School District · District of Columbia
District of Columbia Public Schools
📍 Washington, DC · District of Columbia · NCES LEAID 1100030
8/10
Rating
50,131
Students
116
Schools
Pre-K – 12th
Grade Span
57
Zip Codes
District Contact & Information
Source: NCES CCD 2024–25Grades Served
Pre-K – 12th
District Phone
District Website
District Mailing Address
1200 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002
Enrollment
50,131 students
Schools
116
County
NCES District ID (LEAID)
1100030
District Type
Public School District
Schools in District of Columbia Public Schools
117 schools listed| School | Level | Grades | Students | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amidon-Bowen ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 374 | Washington |
| Bancroft ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 821 | Washington |
| Barnard ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 573 | Washington |
| Beers ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 412 | Washington |
| Brent ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 421 | Washington |
| Brightwood ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 646 | Washington |
| Bruce-Monroe ES at Park View | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 448 | Washington |
| Bunker Hill ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 219 | Washington |
| Burroughs ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 331 | Washington |
| Burrville ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 232 | Washington |
| C.W. Harris ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 251 | Washington |
| Cleveland ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 301 | Washington |
| Dorothy I. Height ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 400 | Washington |
| Drew ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 223 | Washington |
| Eaton ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 436 | Washington |
| Garfield ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 252 | Washington |
| Garrison ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 395 | Washington |
| H.D. Cooke ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 406 | Washington |
| Hearst ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 356 | Washington |
| Hendley ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 276 | Washington |
| Houston ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 314 | Washington |
| Hyde-Addison ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 400 | Washington |
| J.O. Wilson ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 477 | Washington |
| Janney ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 717 | Washington |
| John Lewis ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 509 | Washington |
| Ketcham ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 244 | Washington |
| Key ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 337 | Washington |
| Kimball ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 330 | Washington |
| King ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 193 | Washington |
| Lafayette ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 923 | Washington |
| Langdon ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 377 | Washington |
| Langley ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 348 | Washington |
| LaSalle-Backus ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 279 | Washington |
| Lawrence E. Boone ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 416 | Washington |
| Lorraine H. Whitlock ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 162 | Washington |
| Ludlow-Taylor ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 489 | Washington |
| Malcolm X ES at Green | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 170 | Washington |
| Mann ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 397 | Washington |
| Marie Reed ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 461 | Washington |
| Maury ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 559 | Washington |
| Military Road Early Learning Center | Elementary | Pre-K | 70 | Washington |
| Miner ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 433 | Washington |
| Moten ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 216 | Washington |
| Murch ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 658 | Washington |
| Nalle ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 287 | Washington |
| Noyes ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 293 | Washington |
| Patterson ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 238 | Washington |
| Payne ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 398 | Washington |
| Peabody ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) | Elementary | Pre-K – Kindergarten | 209 | Washington |
| Plummer ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 233 | Washington |
| Powell ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 514 | Washington |
| Randle Highlands ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 301 | Washington |
| Raymond ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 439 | Washington |
| Ross ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 171 | Washington |
| Savoy ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 233 | Washington |
| School-Within-School at Goding | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 325 | Washington |
| Seaton ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 390 | Washington |
| Shepherd ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 394 | Washington |
| Shirley Chisholm ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 542 | Washington |
| Simon ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 231 | Washington |
| Smothers ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 250 | Washington |
| Stanton ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 288 | Washington |
| Stoddert ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 425 | Washington |
| Takoma ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 483 | Washington |
| Thaddeus Stevens Early Learning Center | Elementary | Pre-K | 84 | Washington |
| Thomas ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 228 | Washington |
| Thomson ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 259 | Washington |
| Truesdell ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 370 | Washington |
| Tubman ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 415 | Washington |
| Turner ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 461 | Washington |
| Van Ness ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 404 | Washington |
| Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) | Elementary | 1st – 5th | 415 | Washington |
| Whittier ES | Elementary | Pre-K – 5th | 450 | Washington |
| Brookland MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 381 | Washington |
| Deal MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 1,462 | Washington |
| Eliot-Hine MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 432 | Washington |
| Hardy MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 631 | Washington |
| Hart MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 374 | Washington |
| Ida B. Wells MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 521 | Washington |
| Jefferson MS Academy | Middle | 6th – 8th | 409 | Washington |
| Johnson MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 307 | Washington |
| Kelly Miller MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 315 | Washington |
| Kramer MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 213 | Washington |
| MacFarland MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 486 | Washington |
| McKinley MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 286 | Washington |
| Sousa MS | Middle | 6th – 8th | 223 | Washington |
| Stuart-Hobson MS (Capitol Hill Cluster) | Middle | 6th – 8th | 460 | Washington |
| Anacostia HS | High | 9th – 12th | 246 | Washington |
| Ballou HS | High | 9th – 12th | 597 | Washington |
| Ballou STAY HS | High | 9th – 12th | 433 | Washington |
| Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC) | High | 9th – 12th | 331 | Washington |
| Benjamin Banneker HS | High | 9th – 12th | 703 | Washington |
| Coolidge HS | High | 9th – 12th | 1,029 | Washington |
| Duke Ellington School of the Arts | High | 9th – 12th | 589 | Washington |
| Dunbar HS | High | 9th – 12th | 892 | Washington |
| Eastern HS | High | 9th – 12th | 909 | Washington |
| Garnet-Patterson STAY HS | High | 9th – 12th | 672 | Washington |
| H.D. Woodson HS | High | 9th – 12th | 579 | Washington |
| Jackson-Reed HS | High | 9th – 12th | 1,855 | Washington |
| Luke C. Moore HS | High | 9th – 12th | 275 | Washington |
| MacArthur HS | High | 9th – 11th | 390 | Washington |
| McKinley Technology HS | High | 9th – 12th | 723 | Washington |
| Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS | High | 9th – 12th | 350 | Washington |
| Ron Brown College Preparatory HS | High | 9th – 12th | 196 | Washington |
| Roosevelt HS | High | 9th – 12th | 943 | Washington |
| School Without Walls HS | High | 9th – 12th | 606 | Washington |
| Browne Education Campus | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 457 | Washington |
| Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 503 | Washington |
| Cardozo Education Campus | Other | 6th – 12th | 710 | Washington |
| Columbia Heights Education Campus | Other | 6th – 12th | 1,563 | Washington |
| Excel Academy | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 363 | Washington |
| John Francis Education Campus | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 583 | Washington |
| Leckie Education Campus | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 453 | Washington |
| Oyster-Adams Bilingual School | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 791 | Washington |
| River Terrace Education Campus | Other | 3rd – 12th | 125 | Washington |
| Walker-Jones Education Campus | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 292 | Washington |
| Wheatley Education Campus | Other | Pre-K – 8th | 390 | Washington |
NCES lists 117 schools individually for this district while its district-level directory record reports 116. The two files are compiled separately and can differ when a school opens, closes or changes agency mid-year.
Zip Codes Served by District of Columbia Public Schools
57 zip codes| Zip Code | City | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20001 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20002 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20003 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20004 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20005 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20006 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20007 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20008 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20009 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20010 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20011 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20012 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20015 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20016 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20017 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20018 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20019 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20020 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20024 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20032 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20036 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20037 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20045 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20052 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20057 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20059 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20064 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20204 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20220 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20230 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20240 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20245 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20250 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20260 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20317 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20319 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20373 | Naval Anacost Annex | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20388 | Washington Navy Yard | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20390 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20408 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20415 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20418 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20422 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20427 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20431 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20510 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20515 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20520 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20530 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20535 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20540 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20542 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20551 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20560 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20565 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20566 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
| 20591 | Washington | District of Columbia | DC |
Frequently Asked Questions
What zip codes are in District of Columbia Public Schools?▼
District of Columbia Public Schools serves 57 zip codes: 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20005, 20006, 20007, 20008, 20009, 20010, 20011, 20012, 20015, 20016, 20017, 20018, 20019, 20020, 20024, 20032, 20036, 20037, 20045, 20052, 20057, and 32 more. Zip codes and district boundaries do not line up exactly, so confirm your exact address with the district office before you rely on an assignment.
How is District of Columbia Public Schools rated?▼
District of Columbia Public Schools has an overall rating of 8 out of 10 (Good), based on the share of students proficient in reading and math on state assessments (NCES EDFacts). That places it in the 76th percentile among District of Columbia school districts. Ratings are percentile-ranked within District of Columbia only and are not comparable across states.
How many students attend District of Columbia Public Schools?▼
The NCES Common Core of Data directory reports enrollment of 50,131 students across 116 schools for District of Columbia Public Schools.
What grades does District of Columbia Public Schools serve?▼
District of Columbia Public Schools is listed in the NCES directory as serving grades Pre-K – 12th.
What schools are in District of Columbia Public Schools?▼
NCES lists 117 schools operating under District of Columbia Public Schools: 73 elementary, 14 middle, 19 high, 11 other or combined. Each school's grade span, enrollment and city are listed on this page. Attendance zones are set by the district and a school on this list is not necessarily the one your address is assigned to.
How do I contact District of Columbia Public Schools?▼
You can reach District of Columbia Public Schools by phone at (202)727-7377 or online at dcps.dc.gov or by mail at 1200 First St NE, Washington, DC 20002. Contact details come from the NCES district directory and are the best way to confirm which school your address is assigned to.
About District of Columbia Public Schools
District of Columbia Public Schools is a public school district serving 57 zip codes in District of Columbia, primarily in District of Columbia. It carries an overall rating of 8/10 (Good), the 76th percentile among District of Columbia districts. That rating reflects the share of students proficient in reading and math on state assessments (NCES EDFacts, 2021–22 for most districts with a 2017–18 fallback for the rest) and is ranked only against other District of Columbia districts — scores are not comparable between states. Directory details on this page come from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
Schools in this district
NCES lists 117 schools operating under District of Columbia Public Schools — 73 elementary, 14 middle, 19 high and 11 other or combined. The largest by enrollment is Jackson-Reed HS with 1,855 students. School-level enrollment comes from the NCES Common Core of Data school directory; a school with no reported enrollment is shown with a dash rather than a zero.
Checking your own address
District boundaries are address-specific and do not follow zip code lines exactly — a single zip code can be split between two or more districts. Use the zip codes listed above as a starting point, then confirm your assignment with the district office at (202)727-7377 before making a housing decision.