Best Elementary 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 D.C. Office of the State Superintendent 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 DC Science and DC CAPE test scores by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, August 21, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 108)	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)	ID
1	Lafayette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5701 Broad Branch Rd. NW	Washington	20015	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 282-0116	923	63	14.6		650 (70.4%)	88 (9.5%)	80 (8.7%)	29 (3.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	72 (7.8%)	$21,010			$4,194			$16,816	99.1%	96.9%	2.20%			110003000045
2	Hyde-Addison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3219 O St. NW	Washington	20007	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 282-0170	400	32	12.5		152 (38.0%)	135 (33.8%)	50 (12.5%)	24 (6.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (9.5%)	$25,498			$4,105			$21,393	98.1%	89.8%	8.30%			110003000180
3	Shepherd Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7800 14th St NW	Washington	20012	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 576-6140	394	30	13.1		124 (31.5%)	177 (44.9%)	30 (7.6%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (14.0%)	$24,639			$3,945			$20,694	97.2%	90.6%	6.60%			110003000030
4	Whittier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6201 5th St. NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 576-6156	450	45	9.9		64 (14.2%)	251 (55.8%)	108 (24.0%)	8 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.6%)	$28,473			$4,532			$23,941	96.3%	82.0%	14.27%			110003000065
5	Center City PCS - Brightwood	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	6008 Georgia Avenue NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Center City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 723-3322	269	29	9.4		1 (0.4%)	157 (58.4%)	103 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	$27,658			$4,846			$22,812	95.4%	67.2%	28.18%			110007300400
6	Burroughs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1820 Monroe St. NE	Washington	20018	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 576-6150	331	30	11.2		89 (26.9%)	190 (57.4%)	42 (12.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$28,094			$4,575			$23,519	94.4%	82.8%	11.63%			110003000107
7	DC Bilingual PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	33 Riggs Road NE	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	DC Bilingual PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 750-6674	622	78	7.9		200 (32.2%)	122 (19.6%)	261 (42.0%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.3%)	$30,073			$2,087			$27,986	93.5%	81.3%	12.27%			110004200273
8	Center City PCS - Congress Heights	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	220 Highview Place SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	Center City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 562-7070	251	20	12.4		5 (2.0%)	223 (88.8%)	11 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.4%)	$28,266			$4,846			$23,419	92.6%	71.1%	21.50%			110007300412
9	Friendship PCS - Woodridge International Middle	Public, Charter	4-8	2959 Carlton Avenue NE	Washington	20018	District Of Columbia	Friendship PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 635-6500	223	26	8.7		0 (0.0%)	211 (94.6%)	9 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$32,770			$4,889			$27,881	91.7%	66.4%	25.26%			110000800481
10	Seaton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1503 10th St. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 673-7215	390	43	9.1		88 (22.6%)	121 (31.0%)	147 (37.7%)	24 (6.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$28,778			$4,227			$24,551	90.7%	58.6%	32.15%			110003000024

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on DC CAPE English Language Arts, DC CAPE Mathematics, DC Science Science test scores released by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 21, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent 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 D.C. Office of the State Superintendent 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 D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education.