District of Columbia public schools by resource index

Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS in Washington scored highest of District of Columbia's public schools with 100 or more students on the resource index, 63 of 100: 11.5 students per teacher, 69 students per counselor and 6.8% chronically absent. The index averages staffing, counseling, gifted programs and attendance; it measures resources, not how well students learn.

Resource index 2024-25 × 2021-22 · schools open in 2024-25 with 100+ students and all 4 factors reported; online, alternative, special-education, pre-K-only and correctional programs left out · method

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 (students per teacher); CRDC 2021-22 (counselors on CRDC enrollment, gifted program); EDFacts 2021-22 (chronic absenteeism). Index: the mean of the factors reported, each 0 to 100.

The 50 highest scores, with each factor

School	Per teacher	Per counselor	Gifted	Chronically absent	Index
Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS	11.5	69	No	6.8%	63
Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	11.8	295	Yes	8.7%	61
Center City PCS - Brightwood	9.4	219	No	4.5%	59
Powell ES	10.3	165	No	11.9%	57
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	10.7	178	No	11.4%	56
Two Rivers PCS - Young ES	11.1	145	No	17.2%	53
Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street	11.3	146	No	19.2%	52
Benjamin Banneker HS	16.3	134	No	12.9%	51
Thomson ES	8.2	276	No	15.4%	51
Lee Montessori PCS - Brookland	15.3	163	No	13.8%	50
Bancroft ES	12.8	338	No	6.0%	49
Raymond ES	10.2	185	No	22.6%	49
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland	12.0	270	No	12.7%	49
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - East End	12.6	177	No	19.3%	49
Cleveland ES	8.6	271	No	17.6%	49

The other 35 on the list

School	Per teacher	Per counselor	Gifted	Chronically absent	Index
District of Columbia International School	10.3	155	No	25.9%	48
School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens	10.2	258	No	18.7%	48
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School	13.2	370	No	5.9%	47
The Sojourner Truth School PCS	9.4	78	No	35.6%	47
Monument Academy PCS	7.3	56	No	44.3%	47
Brightwood ES	9.1	199	No	27.4%	46
Dorothy I. Height ES	9.4	212	No	26.5%	46
Center City PCS - Petworth	9.8	205	No	27.1%	46
Ron Brown College Preparatory HS	6.8	101	No	83.2%	46
Washington Latin PCS - MS	15.0	377	No	6.2%	45
Rocketship PCS - Infinity Community Prep	13.9	100	No	29.3%	45
Randle Highlands ES	10.0	280	No	21.6%	45
LaSalle-Backus ES	8.0	252	No	26.5%	45
DC Bilingual PCS	8.0	373	No	19.5%	44
Whittier ES	10.0	335	No	18.4%	44
Seaton ES	9.2	349	No	19.5%	44
Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	8.3	376	No	18.2%	44
Meridian PCS	9.3	111	No	57.6%	43
Stoddert ES	12.1	444	No	8.5%	43
Brent ES	13.0	431	No	7.6%	43
Idea Pcs	9.7	87	No	57.4%	43
Harmony DC PCS - School of Excellence	9.5	109	No	51.1%	43
Janney ES	13.5	1,342	No	2.6%	42
Cardozo Education Campus	9.1	124	No	77.3%	42
H.D. Woodson HS	9.3	119	No	85.7%	42
John Lewis ES	10.6	371	No	18.3%	42
Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan	14.0	383	No	11.9%	42
Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill	15.8	119	No	30.5%	42
Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	11.0	174	No	33.2%	42
Center City PCS - Congress Heights	12.4	198	No	29.1%	42
Creative Minds International PCS	10.2	218	No	32.1%	41
Paul PCS - International HS	9.1	144	No	49.4%	41
H.D. Cooke ES	9.2	365	No	21.9%	41
Breakthrough Montessori PCS	16.7	244	No	19.8%	41
Truesdell ES	9.3	149	No	38.9%	41

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Questions about the resource index

Which District of Columbia public schools have the most resources?

Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS in Washington scored 63 of 100 on the PlainSchools resource index, the highest of District of Columbia's schools with 100 or more students that report all four of its factors.

How is the resource index calculated?

It averages up to four factors, each scored 0 to 100: students per teacher (2024-25; 0 at 25 or more), students per counselor (CRDC 2021-22; 0 at 500 or more), a gifted program (CRDC 2021-22; 70 if offered, 30 if not) and chronic absenteeism (EDFacts 2021-22; 0 at 40% or more). It measures resources, not test scores or teaching quality.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School membership and staff · 2024-25

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection Counselors and gifted programs · 2021-22

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated September 2026