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School Finder

Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

  • Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
  • Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
  • School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School Enrollment
Jackson-Reed Hs Washington, DC 1,855
District of Columbia International School Washington, DC 1,654
Columbia Heights Education Campus Washington, DC 1,563
Deal Ms Washington, DC 1,462
Coolidge Hs Washington, DC 1,029
Roosevelt Hs Washington, DC 943
Lafayette Es Washington, DC 923
Eastern Hs Washington, DC 909
Dunbar Hs Washington, DC 892
Bancroft Es Washington, DC 821
Ingenuity Prep Pcs Washington, DC 797
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School Washington, DC 791
Friendship Pcs - Collegiate Academy Washington, DC 745
Mckinley Technology Hs Washington, DC 723
Janney Es Washington, DC 717
Cardozo Education Campus Washington, DC 710
Benjamin Banneker Hs Washington, DC 703
Washington Yu Ying Pcs Washington, DC 701
Basis Dc Pcs Washington, DC 692
Murch Es Washington, DC 658
Brightwood Es Washington, DC 646
Kipp Dc Pcs - Legacy College Preparatory Pcs Washington, DC 646
Kipp Dc - College Preparatory Pcs Washington, DC 643
Hardy Ms Washington, DC 631
Dc Bilingual Pcs Washington, DC 622
Kipp Dc - Promise Academy Pcs Washington, DC 614
School Without Walls Hs Washington, DC 606
Ballou Hs Washington, DC 597
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Washington, DC 589
School Without Walls at Francis-Stevens Washington, DC 583
H.D. Woodson Hs Washington, DC 579
Meridian Pcs Washington, DC 578
Barnard Es Washington, DC 573
Latin American Montessori Bilingual Pcs Washington, DC 572
Mundo Verde Bilingual Pcs - J.F. Cook Washington, DC 563
Maury Es Washington, DC 559
Tyler Es Washington, DC 542
Creative Minds International Pcs Washington, DC 530
Rocketship Pcs - Legacy Prep Washington, DC 530
Inspired Teaching Demonstration Pcs Washington, DC 522
Ida B. Wells Ms Washington, DC 521
Powell Es Washington, DC 514
John Lewis Es Washington, DC 509
Mundo Verde Bilingual Pcs - Calle Ocho Washington, DC 504
Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan Washington, DC 503
Ludlow-Taylor Es Washington, DC 489
Macfarland Ms Washington, DC 486
Takoma Es Washington, DC 483
Dc Scholars Pcs Washington, DC 478
J.O. Wilson Es Washington, DC 477
Marie Reed Es Washington, DC 461
Turner Es Washington, DC 461
Stuart-Hobson Ms (Capitol Hill Cluster) Washington, DC 460
Browne Education Campus Washington, DC 457
Leckie Education Campus Washington, DC 453
Whittier Es Washington, DC 450
Bruce-Monroe Es at Park View Washington, DC 448
E.L. Haynes Pcs - Hs Washington, DC 446
Goodwill Excel Center Pcs Washington, DC 440
Raymond Es Washington, DC 439
Paul Pcs - International Hs Washington, DC 439
Perry Street Preparatory Pcs Washington, DC 437
Eaton Es Washington, DC 436
Kipp Dc - Aim Academy Pcs Washington, DC 435
Miner Es Washington, DC 433
Eliot-Hine Ms Washington, DC 432
Roosevelt Stay Hs Washington, DC 432
Dc Prep Pcs - Benning Es Washington, DC 430
Stoddert Es Washington, DC 425
Kipp Dc - Key Academy Pcs Washington, DC 422
Brent Es Washington, DC 421
Lawrence E. Boone Es Washington, DC 416
Watkins Es (Capitol Hill Cluster) Washington, DC 415
Tubman Es Washington, DC 415
Beers Es Washington, DC 412
Jefferson Ms Academy Washington, DC 409
E.L. Haynes Pcs - Es Washington, DC 409
Dc Prep Pcs - Anacostia Es Washington, DC 409
Achievement Preparatory Academy Pcs - Wahler Place Es Washington, DC 409
Kipp Dc - Heights Academy Pcs Washington, DC 408
Two Rivers Pcs - Young Es Washington, DC 407
H.D. Cooke Es Washington, DC 406
Van Ness Es Washington, DC 404
Dc Prep Pcs - Edgewood Es Washington, DC 401
Hyde-Addison Es Washington, DC 400
Dorothy I. Height Es Washington, DC 400
Cedar Tree Academy Pcs Washington, DC 399
Payne Es Washington, DC 398
Mann Es Washington, DC 397
Garrison Es Washington, DC 395
Shepherd Es Washington, DC 394
Two Rivers Pcs - 4th Street Washington, DC 391
Seaton Es Washington, DC 390
Wheatley Education Campus Washington, DC 390
Washington Latin Pcs - Ms Washington, DC 389
Kipp Dc - Quest Academy Pcs Washington, DC 388
Digital Pioneers Academy Pcs - Capitol Hill Washington, DC 387
Washington Leadership Academy Pcs Washington, DC 386
Washington Latin Pcs - Anna Julia Cooper Ms Washington, DC 384
Breakthrough Montessori Pcs Washington, DC 383

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe (enrollment, staffing, free/reduced lunch) · 2024-25