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Rank (of 1)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2022)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
1^st	Washington	156	42	42	15	65	0.492	1

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the OSSE DC Office of the State Superindendent of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 6, 2022, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the OSSE DC Office of the State Superindendent of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the OSSE DC Office of the State Superindendent of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the OSSE DC Office of the State Superindendent of Education. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.

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