Regular local school district · District of Columbia
District of Columbia Public Schools, DC: schools, enrollment and spending
District of Columbia Public Schools runs 117 public schools with 52,299 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.0 students per teacher is about the same as the District of Columbia figure of 11.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 117
- Students
- 52,299
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4,751
- Students per teacher
- 11.0
- DC: 11.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1200 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002
- Phone
- (202)727-7377
- County
- District of Columbia
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1100030
- State district ID
- DC-001
- Total staff (FTE)
- 10,409
- School counselors (FTE)
- 210.0About 249 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 448.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.0
District of Columbia11.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (49,896), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.66 billion
- Federal revenue
- $166.6 million
- State revenue
- $0
- Local revenue
- $1.50 billion
- Total spending
- $1.69 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $33,863
- Salaries
- $844.5 million50.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.0%
- Local: 90.0%
District of Columbia overall
- Federal: 10.0%
- Local: 90.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$33,863
District of Columbia$31,930
United States$16,826
Schools in District of Columbia Public Schools
By level: 20 high, 14 middle, 79 elementary, 1 secondary, 2 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Amidon-Bowen ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 374 | 10.7 |
| Anacostia High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 246 | 7.7 |
| Ballou High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 597 | 9.6 |
| Ballou STAY High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 433 | 14.4 |
| Bancroft ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 821 | 12.8 |
| Bard High School Early College DC (Bard DC)CEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 331 | 10.3 |
| Barnard ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 573 | 10.1 |
| Beers ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 412 | 10.8 |
| Benjamin Banneker High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 703 | 16.3 |
| Brent ES | Elementary | PK to 5 | 421 | 13.2 |
| Brightwood ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 646 | 9.1 |
| Brookland Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 381 | 10.6 |
| Browne Education CampusCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 457 | 9.1 |
| Bruce-Monroe ES at Park ViewCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 448 | 9.5 |
| Bunker Hill ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 219 | 10.4 |
| Burroughs ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 331 | 11.4 |
| Burrville ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 232 | 11.6 |
| C.W. Harris ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 251 | 8.7 |
| Capitol Hill Montessori School at LoganCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 503 | 14.0 |
| Cardozo Education CampusCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 710 | 9.1 |
| Cleveland ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 301 | 8.6 |
| Columbia Heights Education CampusCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 1,563 | 10.6 |
| Coolidge High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,029 | 12.7 |
| Deal Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,462 | 13.9 |
| Dorothy I. Height ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 400 | 9.5 |
| Drew ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 223 | 8.9 |
| Duke Ellington School of the ArtsCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 589 | 28.0 |
| Dunbar High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 892 | 10.4 |
| Eastern High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 909 | 10.8 |
| Eaton ES | Elementary | PK to 5 | 436 | 13.2 |
| Eliot-Hine Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 432 | 13.1 |
| Excel AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 363 | 10.4 |
| Garfield ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 252 | 10.5 |
| Garnet-Patterson STAY High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 672 | 13.2 |
| Garrison ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 395 | 9.6 |
| H.D. Cooke ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 406 | 9.2 |
| H.D. Woodson High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 579 | 9.3 |
| Hardy Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 631 | 13.1 |
| Hart Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 374 | 10.4 |
| Hearst ES | Elementary | PK to 5 | 356 | 13.7 |
| Hendley ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 276 | 9.5 |
| Houston ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 314 | 9.5 |
| Hyde-Addison ES | Elementary | PK to 5 | 400 | 12.5 |
| Ida B. Wells Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 521 | 10.2 |
| J.O. Wilson ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 477 | 10.6 |
| Jackson-Reed High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,855 | 13.6 |
| Janney ES | Elementary | PK to 5 | 717 | 13.5 |
| Jefferson Middle School AcademyCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 409 | 12.4 |
| John Francis Education CampusCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 583 | 10.2 |
| John Lewis ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 509 | 10.6 |
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Other districts in District of Columbia
- KIPP DC PCS 7,407 students
- Friendship PCS 4,417 students
- DC Prep PCS 2,189 students
- Carlos Rosario International PCS 2,159 students
- District of Columbia International School 1,663 students
- Center City PCS 1,447 students
- Rocketship Education DC PCS 1,198 students
- E.L. Haynes PCS 1,190 students
- Washington Latin PCS 1,131 students
- Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS 1,070 students
- Two Rivers PCS 1,032 students
- Capital City PCS 1,031 students
- Academy of Hope Adult PCS 997 students
- Ingenuity Prep PCS 802 students
- Paul PCS 773 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.