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Best High Schools in Zip Code 20020

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.

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619

Students

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Top rankedAnacostia High School22^nd of 37 District Of Columbia high schools

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Anacostia High School

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Summary:

Zip code 20020 in Washington, D.C. is served by two public high schools — Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS, a public charter school, and Anacostia High School, a traditional DCPS school — both serving grades 9–12 with a combined enrollment of 619 students. The two schools offer very different profiles, and parents comparing them will find that each has a distinct academic strength.

Anacostia High School is currently the higher-ranked of the two, placing 21st out of 36 D.C. high schools (42nd percentile, 2 stars), and it has made a dramatic turnaround from being ranked last in the district in 2023-2024. It also has the higher graduation rate (76.4% vs. 74.4%), higher math proficiency (7.4% vs. 4.8%), higher per-student spending ($46,589 vs. $38,343), and a lower student-teacher ratio (7.6 vs. 10.9). Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS, despite its lower overall rank (29th of 36, 19th percentile), outperforms Anacostia in English Language Arts by a wide margin — 15.9% proficiency versus 8.9%. However, Thurgood Marshall's rank has fallen sharply from the 49th percentile in 2024-2025 to the 19th percentile in 2025-2026, while Anacostia is on the rise.

Both schools remain far below D.C. state averages in test scores — the state averages 39.6% for ELA and 28.2% for math, while these schools range from 8.9% to 15.9% in ELA and 4.8% to 7.4% in math, putting math proficiency in the single digits for both. The spending difference is notable: Anacostia spends roughly $8,200 more per student and still trails Thurgood Marshall in reading, showing that money and class size alone do not determine outcomes. District-wide, District of Columbia Public Schools ranks 19th out of 46 districts, yet Anacostia's scores are far below DCPS averages, while Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS functions as its own single-school district ranked 40th out of 46. Graduation rates for both schools (74.4% and 76.4%) are close but below the D.C. average of 78.7%, and no free/reduced lunch data was reported, making it difficult to fully contextualize these outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				DC CAPE English Language Arts (2026)	DC CAPE Mathematics (2026)	DC CAPE English II (2026)	DC CAPE Algebra I (2026)	DC CAPE Geometry (2026)	DC CAPE English I (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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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 All Grades	DC CAPE Mathematics All Grades	DC CAPE English II End of Course	DC CAPE Algebra I End of Course	DC CAPE Geometry End of Course	DC CAPE English I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Anacostia High School	Public	9-12	1601 16th St. SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 698-2155	246	32	7.6	78.9%	0 (0.0%)	227 (92.3%)	14 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	33	22^nd of 37 public high schools	40.5%					(n/a)	8.9	7.4	17.1		9.3		$47,485	$3,261	$44,224
Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	Public, Charter	9-12	2427 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 563-6862	373	34	10.9	62.7%	0 (0.0%)	372 (99.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27.6	30^th of 37 public high schools	18.9%		35.4	18^th of 35 public high schools	48.6%	12	15.9	4.8	12.9	5.5	4.2	19.1	$37,947	$2,616	$35,331

Cities Near Zip Code 20020

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank	Rank (0-5)
Washington	0.34 mi	264	1^st
Laurel	19.15 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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