District of Columbia · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in District of Columbia

The 50 largest public schools in District of Columbia, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

1,855
Largest school
720
Avg across top 50
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

Jackson-Reed Hs in Washington is District of Columbia's largest public school with 1,855 students enrolled.

1,855
students at Jackson-Reed Hs
17:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school
720
average across the top 50
# School Enrollment
1 Jackson-Reed Hs Washington 1,855
2 District of Columbia International School Washington 1,654
3 Columbia Heights Education Campus Washington 1,563
4 Deal Ms Washington 1,462
5 Coolidge Hs Washington 1,029
6 Roosevelt Hs Washington 943
7 Lafayette Es Washington 923
8 Eastern Hs Washington 909
9 Dunbar Hs Washington 892
10 Bancroft Es Washington 821
11 Ingenuity Prep Pcs Washington 797
12 Oyster-Adams Bilingual School Washington 791
13 Friendship Pcs - Collegiate Academy Washington 745
14 Mckinley Technology Hs Washington 723
15 Janney Es Washington 717
16 Cardozo Education Campus Washington 710
17 Benjamin Banneker Hs Washington 703
18 Washington Yu Ying Pcs Washington 701
19 Basis Dc Pcs Washington 692
20 Murch Es Washington 658
21 Brightwood Es Washington 646
22 Kipp Dc Pcs - Legacy College Preparatory Pcs Washington 646
23 Kipp Dc - College Preparatory Pcs Washington 643
24 Hardy Ms Washington 631
25 Dc Bilingual Pcs Washington 622
26 Kipp Dc - Promise Academy Pcs Washington 614
27 School Without Walls Hs Washington 606
28 Ballou Hs Washington 597
29 Duke Ellington School of the Arts Washington 589
30 School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens Washington 583
31 H.D. Woodson Hs Washington 579
32 Meridian Pcs Washington 578
33 Barnard Es Washington 573
34 Latin American Montessori Bilingual Pcs Washington 572
35 Mundo Verde Bilingual Pcs - J.F. Cook Washington 563
36 Maury Es Washington 559
37 Tyler Es Washington 542
38 Creative Minds International Pcs Washington 530
39 Rocketship Pcs - Legacy Prep Washington 530
40 Inspired Teaching Demonstration Pcs Washington 522
41 Ida B. Wells Ms Washington 521
42 Powell Es Washington 514
43 John Lewis Es Washington 509
44 Mundo Verde Bilingual Pcs - Calle Ocho Washington 504
45 Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan Washington 503
46 Ludlow-Taylor Es Washington 489
47 Macfarland Ms Washington 486
48 Takoma Es Washington 483
49 Dc Scholars Pcs Washington 478
50 J.O. Wilson Es Washington 477

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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