Summary:
Washington, DC's 20016 zip code contains five public schools — all part of District of Columbia Public Schools — serving students from elementary through high school. The cluster includes three elementary schools: Janney, Mann, and Key; one middle school: Deal; and one high school: Jackson-Reed. Total enrollment across these five schools is 4,768 students, from Key's 337 to Jackson-Reed's 1,855. Although DCPS as a district rates only 3 stars, every school in this zip code earns 5 stars and ranks among the best in DC.
Deal is the top-ranked middle school in DC, with 81% ELA and 73.7% math proficiency. Janney has ranked #1 in DC in two of the last three years and posts the highest math proficiency in the zip at 87.4%. Key, the smallest school, holds the highest ELA score at 82% and ranks 4th overall. Jackson-Reed ranks 4th among DC high schools and graduates 90.5% of its students. Mann is the relative outlier, but even this lowest-ranked local school sits in the 91st percentile statewide with the lowest student-teacher ratio in the area.
Interesting patterns emerge. Math proficiency falls from 76–87% at the elementary level to 73.7% at Deal, then to 34.9% at Jackson-Reed, despite exceptional 92% Algebra II proficiency there. Spending also does not predict performance: Mann spends the most per student yet ranks last locally, while Deal spends the least and ranks first. Overall, families in 20016 have access to a rare, coherent PK-12 pipeline of consistently excellent public schools.
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