Best High Schools in District Of Columbia for Special Education 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, Special Education 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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 10)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
110003000016	1	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Public	9-12	3500 R St. NW	Washington	20007	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 282-0123	564	7	80.5		83 (14.7%)	370 (65.6%)	67 (11.9%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.8%)	$22,194			$3,067			$19,128	90.0%	82.4%	7.65%
110003000133	2	Jackson-Reed High School	Public	9-12	3950 Chesapeake St. NW	Washington	20016	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 282-0120	2,153	128	16.8		816 (37.9%)	627 (29.1%)	517 (24.0%)	90 (4.2%)	8 (0.4%)	3 (0.1%)	91 (4.2%)	$22,502			$3,278			$19,224	80.0%	79.4%	0.59%
110001900423	3	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	Public, Charter	9-12	5200 2nd Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Washington Latin PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 223-1111	377	44	8.5		133 (35.3%)	160 (42.4%)	48 (12.7%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.9%)	$23,334			$1,364			$21,969	70.0%	88.2%	18.24%
110003000396	4	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	60.0%	50.0%	10.00%
110009700492	5	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	50.0%	73.5%	23.53%
110003900477	6	Paul PCS - International High School	Public, Charter	9-12	5800 8th Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Paul PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 291-7499	419	42	9.9		1 (0.2%)	222 (53.0%)	189 (45.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$31,467			$4,876			$26,591	40.0%	70.6%	30.59%
110000800338	7	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	4095 Minnesota Avenue NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	Friendship PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 396-5500	661	64	10.3		2 (0.3%)	646 (97.7%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$28,468			$5,598			$22,870	30.0%	58.8%	28.82%
110001300227	8	Idea Pcs	Public, Charter	9-12	1027 45th Street NE	Washington	20019	District Of Columbia	Idea Pcs	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 399-4750	307	33	9.3		0 (0.0%)	293 (95.4%)	12 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$39,420			$10,717			$28,704	20.0%	41.2%	21.18%
110000800496	9	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2705 Martin Luther King Jr Av	Washington	20032	District Of Columbia	Friendship PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 562-1681	357	42	8.5		1 (0.3%)	352 (98.6%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$32,599			$6,204			$26,394	10.0%	61.8%	51.76%
110010300510	10	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Public, Charter	9-12	3015 4th Street NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(240) 580-3371	377	50	7.5		2 (0.5%)	312 (82.8%)	50 (13.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	$27,338			$3,771			$23,567	0.0%	52.9%	52.94%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on DC CAPE Algebra II, DC CAPE Algebra I, DC CAPE Geometry, DC CAPE English II, DC CAPE English I 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.