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)
110003000118	81	Beers Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3600 Alabama Ave. SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-4800	372	36	10.3		4 (1.1%)	361 (97.0%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$33,424			$3,945			$29,479	31.1	36.9	69	12
110003100469	82	KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS	Public, Charter	1-4	1375 Mount Olivet Road NE	Washington	20002	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 397-5477	390	34	11.5		1 (0.3%)	381 (97.7%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,203			$3,566			$20,638	30.2	27.6	93	11
110003000013	83	Stanton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2701 Naylor Rd. SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6180	313	36	8.8		1 (0.3%)	304 (97.1%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$33,457			$4,431			$29,026	30.1	27.2	97	14
110003000121	84	Amidon-Bowen Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	401 I St. SW	Washington	20024	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 724-4867	336	30	11.2		40 (11.9%)	253 (75.3%)	27 (8.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	$28,576			$3,986			$24,590	29.8	40.1	64	20
110007300393	85	Center City PCS - Capitol Hill	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1503 East Capitol Street SE	Washington	20003	District Of Columbia	Center City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 547-7556	249	19	13.1		1 (0.4%)	223 (89.6%)	10 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.0%)	$23,434			$3,323			$20,111	29.7	30	82	3
110003000102	86	King Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3200 6th St. SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-4900	226	27	8.3		0 (0.0%)	224 (99.1%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$33,804			$4,405			$29,399	29.6	20.2	118	32
110003100542	87	KIPP DC - Inspire Academy PCS	Public, Charter	1-4	3301 Wheeler Road SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 562-9101	227	21	10.9		1 (0.4%)	221 (97.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$25,501			$3,803			$21,698	29.6	22.6	109	22
110003000181	88	Houston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 50th Pl. NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6170	281	28	10		1 (0.4%)	265 (94.3%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$31,885			$4,030			$27,855	29.4	23.4	107	19
110003000070	89	Walker-Jones Education Campus	Public	PK, KG-8	1125 New Jersey Ave. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-5934	337	36	9.3		1 (0.3%)	318 (94.4%)	14 (4.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$31,640			$3,718			$27,921	29.1	27.4	95	6
110010600534	90	Rocketship PCS - Infinity Community Prep	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	5450 3rd Street NE	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Rocketship Education DC PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 627-2256	306	21	14.5		6 (2.0%)	215 (70.3%)	76 (24.8%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$38,179			$6,711			$31,468	28.9	51.2	47	43

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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.