Best Elementary Schools in District Of Columbia

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the DC CAPE test scores by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education. The most recent update was on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 126)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
110003000075	71	Truesdell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	800 Ingraham St. NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 576-6202	384	49	7.9		24 (6.3%)	104 (27.1%)	250 (65.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$29,128			$3,604			$25,523	35.6	23.8	106	35
110001500229	72	Meridian PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2120 13th Street NW	Washington	20009	District Of Columbia	Meridian PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 387-9830	621	62	10		16 (2.6%)	411 (66.2%)	185 (29.8%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	$32,575			$7,071			$25,504	34.8	32.8	75	3
110003000122	73	Lorraine H. Whitlock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 44th St. NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6060	146	18	8.1		0 (0.0%)	134 (91.8%)	11 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$44,052			$5,120			$38,932	34.5	24.7	103	30
110003000074	74	Tubman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3101 13th St. NW	Washington	20010	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 673-7285	560	64	8.7		34 (6.1%)	210 (37.5%)	308 (55.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$30,445			$3,916			$26,529	34.2	26.5	101	27
110003000076	75	Thomson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 L St. NW	Washington	20005	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 898-4660	253	30	8.5		23 (9.1%)	89 (35.2%)	116 (45.8%)	15 (5.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	$34,307			$4,134			$30,173	34	38.1	68	7
110003000029	76	Randle Highlands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1650 30th St. SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 729-3250	300	27	11		0 (0.0%)	289 (96.3%)	7 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$32,964			$4,057			$28,907	33.1	30.2	81	5
110003000112	77	Brightwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Nicholson St. NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 722-5670	603	67	8.9		14 (2.3%)	150 (24.9%)	438 (72.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$33,551			$3,518			$30,033	33.1	32.4	76	1
110000900520	78	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	5600 East Capitol Street NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 975-2100	342	27	12.6		25 (7.3%)	249 (72.8%)	32 (9.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (9.4%)	$22,038			$1,693			$20,345	32.9	26.7	100	22
110000800526	79	Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle	Public, Charter	4-8	111 O Street NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	Friendship PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 518-3928	198	28	6.9		0 (0.0%)	189 (95.5%)	9 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$31,210			$5,863			$25,347	32.1	31.4	79
110009000460	80	Ingenuity Prep PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	4600 Livingston Road SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	Ingenuity Prep PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 562-0391	792	97	8.1		0 (0.0%)	774 (97.7%)	15 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$27,811			$4,625			$23,186	31.9	25.3	102	22

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on DC CAPE English Language Arts, DC CAPE Mathematics test scores released by the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 25, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.