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)
110003000062	51	J.O. Wilson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	660 K St. NE	Washington	20002	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 698-4733	438	41	10.7		39 (8.9%)	349 (79.7%)	24 (5.5%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.6%)	$32,852			$4,120			$28,732	49.6	28.7	84	33
110003000103	52	Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1825 8th St. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-4380	282	31	9		13 (4.6%)	156 (55.3%)	103 (36.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	$32,040			$4,106			$27,934	49.2	38.4	67	15
110007300404	53	Center City PCS - Shaw	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	711 N Street NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	Center City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 234-1093	217	23	9.4		3 (1.4%)	139 (64.1%)	68 (31.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$25,994			$3,323			$22,671	48.9	43.8	58	5
110007300395	54	Center City PCS - Petworth	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	510 Webster Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Center City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 554-9212	244	25	9.7		3 (1.2%)	128 (52.5%)	103 (42.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$25,824			$3,323			$22,501	48.8	39.2	66	12
110000800515	55	Friendship PCS - Southeast Middle	Public, Charter	4-8	645 Milwaukee Place SE	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	Friendship PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 562-1980	329	25	13.1		0 (0.0%)	325 (98.8%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,251			$5,375			$18,876	45.8	31.3	80	25
110003100419	56	KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS	Public, Charter	K-4	4801 Benning Road SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 582-1390	610	44	13.7		0 (0.0%)	584 (95.7%)	25 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,813			$3,658			$20,156	45.7	44.9	55	1
110003000011	57	Takoma Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7010 Piney Branch Rd. NW	Washington	20012	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6050	417	43	9.6		48 (11.5%)	196 (47.0%)	158 (37.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$31,854			$3,746			$28,108	44.3	47	53	4
110004500498	58	Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	820 26th Street NE	Washington	20002	District Of Columbia	Two Rivers PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 388-1360	377	29	13.1		103 (27.3%)	199 (52.8%)	26 (6.9%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (11.7%)	$25,459			$1,638			$23,821	43.7	61.5	34	24
110003000158	59	Patterson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4399 South Capitol Terr. SW	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-5280	273	34	8.1		0 (0.0%)	269 (98.5%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$38,707			$5,156			$33,551	42.8	28.1	90	31
110003000041	60	Leckie Education Campus	Public	PK, KG-8	4201 M.L. King Ave. SW	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 645-3330	451	36	12.5		19 (4.2%)	400 (88.7%)	21 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	$28,730			$3,940			$24,790	42.8	36.8	70	10

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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.