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Garrison Elementary School

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Garrison Elementary School ranks 29 th of 128 District Of Columbia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

29^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 128 District Of Columbia Elementary Schools

Better than 77% of District Of Columbia elementary schools

Summary

Garrison Elementary School is a public elementary school in Washington, DC, serving 389 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) district, which is ranked 22 out of 46 districts in DC and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Garrison Elementary School has consistently ranked in the top 30% of DC elementary schools over the past few years, with a current ranking of 28 out of 128 schools. The school's performance on DC CAPE tests is generally above the DCPS and DC averages across grades and subjects, with particularly strong results in 5th grade English Language Arts (ELA), where 56.1% of students were proficient or better, compared to 39.8% for DCPS and 34.8% for DC overall. The school also serves a notable population of students with special needs and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ranking in the top 10 and top 5 of DC elementary schools, respectively, for these subgroups.

While Garrison Elementary School's performance is generally stronger than nearby schools like Seaton Elementary and Cleveland Elementary, it falls short of the performance of Ross Elementary School, located just 0.62 miles away, and School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens, which outperform Garrison Elementary across most academic metrics. However, Garrison Elementary School has shown significant improvement in its overall ranking and performance over the past few years, moving from a 1-star to a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

395

Students ?

9.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,364

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1200 S St. NW
Washington, DC 20009

(202) 673-7263

District: District of Columbia Public Schools

Students who attend Garrison Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Cardozo Education Campus

Racial breakdown:

African American:

47.1%

White:

25.1%

Hispanic:

20.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 66th percentile in 2010 → 77th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the District Of Columbia average (42% vs 31% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 23% of District Of Columbia elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2010

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school42%

District avg36%

District Of Columbia avg31%

29^th of 128

District Of Columbia public elementary schools ?

Top 23%▲ up 52 pts since 2018

From bottom 26% (2018) to top 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd of 76Elementary Schools in the District of Columbia Public Schools

23^rd of 46District of Columbia Public Schools among District Of Columbia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2025	67.4	29 of 128	77.3%	★★★★☆
2024	71.4	26 of 126	79.4%	★★★★☆
2023	70.8	26 of 128	79.7%	★★★★☆
2022	53.8	33 of 97	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.5	43 of 122	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	26.2	89 of 120	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	16.5	94 of 109	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	56.6	39 of 112	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2011	37.1	69 of 111	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2010	60.8	38 of 111	65.8%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2025	69.3	21 of 108	80.6%	★★★★☆
2024	73.3	10 of 63	84.1%	★★★★☆
2023	58.8	19 of 60	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.8	16 of 35	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.5	37 of 106	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	28.6	76 of 100	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2022	73.4	2 of 27	92.6%	★★★★★
2019	71.4	17 of 91	81.3%	★★★★☆
2018	35.1	62 of 90	31.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2019	52.2	50 of 117	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	17.2	99 of 110	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2025	67.3	6 of 32	81.3%	★★★★☆
2019	66.6	5 of 30	83.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2025	52.7	39 of 92	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.3	5 of 55	90.9%	★★★★★
2023	77.0	5 of 53	90.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2019	70.3	26 of 113	77.0%	★★★★☆
2018	36.8	67 of 113	40.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	District Of Columbia percentile	Rating
2025	48.0	9 of 21	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.6	5 of 9	44.4%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

At Risk (2022)93rd percentile+27 vs school

Hispanic (2025)81st percentile+4 vs school

African American (2025)81st percentile+3 vs school

Male (2019)77th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)58th percentile-20 vs school

Female (2019)57th percentile-7 vs school

Special Education (2025)57th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs District Of Columbia (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts45%+7 vs state

Mathematics45%+18 vs state

Science22%~ state avg

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

We had high hopes for our son's first year at Garrison Elementary, particularly after Principal Kip spoke so highly of the staff and described the 4th
grade class that my son would be joining as "unusually kind" . My son's experience has been far from kind. Garrison failed to meet my expectations of providing a safe learning environment for my child, which has now resulted in an unexpected mid-year withdrawal.

Bullying/School Safety
Between August-December, my son has been bullied on more than one occasion. I met with with Principal Kip after the first incident to express my
concern regarding my son's safety and more specifically, that no one from the school had contacted me to inform me of the incident. The
school officer was on the playground during recess and was aware of the incident, but the incident was never reported.

It's now January and yet another bullying incident recently occurred on the playground during recess. An adult eventually intervened and escorted my son to see the school nurse. The school officer was made aware of the incident and yet again, no one contacted me to inform me that my son was being seen by the school nurse in relation to this incident (not the nurse, the school officer, or anyone else from the school).

Communication
Communication needs improvement, in addition to the lack of communication related to the above-mentioned incidents. I raised concern with not having a parent teacher's conference. Principal Kip assured me that a parent teacher conference would be scheduled the following week. Still no parent teacher conference was ever scheduled. Communication concerning field trips has been minimal. For example, permission slips have been sent home for signature, seemingly more so focused on waiving liability to DCPS rather than providing adequate details beyond the date and location. Other pertinent info (i.e., departure and return time, plans for lunch, method of transportation) was never shared. The fourth grade class rode the Metrobus for their last field trip due to financial constraints rather than for a learning experience. While I can appreciate the creativity of the teachers making it happen, perhaps the PTO or individual parents may have been willing to support if this was communicated in advance.

On a positive note, I do have to say the IEP team (Ms. Dorn, Mr Saxton, and Mr. H in particular) were genuinely committed to doing what was in the best interest of my son throughout the IEP evaluation process. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Mr. Kipp is very much involved with the students. My child has better confidence while taking test. However the Class sizes are not fit for the teachers. There are to many children for the S:T ratio Close Quote

Schools Near Garrison Elementary School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				DC Science Science (2025)		DC CAPE English Language Arts (2025)							DC CAPE Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DC Science Science 5th Grade	DC Science Science All Grades	DC CAPE English Language Arts 3rd Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts 4th Grade	DC CAPE English Language Arts 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 4th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 5th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 6th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 7th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics 8th Grade	DC CAPE Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Garrison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 S St. NW	Washington	20009	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 673-7263	395	41	9.6		99 (25.1%)	186 (47.1%)	80 (20.3%)	17 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.3%)	67.4	29^th of 128 public elementary schools	77.3%		71.4	26^th of 126 public elementary schools	79.4%	3	22.5		44.2	36.4	56.1				44.6	46.1	38.2	51.2				44.6	$27,364	$4,225	$23,138
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%)	41.7	53^rd of 128 public elementary schools	58.6%		53	46^th of 126 public elementary schools	63.5%	7	6.5		36.1	33.3	15.6				28.8	45.7	27.8	18.8				31.1	$28,778	$4,227	$24,551
Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1825 8th St. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-4380	301	35	8.6		12 (4.0%)	152 (50.5%)	127 (42.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	36.6	69^th of 128 public elementary schools	46.1%		49.2	52^nd of 126 public elementary schools	58.7%	17	9.4		5.9	38.9	30.3				25.2		11.1	33.3				15.5	$28,438	$4,545	$23,893
Meridian PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2120 13th Street NW	Washington	20009	District Of Columbia	Meridian PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 387-9830	578	62	9.3		2 (0.3%)	397 (68.7%)	171 (29.6%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	25	93^rd of 128 public elementary schools	27.3%		34.8	72^nd of 126 public elementary schools	42.9%	21			13.3	18.9	33.3	15.2	31.7	17.1	22.6	11.1	13.2			5.1	9.3	7.5	$32,542	$5,466	$27,077
Center City PCS - Shaw	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	711 N Street NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	Center City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 234-1093	202	25	8.2		2 (1.0%)	133 (65.8%)	61 (30.2%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	23.6	98^th of 128 public elementary schools	23.4%		48.9	53^rd of 126 public elementary schools	57.9%	45	8.7	7.0	16.7	17.6	13.0	17.4	41.7	33.3	23.5	13.0	29.4	13.0	17.4	29.2	14.3	19.1	$29,970	$4,846	$25,124
KIPP DC - Grow Academy PCS	Public, Charter	PK-K	421 P Street NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 986-4769	224	17	12.8		2 (0.9%)	217 (96.9%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$29,986	$4,863	$25,123
KIPP DC - Lead Academy PCS	Public, Charter	1-4	421 P Street NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 469-3300	343	29	11.6		1 (0.3%)	327 (95.3%)	13 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32.4	80^th of 128 public elementary schools	37.5%		27.1	96^th of 126 public elementary schools	23.8%	16			13.9	22.5					18.1	25.0	30.0					27.4	$27,417	$4,052	$23,365
Ross Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1730 R St. NW	Washington	20009	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 673-7200	171	19	9.0		105 (61.4%)	17 (9.9%)	20 (11.7%)	13 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (9.4%)	98.9	3^rd of 128 public elementary schools	97.7%		97.9	5^th of 126 public elementary schools	96.0%	2	70.0		80.8	92.6	76.2				83.8	80.8	85.2	71.4				79.7	$25,648	$4,281	$21,367
Tubman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	800 Euclid St. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 673-7285	415	70	5.9		27 (6.5%)	163 (39.3%)	215 (51.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	40.5	58^th of 128 public elementary schools	54.7%		34.2	74^th of 126 public elementary schools	41.3%	16	9.3		22.2	35.3	33.9				30.0	28.6	31.4	25.0				28.2	$28,067	$4,593	$23,475
Thomson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 L St. NW	Washington	20005	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 898-4660	259	32	8.2		23 (8.9%)	78 (30.1%)	129 (49.8%)	11 (4.2%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.0%)	50.2	45^th of 128 public elementary schools	64.8%		34	75^th of 126 public elementary schools	40.5%	30	22.2		27.3	48.5	44.4				39.3	30.3	27.3	22.2				27.4	$30,791	$4,471	$26,320

Frequently Asked Questions about Garrison Elementary School

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Is Garrison Elementary School a good school?

Garrison Elementary School ranks 29^th of 128 District Of Columbia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Garrison Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 395 students attended Garrison Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Garrison Elementary School?

Students at Garrison Elementary School are 47% African American, 25% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Garrison Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Garrison Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Cardozo Education Campus

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