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High Schools in District of Columbia Public Schools

Test scores delayed: 2025-2026 science scores will be released by the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education in October, at which point rankings will be updated.

At a glance

DistrictDistrict of Columbia Public Schools19^th of 46 District Of Columbia districtsFull district overview →

Schools

14,196

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedBenjamin Banneker High School2^nd of 37 District Of Columbia high schools

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Biggest riser

Coolidge High School up 7 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ron Brown College Preparatory High School 6.7 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

MacArthur High School and 1 more

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

This analysis covers 20 high schools within District of Columbia Public Schools, serving 13,806 students in grades 9-12 (plus some 6-12 education campuses) across Washington, D.C. The schools range from large comprehensive neighborhood institutions like Jackson-Reed High School (1,855 students) to small alternative programs like Ron Brown College Preparatory High School (196 students), with an average enrollment of 690 students per school.

The academic landscape is sharply divided. School Without Walls High School leads with 95.9% ELA and 71.7% math proficiency and a 100% graduation rate, followed closely by Benjamin Banneker High School (85.6% ELA, 64.4% math, 94th percentile) and McKinley Technology High School, which has the highest graduation rate at 98.2%. At the other end, Dunbar High School ranks 36th of 36 with just 10.7% ELA proficiency, while H.D. Woodson High School and Ballou High School sit in the bottom five. Anacostia High School is the most improved, rising from last place in 2023-24 to the 42nd percentile by 2025-26.

Math proficiency is a district-wide challenge: only three schools exceed the 33.3% DCPS average, and nine schools report math proficiency below 8%. A troubling graduation-proficiency gap persists—Ballou High School graduates 88.9% of students while only 14.7% test proficient in ELA. The STAY/alternative schools (Garnet-Patterson, Ballou STAY, and Luke C. Moore) have graduation rates below 20%, dragging down district averages. Perhaps most striking, spending does not predict success: Banneker spends the least ($21,072 per student) yet excels, while Ron Brown spends the most ($50,320) with very low test scores.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				DC CAPE English Language Arts (2026)				DC CAPE Mathematics (2026)				DC CAPE English II (2026)	DC CAPE Algebra II (2026)	DC CAPE Algebra I (2026)	DC CAPE Geometry (2026)	DC CAPE English I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DC CAPE English Language Arts 6th Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts 7th Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts 8th Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts All Grades	DC CAPE Mathematics 6th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 7th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 8th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics All Grades	DC CAPE English II End of Course	DC CAPE Algebra II End of Course	DC CAPE Algebra I End of Course	DC CAPE Geometry End of Course	DC CAPE English I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Roosevelt High School	Public	9-12	4301 13th St. NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 576-6130	943	80	11.7	100.0%	8 (0.8%)	460 (48.8%)	458 (48.6%)	9 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.6%)	27.2	31^st of 37 public high schools	16.2%		26.5	29^th of 35 public high schools	17.1%	2				17.8				3.2	15.3		2.7	3.5	21.2	$31,299	$2,701	$28,598
Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Public	9-12	3500 R St. NW	Washington	20007	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 282-0123	589	21	28.0	24.0%	82 (13.9%)	389 (66.0%)	80 (13.6%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.2%)	67.4	8^th of 37 public high schools	78.4%		66.9	7^th of 35 public high schools	80.0%	1				53.6				16.1	53.0		11.8	18.3	54.2	$34,211	$2,077	$32,134
H.D. Woodson High School	Public	9-12	540 55th St. NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-2030	579	62	9.2	100.0%	2 (0.3%)	533 (92.1%)	42 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24.6	35^th of 37 public high schools	5.4%		28.4	28^th of 35 public high schools	20.0%	7				16.0				1.8	12.1		1.4	2.1	20.3	$34,502	$2,970	$31,532
Eastern High School	Public	9-12	1700 East Capitol St. NE	Washington	20003	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 698-4500	909	85	10.7	100.0%	26 (2.9%)	807 (88.8%)	56 (6.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.5%)	26.9	33^rd of 37 public high schools	10.8%		32.9	23^rd of 35 public high schools	34.3%	10				19.9				1.8	24.6		2.5	1.0	15.1	$28,663	$2,830	$25,833
Dunbar High School	Public	9-12	101 N St. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 698-3762	892	87	10.2	100.0%	3 (0.3%)	781 (87.6%)	100 (11.2%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	22	37^th of 37 public high schools	0.0%		18.4	33^rd of 35 public high schools	5.7%	4				10.7				2.3	11.2		2.6	2.0	10.2	$29,670	$3,041	$26,629
Coolidge High School	Public	9-12	6315 5th St. NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6080	1,029	81	12.6	100.0%	7 (0.7%)	568 (55.2%)	439 (42.7%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.2%)	36.2	20^th of 37 public high schools	45.9%		30	27^th of 35 public high schools	22.9%	7				24.8				7.4	36.0		8.3	6.1	10.8	$38,029	$2,731	$35,298
Cardozo Education Campus	Public	7-12	1200 Clifton St. NW	Washington	20009	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 673-7385	710	78	9.0	100.0%	6 (0.8%)	334 (47.0%)	356 (50.1%)	10 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	27.8	29^th of 37 public high schools	21.6%		20.7	31^st of 35 public high schools	11.4%	2			24.0	19.2		3.9	2.0	3.4	16.7		4.2	3.4	19.7	$34,825	$2,658	$32,167
Ballou High School	Public	9-12	3401 4th St. SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 645-3400	597	62	9.6	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	572 (95.8%)	22 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	24.9	34^th of 37 public high schools	8.1%		18.8	32^nd of 35 public high schools	8.6%	2				14.7				3.0	12.5		2.1	3.4	17.8	$36,126	$3,026	$33,100
Anacostia High School	Public	9-12	1601 16th St. SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 698-2155	246	32	7.6	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	227 (92.3%)	14 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	33	22^nd of 37 public high schools	40.5%					(n/a)				8.9				7.4	17.1			9.3		$47,485	$3,261	$44,224
School Without Walls High School	Public	9-12	2130 G St. NW	Washington	20037	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 645-9690	606	38	16.1	15.4%	296 (48.8%)	138 (22.8%)	78 (12.9%)	31 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (9.4%)	91.4	4^th of 37 public high schools	89.2%		99.4	1^st of 35 public high schools	97.1%	3				95.9				71.7	95.8	90.9		66.7	96.0	$27,603	$2,088	$25,515
Jackson-Reed High School	Public	9-12	3950 Chesapeake St. NW	Washington	20016	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 282-0120	1,855	136	13.6	26.6%	672 (36.2%)	487 (26.3%)	476 (25.7%)	105 (5.7%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.2%)	104 (5.6%)	85.2	6^th of 37 public high schools	83.8%		80.3	5^th of 35 public high schools	85.7%	1				68.7				34.9	69.6	92.0	20.7	38.5	67.7	$25,625	$2,109	$23,516
Benjamin Banneker High School	Public	9-12	1600 9th St. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6320	703	43	16.3	100.0%	65 (9.2%)	482 (68.6%)	122 (17.4%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.1%)	98.9	2^nd of 37 public high schools	94.6%		93.4	3^rd of 35 public high schools	91.4%	1				85.6				64.4	89.9		67.1	61.1	81.9	$21,827	$2,084	$19,743
Luke C. Moore High School	Public	9-12	1001 Monroe St. NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 281-3600	275	23	11.9	100.0%	2 (0.7%)	258 (93.8%)	14 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$33,410	$2,657	$30,753
Ballou STAY High School	Public	9-12	3401 4th St. SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 645-3390	278	30	9.1	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	272 (97.8%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$27,413	$2,106	$25,306
Garnet-Patterson STAY High School	Public	9-12	2001 10th St NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 576-8399	432	51	8.4	99.6%	1 (0.2%)	261 (60.4%)	164 (38.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)								(n/a)				4.8										$26,005	$2,131	$23,874
McKinley Technology High School	Public	9-12	151 T St. NE	Washington	20002	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 281-3950	723	50	14.3	38.4%	33 (4.6%)	583 (80.6%)	91 (12.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.5%)	92.2	3^rd of 37 public high schools	91.9%		74.9	6^th of 35 public high schools	82.9%	3				75.2				30.5	75.4			29.3	75.0	$28,423	$2,384	$26,039
Columbia Heights Education Campus	Public	6-12	3101 16th St. NW	Washington	20010	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-7700	1,563	149	10.4	99.8%	14 (0.9%)	445 (28.5%)	1,070 (68.5%)	21 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	11 (0.7%)	41.3	16^th of 37 public high schools	56.8%		38.2	17^th of 35 public high schools	51.4%	1	32.9	38.3	39.4	36.0	34.2	17.4	7.3	13.3	37.4		2.1	6.6	32.8	$29,077	$2,504	$26,573
Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering High School	Public	9-12	704 26th St. NE	Washington	20002	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 729-4360	350	33	10.6	100.0%	3 (0.9%)	310 (88.6%)	30 (8.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	53.3	10^th of 37 public high schools	73.0%		43.2	13^th of 35 public high schools	62.9%	3				41.7				10.5	41.5		12.0	9.2	41.8	$30,994	$2,462	$28,532
Ron Brown College Preparatory High School	Public	9-12	4800 Meade St. NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 729-4343	196	29	6.7		0 (0.0%)	183 (93.4%)	10 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	27	32^nd of 37 public high schools	13.5%		31.5	25^th of 35 public high schools	28.6%	7				12.4				6.3	13.3		6.9	6.0	10.4	$43,340	$3,130	$40,210
Bard High School Early College DC (Bard DC)	Public	9-12	1351 Alabama Ave SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 898-4664	331	32	10.3		0 (0.0%)	300 (90.6%)	21 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	45.3	13^th of 37 public high schools	64.9%		45.5	11^th of 35 public high schools	68.6%	2				31.5				10.3	25.8		16.6	5.8	36.4	$32,724	$2,716	$30,008
MacArthur High School	Public	9-12	4530 MacArthur Blvd NW	Washington	20007	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(202) 299-5506	390	37	10.6		68 (17.4%)	231 (59.2%)	65 (16.7%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	54.1	9^th of 37 public high schools	75.7%					(n/a)				42.2				14.6	33.4		12.3	11.4	48.8	$23,431	$1,925	$21,507

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
AppleTree Early Learning PCS	1.51 mi	8
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	1.95 mi	1	6^th
Friendship PCS	2.16 mi	15	17^th
Community Academy PCS	2.22 mi	4
Center City PCS	2.39 mi	6	31^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

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