reed Es	Washington	462
Leckie Education Campus	Washington	451
Stoddert Es	Washington	444
Truesdell Es	Washington	444
Ballou Stay Hs	Washington	442
Browne Education Campus	Washington	438
J.O. Wilson Es	Washington	438
Bruce-Monroe Es at Park View	Washington	433
Ludlow-Taylor Es	Washington	433
Lawrence E. Boone Es	Washington	430
John Lewis Es	Washington	427
Dorothy I. Height Es	Washington	426
Bard Hs Early College Dc (Bard Dc)	Washington	424
Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan	Washington	424
Eaton Es	Washington	422
Brent Es	Washington	419
Takoma Es	Washington	417
Kimball Es	Washington	395
Mann Es	Washington	390
Excel Academy	Washington	387
Hart Ms	Washington	386
Jefferson Ms Academy	Washington	386
Hyde-Addison Es	Washington	381
Whittier Es	Washington	380
H.D. Cooke Es	Washington	379
Garrison Es	Washington	375
Watkins Es (Capitol Hill Cluster)	Washington	374
Beers Es	Washington	372
Van Ness Es	Washington	372
Miner Es	Washington	368
Raymond Es	Washington	358
Brookland Ms	Washington	357
Key Es	Washington	353
Langdon Es	Washington	353
Seaton Es	Washington	353
Kelly Miller Ms	Washington	351
Shepherd Es	Washington	350
Hearst Es	Washington	347
Langley Es	Washington	338
Walker-Jones Education Campus	Washington	337
Amidon-Bowen Es	Washington	336
School-Within-School at Goding	Washington	326
Wheatley Education Campus	Washington	321
Payne Es	Washington	317
Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering Hs	Washington	317
Eliot-Hine Ms	Washington	313
Stanton Es	Washington	313
Johnson Ms	Washington	298
Hendley Es	Washington	289
Anacostia Hs	Washington	287
Nalle Es	Washington	285
Ketcham Es	Washington	284
Cleveland Es	Washington	282
Houston Es	Washington	281
Burrville Es	Washington	278
Patterson Es	Washington	273
Thomas Es	Washington	273
Randle Highlands Es	Washington	269
Burroughs Es	Washington	258
Lasalle-Backus Es	Washington	255
C.W. Harris Es	Washington	249
Thomson Es	Washington	247
Noyes Es	Washington	241
Savoy Es	Washington	238
Garfield Es	Washington	231
King Es	Washington	226
Moten Es	Washington	223
Mckinley Ms	Washington	222
Sousa Ms	Washington	215
Luke C. Moore Hs	Washington	211
Peabody Es (Capitol Hill Cluster)	Washington	210
Smothers Es	Washington	210
Bunker Hill Es	Washington	206
Simon Es	Washington	205
Kramer Ms	Washington	203
Plummer Es	Washington	203
Malcolm X Es at Green	Washington	195
Drew Es	Washington	189
Ross Es	Washington	171
Ron Brown College Preparatory Hs	Washington	169
Lorraine H. Whitlock Es	Washington	137
River Terrace Education Campus	Washington	116
Thaddeus Stevens Early Learning Center	Washington	72
Military Road Early Learning Center	Washington	62

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Where this sits

Geographic context

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Sources & licence

Provenance

National Center for Education Statistics: Common Core of Data — school and district directory
Current · as of August 17, 2026U.S. Public Domain (NCES)
Collected and published by NCES; retrieved through the Urban Institute Education Data Portal, which republishes the NCES files unchanged.

Data as of September 1, 2022.