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)
110010400507	61	Breakthrough Montessori PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	6923 Willow Street NW	Washington	20012	District Of Columbia	Breakthrough Montessori PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(202) 864-1979	369	24	15.3		162 (43.9%)	150 (40.7%)	27 (7.3%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.5%)	$25,357			$1,164			$24,193	42.7	58	37	24
110003000044	62	Langdon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 Evarts St. NE	Washington	20018	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 576-6048	390	36	10.8		12 (3.1%)	263 (67.4%)	109 (27.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$27,870			$3,799			$24,070	41.3	52.8	46	16
110003000042	63	LaSalle-Backus Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	501 Riggs Rd. NE	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 671-6340	261	31	8.3		13 (5.0%)	128 (49.0%)	115 (44.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	$39,323			$3,771			$35,552	39.5	55.6	40	23
110000800483	64	Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Middle	Public, Charter	4-8	1345 Potomac Avenue SE	Washington	20003	District Of Columbia	Friendship PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 547-5800	303	27	11.1		1 (0.3%)	291 (96.0%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$24,966			$5,552			$19,415	39.2	42.8	59	5
110004300472	65	E.L. Haynes PCS - Elementary School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	4501 Kansas Avenue NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	E.L. Haynes PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 667-4446	357	35	10.2		77 (21.6%)	108 (30.3%)	145 (40.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.2%)	$31,153			$4,013			$27,141	39	36	71	6
110003000505	66	Van Ness Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1150 5th St SE	Washington	20003	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 727-4314	392	31	12.6		71 (18.1%)	263 (67.1%)	22 (5.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.2%)	$24,187			$4,247			$19,940	38.1	41.3	63	3
110004800474	67	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	311	30	10.3		0 (0.0%)	286 (92.0%)	19 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$23,762			$4,840			$18,922	37.3	34.1	72	5
110001100225	68	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	455	44	10.3		4 (0.9%)	385 (84.6%)	54 (11.9%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	$28,324			$4,641			$23,683	36.6	34.1	73	5
110003000111	69	Bunker Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1401 Michigan Ave NE	Washington	20017	District Of Columbia	District of Columbia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 576-6095	206	20	10.2		27 (13.1%)	153 (74.3%)	24 (11.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)								36.6			(n/a)
110008400440	70	Creative Minds International PCS	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3700 North Capitol Street NW	Washington	20011	District Of Columbia	Creative Minds International PCS	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(202) 588-0370	581	50	11.6		103 (17.7%)	298 (51.3%)	142 (24.4%)	7 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.6%)	$26,864			$1,759			$25,105	36.4	47.3	51	19

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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.
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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.