School Funding Equity in District of Columbia 54 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology .
# District Enrollment $/Pupil Free Lunch Local Rev % Score 1 IDEA PCS 307 $42,593 — 78.0% 62 2 SEED PCS 248 $59,017 — 85.0% 62 3 The Children's Guild DC PCS 206 $40,000 — 74.8% 62 4 Eagle Academy PCS 412 $47,663 — 72.7% 59 5 Bridges PCS 380 $40,774 — 85.4% 58 6 Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy 401 $36,759 — 78.5% 57 7 Perry Street Preparatory PCS 451 $32,168 — 75.4% 56 8 Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS 318 $35,648 — 85.6% 54 9 Washington Leadership Academy PCS 377 $35,793 — 88.4% 53 10 DC Bilingual PCS 530 $54,414 — 91.2% 52 11 Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS 314 $31,265 — 82.1% 52 12 Meridian PCS 627 $32,174 — 80.6% 51 13 Hope Community PCS 203 $30,021 — 78.1% 51 14 Maya Angelou PCS 539 $103,794 — 91.9% 50 15 The Sojourner Truth School PCS 212 $32,605 — 86.4% 50 16 Sela PCS 280 $28,148 — 83.8% 48 17 Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS 228 $209,101 — 84.8% 47 18 Ingenuity Prep PCS 788 $28,216 — 83.5% 46 19 Paul PCS 694 $29,581 — 84.9% 45 20 Howard University Middle School of Math and Science PCS 284 $29,770 — 83.0% 45 21 Capital City PCS 1,004 $30,950 — 89.0% 44 22 Digital Pioneers Academy PCS 511 $35,022 — 82.5% 43 23 District of Columbia Public Schools 50,131 $36,134 — 86.2% 42 24 Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS 673 $26,830 — 74.8% 41 25 St. Coletta Special Education PCS 250 $81,055 — 92.9% 41 26 Briya PCS 760 $257,677 — 87.4% 38 27 Washington Latin PCS 917 $56,072 — 95.0% 37 28 Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS 270 $34,100 — 88.5% 37 29 Center City PCS 1,408 $30,519 — 87.8% 36 30 Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts 300 $31,294 — 85.1% 36 31 E.L. Haynes PCS 1,164 $30,874 — 91.2% 34 32 Lee Montessori PCS 479 $56,682 — 90.7% 34 33 Washington Global PCS 240 $28,895 — 79.9% 34 34 KIPP DC PCS 7,361 $32,978 — 88.5% 33 35 DC Scholars PCS 532 $24,279 — 82.6% 33 36 Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 518 $50,561 — 92.9% 32 37 LEARN DC PCS 214 $43,659 — 89.8% 32 38 AppleTree Early Learning PCS 491 $30,886 — 87.6% 31 39 Two Rivers PCS 1,052 $28,613 — 86.1% 30 40 Rocketship Education DC PCS 1,493 $29,167 — 84.4% 29 41 Creative Minds International PCS 587 $31,144 — 92.8% 29 42 District of Columbia International School 1,590 $25,805 — 89.4% 28 43 Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS 553 $30,238 — 91.9% 27 44 Kingsman Academy PCS 315 $37,583 — 89.7% 27 45 Friendship PCS 4,609 $22,668 — 87.7% 25 46 Washington Yu Ying PCS 602 $24,367 — 92.7% 23 47 Early Childhood Academy PCS 250 $31,688 — 92.2% 22 48 Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS 262 $28,755 — 87.4% 21 49 Cedar Tree Academy PCS 463 $21,830 — 85.2% 19 50 Breakthrough Montessori PCS 346 $33,398 — 94.1% 19 51 DC Prep PCS 2,128 $22,411 — 93.5% 13 52 Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS 1,007 $27,547 — 91.4% 13 53 BASIS DC PCS 663 $20,885 — 96.1% 8 54 Goodwill Excel Center PCS 405 $22,150 — 95.6% 3
How the Equity Score Works The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:
Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)
Higher spending relative to peers
Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)
Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest
Funding Diversity (0-25)
Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support
Resource Access (0-25)
Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.