Summary:
Zip code 20019 in Washington, DC is home to 5 middle schools serving 1,618 students across grades 4 through 8, a mix of traditional District of Columbia Public Schools campuses and public charter schools that collectively lag significantly behind DC state averages in both ELA and math.
DC Prep PCS - Benning Middle School is the clear standout in the zip code, ranking 20th out of 67 DC middle schools (70th percentile) with 4 stars. It is the only school in the area above the state ELA average (43.2% vs. 39.6%) and posts the strongest math proficiency at 25.4%, though still below the state average of 28.2%. The next-best option is KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS, which ranks in the 49th percentile with 3 stars and improved its ELA proficiency from 23.8% to 31.1% year over year, though math slipped slightly to 20.8%. These two outperform the other three schools by wide margins, proving that strong outcomes are possible within this zip code.
The remaining three schools are cause for serious concern. Kelly Miller Middle School ranks in the 4th percentile with just 3.7% math proficiency, meaning roughly 1 in 27 students is proficient. KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS performs at only the 15th percentile despite being in the same charter network as KIPP KEY, and Sousa Middle School ranks in the 16th percentile — though it did improve from 0 stars to 1 star and is worth watching. Notably, higher spending does not drive better results: Sousa spends $35,468 per student and Kelly Miller spends $31,216, yet both produce far worse outcomes than KIPP KEY, which spends the least at $26,329. Math is a systemic weakness, with no school meeting the state average, and science proficiency is also alarmingly low across the area.
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