District of Columbia school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 1 regular districts, 1 report 2024–25 enrollment and 1 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

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Search by district or city, then switch between enrollment, spending, instructional investment, and student–teacher ratio. Missing records are excluded only from the selected measure.

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Showing 1–1 of 1 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

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Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	District of Columbia Public Schools	Washington	117	52,299

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Largest school districts in District of Columbia

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	District of Columbia Public Schools 117 schools	Washington	52,299

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in District of Columbia

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	District of Columbia Public Schools 52,299 students	Washington	$31,629

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

District of Columbia high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	Jackson-Reed HS 09–12 · 28 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
2	School Without Walls HS 09–12 · 21 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
3	BASIS DC PCS 05–12 · 20 AP courses	BASIS DC PCS	2 of 3
4	McKinley Technology HS 09–12 · 16 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
5	Cardozo Education Campus 07–12 · 16 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
6	Columbia Heights Education Campus 06–12 · 15 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
7	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy 09–12 · 15 AP courses	Friendship PCS	2 of 3
8	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School 09–12 · 14 AP courses	Washington Latin PCS	2 of 3
9	Duke Ellington School of the Arts 09–12 · 13 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
10	H.D. Woodson HS 09–12 · 13 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
11	Benjamin Banneker HS 09–12 · 11 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
12	KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS 09–12 · 10 AP courses	KIPP DC PCS	2 of 3
13	Washington Leadership Academy PCS 09–12 · 10 AP courses	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	2 of 3
14	Dunbar HS 09–12 · 8 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
15	E.L. Haynes PCS - HS 09–12 · 8 AP courses	E.L. Haynes PCS	2 of 3
16	Paul PCS - International HS 09–12 · 8 AP courses	Paul PCS	2 of 3
17	Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS 09–12 · 8 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
18	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS 09–12 · 5 AP courses	Friendship PCS	2 of 3
19	District of Columbia International School 06–12 · 2 AP courses	District of Columbia International School	2 of 3
20	Ron Brown College Preparatory HS 09–12 · 2 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	2 of 3
21	IDEA PCS 09–12 · 1 AP courses	IDEA PCS	2 of 3
22	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts 08–12 · 1 AP courses	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	2 of 3
23	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS 09–12	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	2 of 3
24	Ballou HS 09–12 · 15 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	1 of 3
25	Roosevelt HS 09–12 · 14 AP courses	District of Columbia Public Schools	1 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.