District of Columbia Public Schools

District of Columbia Public Schools has 115 schools serving elementary, middle and high school grades; the supplied records are an extract, not a complete list. In 2025–26, the district’s reported All Grades proficiency was 44% in ELA and 33% in math, compared with 40% and 28% statewide. The clearest takeaway for families is how much results vary from school to school: reported ELA scores span 91 percentage points, and math scores span 86 points.

At the top, School Without Walls High School led in ELA with 96%, 56 points above the state result; Janney Elementary led in math with 87%, 59 points above the state. At the other end, Miner Elementary and Savoy Elementary each reported 5% in ELA, 34 points below the state. Eastern High and H.D. Woodson High each reported 2% in math, 26 points below. Among dedicated middle schools serving grades 6–8, Deal Middle led with 81% ELA and 74% math.

Recent changes offer another useful point of comparison: Whittier Elementary rose 21 points in ELA and 18 in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state gained 2 points in each subject. SchoolDigger ranked Deal first of 68 DC middle schools in 2025–26; these rankings are a separate measure from test scores. Income figures are context, not explanations: in 2024–25, 39% of Whittier students were directly certified for free meals, and the school reported 69% ELA and 73% math proficiency; Oyster-Adams Bilingual School had 7% directly certified and reported 73% ELA and 67% math. Because grade spans differ and some scores are unreported, these broad comparisons do not replace school- and grade-specific information.