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District of Columbia school data rankings

Compare every reported district by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 69 current districts, 69 report 2024–25 enrollment and 61 match the FY 2023 finance file.

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69 districts with this measure reported

Rank	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	District of Columbia Public Schools	Washington	117	52,299
2	KIPP DC PCS	Washington	20	7,407
3	Friendship PCS	Washington	15	4,417
4	DC Prep PCS	Washington	6	2,189
5	Carlos Rosario International PCS	Washington	0	2,159
6	District of Columbia International School	Washington	1	1,663
7	Center City PCS	Washington	6	1,447
8	Rocketship Education DC PCS	Washington	3	1,198
9	E.L. Haynes PCS	Washington	3	1,190
10	Washington Latin PCS	Washington	4	1,131
11	Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS	Washington	2	1,070
12	Two Rivers PCS	Washington	3	1,032
13	Capital City PCS	Washington	3	1,031
14	Academy of Hope Adult PCS	Washington	0	997
15	Ingenuity Prep PCS	Washington	1	802
16	Paul PCS	Washington	2	773
17	Briya PCS	Washington	0	769
18	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS	Washington	2	708
19	Washington Yu Ying PCS	Washington	1	702
20	BASIS DC PCS	Washington	1	694
21	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS	Washington	2	691
22	AppleTree Early Learning PCS	Washington	8	658
23	DC Bilingual PCS	Washington	1	622
24	Meridian PCS	Washington	1	580
25	Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	Washington	1	573
26	Lee Montessori PCS	WASHINGTON	2	548
27	Creative Minds International PCS	Washington	1	536
28	Maya Angelou PCS	Washington	1	533
29	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	Washington	1	529
30	The Next Step/El Proximo Paso PCS	Washington	0	502
31	Community College Preparatory Academy PCS	Washington	0	500
32	DC Scholars PCS	Washington	1	479
33	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	Washington	1	440
34	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	Washington	1	437
35	Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS	Washington	1	409
36	Cedar Tree Academy PCS	Washington	1	399
37	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Washington	1	394
38	Breakthrough Montessori PCS	Washington	1	386
39	Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy	Washington	1	377
40	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	Washington	1	377
41	Bridges PCS	Washington	1	369
42	IDEA PCS	Washington	1	361
43	Kingsman Academy PCS	Washington	1	346
44	Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS	Washington	1	313
45	Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS	Washington	1	311
46	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Washington	1	303
47	Sela PCS	Washington	1	303
48	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	WASHINGTON	1	294
49	LEARN DC PCS	Washington	1	290
50	Early Childhood Academy PCS	Washington	1	281
51	Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science P	Washington	1	271
52	St. Coletta Special Education PCS	Washington	1	250
53	The Children's Guild DC PCS	Washington	1	250
54	SEED PCS	Washington	1	247
55	The Family Place PCS	Washington	0	234
56	Washington Global PCS	Washington	1	229
57	Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS	Washington	1	199
58	Global Citizens PCS	Washington	1	198
59	LAYC Career Academy PCS	Washington	0	186
60	Girls Global Academy PCS	Washington	1	184
61	Harmony DC PCS	Washington	1	183
62	Monument Academy PCS	Washington	1	131
63	YouthBuild DC PCS	Washington	0	130
64	DYRS	Laurel	2	130
65	Social Justice PCS	WASHINGTON	1	97
66	Capital Village PCS	WASHINGTON	1	93
67	Roots PCS	Washington	1	80
68	DC Wildflower PCS	WASHINGTON	1	45
69	DC Department of Corrections as the State Public Agency (SPA	Washington	1	45

Data ranking

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
2	KIPP DC PCS 20 schools	Washington	7,407
3	Friendship PCS 15 schools	Washington	4,417
4	DC Prep PCS 6 schools	Washington	2,189
5	Carlos Rosario International PCS 0 schools	Washington	2,159
6	District of Columbia International School 1 schools	Washington	1,663
7	Center City PCS 6 schools	Washington	1,447
8	Rocketship Education DC PCS 3 schools	Washington	1,198
9	E.L. Haynes PCS 3 schools	Washington	1,190
10	Washington Latin PCS 4 schools	Washington	1,131
11	Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS 2 schools	Washington	1,070
12	Two Rivers PCS 3 schools	Washington	1,032
13	Capital City PCS 3 schools	Washington	1,031
14	Academy of Hope Adult PCS 0 schools	Washington	997
15	Ingenuity Prep PCS 1 schools	Washington	802
16	Paul PCS 2 schools	Washington	773
17	Briya PCS 0 schools	Washington	769
18	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS 2 schools	Washington	708
19	Washington Yu Ying PCS 1 schools	Washington	702
20	BASIS DC PCS 1 schools	Washington	694
21	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS 2 schools	Washington	691
22	AppleTree Early Learning PCS 8 schools	Washington	658
23	DC Bilingual PCS 1 schools	Washington	622
24	Meridian PCS 1 schools	Washington	580
25	Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS 1 schools	Washington	573

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Data ranking

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	St. Coletta Special Education PCS 250 students	Washington	$83,968
2	Maya Angelou PCS 533 students	Washington	$73,361
3	SEED PCS 247 students	Washington	$60,794
4	Briya PCS 769 students	Washington	$55,254
5	The Children's Guild DC PCS 250 students	Washington	$43,107
6	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS 377 students	Washington	$38,858
7	IDEA PCS 361 students	Washington	$36,919
8	Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS 311 students	Washington	$36,256
9	Bridges PCS 369 students	Washington	$36,237
10	Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS 313 students	Washington	$36,159
11	Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy 377 students	Washington	$36,080
12	Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS 409 students	Washington	$36,061
13	Washington Leadership Academy PCS 394 students	Washington	$35,626
14	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS 691 students	Washington	$35,597
15	LEARN DC PCS 290 students	Washington	$35,271
16	Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science P 271 students	Washington	$35,039
17	Kingsman Academy PCS 346 students	Washington	$33,603
18	Rocketship Education DC PCS 1,198 students	Washington	$31,705
19	AppleTree Early Learning PCS 658 students	Washington	$31,644
20	District of Columbia Public Schools 52,299 students	Washington	$31,629
21	Meridian PCS 580 students	Washington	$31,325
22	Paul PCS 773 students	Washington	$31,321
23	Capital City PCS 1,031 students	Washington	$31,189
24	E.L. Haynes PCS 1,190 students	Washington	$31,176
25	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts 303 students	Washington	$30,493

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

Data ranking

District of Columbia high schools with broad reported program access

Counts reported AP, gifted, and computer-science program areas. This does not measure course quality, participation, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Areas offered
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.