Best Middle Schools in District Of Columbia for At Risk 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, At Risk 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 PARCC 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 (At Risk vs All Students - 2022)
ID	Rank (of 34)	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 (At Risk)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (At Risk)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
110003000186	1	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	531	41	12.9		208 (39.2%)	155 (29.2%)	98 (18.5%)	31 (5.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.8%)	$24,192			$3,212			$20,979	97.1%	91.5%	5.53%
110003900257	2	Paul PCS - Middle School	Public, Charter	5-8	5800 8th Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Paul PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 291-7499	309	30	10.3		1 (0.3%)	157 (50.8%)	143 (46.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$31,963			$4,952			$27,010	94.1%	83.1%	11.07%
110003000138	3	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	1,396	110	12.6		656 (47.0%)	358 (25.6%)	230 (16.5%)	62 (4.4%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	83 (5.9%)	$22,371			$3,482			$18,889	91.2%	96.6%	5.43%
110000800481	4	Friendship PCS - Woodridge International Middle	Public, Charter	4-8	2959 Carlton Avenue NE	Washington	20018	District Of Columbia	Friendship PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 635-6500	213	24	8.8		0 (0.0%)	205 (96.2%)	8 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$29,331			$5,746			$23,585	88.2%	71.2%	17.05%
110011100535	5	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	157	21	7.6		17 (10.8%)	97 (61.8%)	27 (17.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.6%)	$25,843			$2,461			$23,382	85.3%	79.7%	5.63%
110004800474	6	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	336	26	12.9		0 (0.0%)	314 (93.5%)	17 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	$23,762			$4,840			$18,922	82.4%	67.8%	14.56%
110003000149	7	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	516	53	9.7		112 (21.7%)	231 (44.8%)	95 (18.4%)	51 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	24 (4.7%)	$28,882			$3,164			$25,719	79.4%	86.4%	7.03%
110000800515	8	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	347	21	16.4		0 (0.0%)	344 (99.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,251			$5,375			$18,876	76.5%	45.8%	30.71%
110007300404	9	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	213	24	8.8		2 (0.9%)	130 (61.0%)	72 (33.8%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$25,994			$3,323			$22,671	73.5%	72.9%	0.65%
110003100487	10	KIPP DC - Northeast Academy PCS	Public, Charter	5-8	1375 Mount Olivet Road NE	Washington	20002	District Of Columbia	KIPP Dc Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 398-5477	340	32	10.7		0 (0.0%)	331 (97.4%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$23,922			$3,488			$20,434	70.6%	59.3%	11.27%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PARCC Mathematics, PARCC English Language Arts, PARCC Algebra I, PARCC 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.

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.