Best Middle Schools in District Of Columbia for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in District Of Columbia!

Every year, the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish District Of Columbia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 49)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
110004800277	1	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	98.0%	90.0%	7.96%
110004800532	2	DC Prep PCS - Anacostia Middle School	Public, Charter	4-7	2330 Pomeroy Rd SE	Washington	20020	District Of Columbia	DC Prep PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 519-3955	200	18	11.1		0 (0.0%)	197 (98.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$34,148			$4,982			$29,166	95.9%	78.6%	17.35%
110001100225	3	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1800 Perry Street NE	Washington	20018	District Of Columbia	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 529-4400	451	47	9.6		4 (0.9%)	388 (86.0%)	49 (10.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	$28,324			$4,641			$23,683	93.9%	61.4%	32.45%
110000800526	4	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	208	25	8.3		0 (0.0%)	200 (96.2%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$31,210			$5,863			$25,347	91.8%	72.9%	18.98%
110001900779	5	Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School	Public, Charter	5-7	711 Edgewood Street NE	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Washington Latin PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(202) 223-1111	157	14	11.2		69 (43.9%)	60 (38.2%)	9 (5.7%)	4 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	14 (8.9%)	$23,334			$1,364			$21,969	89.8%		(n/a)%
110003000149	6	School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens	Public	PK, KG-8	800 Euclid St. NW	Washington	20001	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 724-4841	479	48	9.9		94 (19.6%)	223 (46.6%)	105 (21.9%)	36 (7.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.3%)	$28,882			$3,164			$25,719	87.8%	81.4%	6.33%
110004800474	7	DC Prep PCS - Benning Middle School	Public, Charter	4-8	100 41st Street NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	DC Prep PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 396-3780	328	27	12.1		0 (0.0%)	307 (93.6%)	16 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$23,762			$4,840			$18,922	85.7%	70.0%	15.71%
110003000138	8	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	83.7%	98.6%	14.90%
110003100246	9	KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS	Public, Charter	5-8	4801 Benning Road SE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 582-5477	395	28	14.1		0 (0.0%)	384 (97.2%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,833			$3,293			$18,540	81.6%	67.1%	14.49%
110003000396	10	Columbia Heights Education Campus	Public	6-12	3101 16th St. NW	Washington	20010	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 939-7700	1,567	139	11.3		10 (0.6%)	518 (33.1%)	1,005 (64.1%)	14 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.1%)	17 (1.1%)	$28,098			$4,055			$24,043	79.6%	51.4%	28.16%

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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.