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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 20017

Test scores delayed: 2025-2026 science scores will be released by the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education in October, at which point rankings will be updated.

At a glance

Schools

2,986

Students

Districts

Top rankedMundo Verde Bilingual PCS - Calle Ocho15^th of 124 District Of Columbia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - Calle Ocho up 6 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS 6.7 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

1★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 20017 in Washington, DC is home to 9 elementary schools serving roughly grades PK–5 (with two extending to PK–8) and a combined 3,218 students, in an area dominated by public charter schools. The clear standouts are Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - Calle Ocho and Washington Yu Ying PCS, both dual-language immersion programs. Mundo Verde posted the strongest 2025-26 test scores in the ZIP (69% ELA, 64.4% Math), while Yu Ying earned the highest district ranking (5th of 46) and the strongest 5th-grade science scores at 61.5%. Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland also stands out as a consistent high performer, with ELA and Math proficiency near 58% and 56%, respectively.

There is a stark achievement gap within this small area. The top schools outperform the state averages (39.6% ELA, 28.2% Math) by 25–36 points, while Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS (20% ELA, 14% Math) and Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS (24.5% ELA, 12.6% Math) lag far behind. Notably, Bethune spends $34,581 per student and has the lowest student-teacher ratio (6.7) yet the lowest ELA performance, while Yu Ying spends the least ($24,640) and ranks highest — evidence that spending and class size do not predict outcomes. Hope Community PCS - Tolson has no current test data despite the highest spending ($36,492). The only traditional public school, Bunker Hill Elementary School, sits in the middle: its math proficiency (35.6%) beats the state average, while its ELA (32.2%) falls below its own District of Columbia Public Schools district average.

Bilingual and immersion models clearly dominate the top of this ZIP code, but upper-elementary math proficiency tends to decline sharply even at the best schools (e.g., Yu Ying drops from 59.8% in 3rd grade to 47.4% in 5th). Small schools like Shining Stars and Bethune show volatile rankings year to year, while DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Elementary School (a 4-star district) reported no all-grade scores but shows a low 3rd-grade math proficiency of 24.4%. Overall, ZIP 20017 offers a wide range of options: families can find elite dual-language charters, a mid-tier DCPS school, and low-performing charters with high spending. The strongest common denominator among top schools is consistent, specialized programming — not resources.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				DC CAPE English Language Arts (2026)							DC CAPE Mathematics (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	3700 Oakview Terrace NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 265-7237	354	30	12.0	52.3%	140 (39.5%)	101 (28.5%)	59 (16.7%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (13.3%)	82.2	20^th of 124 public elementary schools	83.9%		81.2	19^th of 128 public elementary schools	85.2%	1	53.3	59.1	62.5				58.2	62.2	56.8	47.5				55.8	$29,451	$1,612	$27,839
Bunker Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Michigan Ave NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 576-6095	219	21	10.4	100.0%	47 (21.5%)	142 (64.8%)	24 (11.0%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								(n/a)							32.2	31.5	61.9					35.6	$29,784	$2,459	$27,325
Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1404 Jackson Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 459-4710	310	46	6.7	24.0%	17 (5.5%)	205 (66.1%)	75 (24.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	23.9	90^th of 124 public elementary schools	27.4%		40.3	60^th of 128 public elementary schools	53.1%	30	19.4	27.3		12.0	30.7	8.3	20.0	36.1	6.0	6.4	4.0	7.6		14.0	$36,390	$3,070	$33,320
DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Elementary School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-3	707 Edgewood Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	DC Prep PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 635-4411	401	38	10.5	74.1%	3 (0.7%)	321 (80.0%)	57 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.7%)								(n/a)								24.4							$29,354	$3,168	$26,186
Washington Yu Ying PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	220 Taylor Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	Washington Yu Ying PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 635-1950	701	70	10.0	9.8%	156 (22.3%)	244 (34.8%)	64 (9.1%)	53 (7.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	180 (25.7%)	82	21^st of 124 public elementary schools	83.1%		82.1	18^th of 128 public elementary schools	85.9%	3		66.7	64.9				53.4	59.8	52.8	47.4				53.8	$28,247	$1,302	$26,945
Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	1240 Randolph Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 723-1467	199	20	10.2	44.4%	20 (10.1%)	132 (66.3%)	37 (18.6%)	7 (3.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.5	106^th of 124 public elementary schools	14.5%					(n/a)	7.7	12.5					24.5			9.0				12.6	$30,828	$2,127	$28,701
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - Calle Ocho	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	4401 8th Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 803-8967	504	39	12.9		162 (32.1%)	100 (19.8%)	160 (31.7%)	8 (1.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (13.9%)	90.7	15^th of 124 public elementary schools	87.9%		79.2	21^st of 128 public elementary schools	83.6%	6	60.2	74.3	75.0				69.0	69.2	62.2	59.6				64.4	$30,947	$2,880	$28,067
Lee Montessori PCS - Brookland	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	3025 4th Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	Lee Montessori PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 779-9740	298	20	15.2	30.8%	119 (39.9%)	108 (36.2%)	33 (11.1%)	12 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.4%)	63.8	38^th of 124 public elementary schools	69.4%		58.6	36^th of 128 public elementary schools	71.9%	2		65.4	72.2				51.9	12.0						33.7	$29,009	$574	$28,435

Cities Near Zip Code 20017

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank	Rank (0-5)
Washington	0.17 mi	264	1^st
Laurel	15.83 mi	1

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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.

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