Best Middle 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 70)	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)
110003000138	1	Deal Middle School	Public	6-8	3815 Fort Dr. NW	Washington	20016	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-2010	1,391	110	12.6		641 (46.1%)	310 (22.3%)	264 (19.0%)	78 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	93 (6.7%)	$22,371			$3,482			$18,889	99.5	99.5	1
110008300443	2	Basis Dc Pcs	Public, Charter	5-12	410 8th Street NW	Washington	20004	District Of Columbia	Basis Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 804-6390	663	51	13.1		335 (50.5%)	126 (19.0%)	64 (9.7%)	42 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (13.7%)	$16,016			$927			$15,089	99.4	99.3	2
110001900324	3	Washington Latin PCS - Middle School	Public, Charter	5-8	5200 2nd Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Washington Latin PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 223-1111	383	29	13.1		199 (52.0%)	91 (23.8%)	49 (12.8%)	14 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.8%)	$23,334			$1,364			$21,969	97.8	91.1	6	3
110003000160	4	Oyster-Adams Bilingual School	Public	PK, KG-8	2801 Calvert St. NW and 2501 1	Washington	20008	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 671-6130	767	60	12.7		278 (36.2%)	25 (3.3%)	389 (50.7%)	21 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (7.0%)	$25,055			$3,668			$21,387	97.3	98.3	3	1
110003000186	5	Hardy Middle School	Public	6-8	1819 35th St. NW	Washington	20007	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 729-4350	571	39	14.6		230 (40.3%)	157 (27.5%)	104 (18.2%)	38 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.0%)	$24,192			$3,212			$20,979	94.4	98.3	4	1
110008000437	6	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	200 Douglas Street NE	Washington	20002	District Of Columbia	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 248-6825	518	40	12.9		191 (36.9%)	227 (43.8%)	43 (8.3%)	15 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (7.7%)	$22,911			$929			$21,982	86.5	85.1	7	1
110004800277	7	DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Middle School	Public, Charter	4-8	701 Edgewood Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	DC Prep PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 832-5700	318	32	9.9		1 (0.3%)	270 (84.9%)	37 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	$28,568			$4,941			$23,627	84.4	71	12	5
110007300400	8	Center City PCS - Brightwood	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	6008 Georgia Avenue NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Center City PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 723-3322	260	24	10.8		1 (0.4%)	150 (57.7%)	99 (38.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$24,457			$3,300			$21,157	83.7	79.3	9	1
110009700492	9	District of Columbia International School	Public, Charter	6-12	1400 Main Drive NW	Washington	20012	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia International School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 808-9033	1,590	147	10.8		306 (19.2%)	464 (29.2%)	637 (40.1%)	42 (2.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	136 (8.6%)	$18,399			$2,574			$15,825	80.2	91.2	5	4
110011100535	10	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	Public, Charter	6-10	1800 Perry Street NE	Washington	20018	District Of Columbia	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 747-0904	212	26	8.3		24 (11.3%)	133 (62.7%)	39 (18.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.1%)	$25,843			$2,461			$23,382	79.9	81	8	2

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on DC CAPE English Language Arts, DC CAPE Mathematics, DC CAPE Algebra I, DC CAPE Geometry 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.