Best High Schools in District Of Columbia for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in District Of Columbia!

Every year, the OSSE DC Office of the State Superindendent of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish District Of Columbia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the PARCC test scores by the OSSE DC Office of the State Superindendent of Education. The most recent update was on Saturday, August 26, 2023.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 27)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
110003000131	1	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	(n/a)	(202) 645-9690	602	39	15.6		288 (47.8%)	157 (26.1%)	64 (10.6%)	41 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.3%)	$20,347			$3,731			$16,616	96.3%	97.1%	0.76%
110003000153	2	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	(n/a)	(202) 671-6320	579	34	17		28 (4.8%)	405 (69.9%)	116 (20.0%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	$21,284			$3,933			$17,351	92.6%	94.1%	1.53%
110003000267	3	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	(n/a)	(202) 281-3950	696	48	14.6		25 (3.6%)	579 (83.2%)	82 (11.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	$23,358			$4,208			$19,150	88.9%	85.3%	3.59%
110001900423	4	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	Public, Charter	9-12	5200 2nd Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Washington Latin PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(202) 223-1111	377	44	8.5		133 (35.3%)	160 (42.4%)	48 (12.7%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.9%)	$22,625			$1,550			$21,075	85.2%	88.2%	3.05%
110003000016	5	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	(n/a)	(202) 282-0123	564	7	80.5		83 (14.7%)	370 (65.6%)	67 (11.9%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.8%)	$16,925			$4,159			$12,766	81.5%	82.4%	0.87%
110003000133	6	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	(n/a)	(202) 282-0120	2,153	128	16.8		816 (37.9%)	627 (29.1%)	517 (24.0%)	90 (4.2%)	8 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	91 (4.2%)	$19,337			$3,966			$15,370	77.8%	76.5%	1.31%
110003500475	7	Capital City PCS - High School	Public, Charter	9-12	100 Peabody Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Capital City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(202) 808-9800	342	42	8.2		12 (3.5%)	86 (25.1%)	231 (67.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	$32,710			$3,995			$28,716	74.1%	50.0%	24.07%
110009700492	8	District of Columbia International School	Public, Charter	6-12	1400 Main Drive NW	Washington	20012	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia International School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(202) 808-9033	1,590	147	10.8		306 (19.2%)	464 (29.2%)	637 (40.1%)	42 (2.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	136 (8.6%)	$17,901			$2,629			$15,272	70.4%	79.4%	9.04%
110000500456	9	Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy	Public, Charter	6-12	3701 Hayes Street NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(202) 398-2230	401	39	10.2		1 (0.2%)	366 (91.3%)	33 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$31,831			$7,898			$23,933	66.7%	67.6%	0.98%
110004300433	10	E.L. Haynes PCS - High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4501 Kansas Avenue NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	E.L. Haynes PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(202) 667-4446	457	45	10.1		5 (1.1%)	150 (32.8%)	284 (62.1%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.6%)	$21,917			$2,853			$19,063	63.0%	73.5%	10.57%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PARCC Geometry, PARCC Algebra I, PARCC English II, PARCC Algebra II, PARCC English I test scores released by the OSSE DC Office of the State Superindendent of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 26, 2023, 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.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.