Best Public Schools in Zip Code 20011

ZIP code 20011 has 34 schools—21 elementary, 7 middle and 6 high—including a mix of district and public charter schools, with results reported for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. All Grades results provide a broad overview, but schools serve different grade spans, so they are not perfectly matched comparisons. The central finding is that results vary sharply across schools: the reported 2025–2026 All Grades proficiency rates span 72 points in ELA and 70 points in mathematics.

Washington Latin PCS – Upper School led All Grades ELA at 81%, while Whittier Elementary led mathematics at 73%. Those results were respectively 46 and 47 points above the averages of the other schools with reported scores, and 41 and 45 points above the state. At the other end, Bridges PCS had the lowest ELA result, 9%—28 points below the other schools’ average—and Paul PCS – International High School had the lowest mathematics result, 3%, 25 points below the other schools’ average. Strong grade-level results also stand out: Whittier reached 83% ELA and 76% mathematics in grade 4, while Washington Latin PCS – Middle School posted 84% ELA and 62% mathematics in grade 8.

Average results improved between the two years, but not at every school: among schools with comparable results, ELA rose from 32% to 36% and mathematics from 25% to 28%; ELA increased at 27 schools and fell at 6, while mathematics increased at 21 and fell at 11. Whittier had especially large gains—21 points in ELA and 18 in mathematics. SchoolDigger ranked Whittier at the 89th statewide percentile among elementary schools, up from the 78th percentile two years earlier; MacFarland Middle School rose from the 49th to the 69th percentile. Family context varies too: Brightwood Elementary reported 59% directly certified for free meals in 2024–2025. That measure is context, not a stand-alone guide to results; schools with similar reported levels can have different proficiency outcomes.