Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Public Educaon Supply and Demand for the District of Columbia
Citywide Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
Date of Release: 10/6/17
This fact sheet describes the District’s public schools and the students aending them during SY2016-17. In this analysis are all
public schools and students in early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school grades, as well as schools focused exclusively
on adult, alternave, and special educaon students. In addion to this summary citywide fact sheet, there are three addional
fact sheets about specic grade levels (elementary, middle, and high schools) available on the Oce of the Deputy Mayor of
Educaon’s (DME) website. Please refer to those specic grade-level fact sheets for more detailed informaon.
Informaon about the schools and their associated facilies is from the DME in consultaon with the DC Public Charter School
Board (DC PCSB), DC Public Schools (DCPS), and the Department of General Services (DGS). The student informaon comes from
the ocial audited enrollment le, an October 2016 snapshot of student enrollment, residency, and demographics from the Oce
of the State Superintendent of Educaon (OSSE), as analyzed by the DME.
Availability of Schools: Locaon and Number of Public Schools
Figure 1: Locaon of All Public Schools, by Ward of School and Sector, SY16-17
This secon describes the number of Local Educaon Agencies and the number of all DCPS and public charter schools in the
District by ward of school and sector in SY2016-17.
In SY2016-17, there were 66 Local Educaon Agencies (LEA) that had schools oering elementary, middle, high, adult, alternave, or
special educaon grades. LEAs are typically thought of as school districts. DCPS is one LEA and the public charter sector had 65 LEAs.
There were 234 public schools
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across the eight wards of the District of Columbia as of SY2016-17. One school may have mulple
buildings and the ward locaon is aributed to the main building idened by the LEA. Figure 1 shows the number of schools in each
ward by sector. Wards 5 and 8 had the greatest number of schools at 42 schools each, driven largely by public charter schools in
Ward 5 (28 schools) compared to other wards. Ward 3 is unique in that no public charter schools were located there. Appendix 1 lists
each of the schools with their ward, grade span, total enrollment for the entire school, enrollment by grade level, and whether the
school had addional campuses.
Ward of School # Schools
Ward 1 22
Ward 2 9
Ward 3 10
Ward 4 36
Ward 5 42
Ward 6 36
Ward 7 37
Ward 8 42
Total 234
Total # of Schools 234
DCPS 116
PCS 118
N/A
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Schools are
idened by
OSSE’s School and
LEA Informaon
Management
Systems (SLIMS).
Note: Bancro ES/Briya PCS (co-located) & Marie Reed are assigned to Ward 4 where they were temporarily located during modernizaon; their permanent locaons
are in Ward 1. Duke Ellington School of the Arts is assigned to Ward 1 where the school was located during modernizaon; the permanent locaon is in Ward 2.
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Supply of Schools: Locaon and Enrollment of Public Schools
Note: No public charter schools were located in Ward 3. Bancro ES/Briya PCS (co-located) and Marie Reed are assigned to Ward 4 where they were temporarily
located during modernizaon; their permanent locaons are in Ward 1. Duke Ellington School of the Arts is assigned to Ward 1 where the school was located
during modernizaon; the permanent locaon is in Ward 2.
This secon describes the enrollment of all public schools by ward of school and by sector (DCPS and public charter schools).
There were 90,061 students in enrolled in all 234 public schools as of SY2016-17. Of those students, 54% were enrolled in DCPS and
46% were enrolled in public charter schools. Figure 2 shows the total enrollment by ward of the school where the student was
enrolled as of SY2016-17. Students may live in a ward other than the school’s ward. Ward 8 had the greatest number of students
enrolled at its public schools (16,807) and had one of the highest numbers of public schools (42, see Figure 1). Ward 4 had the next
highest public school enrollment (14,301).
Looking at Figure 3, Ward 1 and Ward 7 school enrollment was almost evenly divided between DCPS and public charter schools. In
Ward 5, public charter schools had a greater enrollment than DCPS, reecng the large number of public charter schools located
there (see Figure 1). Appendix 1 lists all of the schools with their ward, grade span, total enrollment for the enre school, total
enrollment for specific grade spans, and whether the school had addional campuses.
Figure 2: Enrollment of All Public Schools, by Ward of School, SY16-17
5,377
2,497
6,856
8,987
4,271
7,307
5,600
7,660
5,708
981
5,314
9,653
4,219
6,484
9,147
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
DCPS
PCS
N/A
Total Public
Enrollment
90,061
DCPS 48,555 (54%)
Public Charter 41,506 (46%)
Figure 3: Enrollment of All Public Schools, by Ward of School and Sector, SY16-17
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
PK3-5th
2,712 1,519 3,629 9,138 9,350 7,797 7,243 10,984
6th-8th
1,981 853 1,477 1,931 1,707 2,065 1,894 2,114
9th-12th
3,031 1,106 1,750 2,619 2,779 1,616 2,464 2,392
Adult/Alt
3,361 - - 613 88 48 101 1,317
SPED
- - - - - - 382 -
-
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
Total
52,372
14,022
17,757
5,528
382
Total Public
enrollment = 90,061
11,085 3,478 6,856 14,301 13,924 11,526 12,084 16,807
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Supply of Buildings: Locaon of All Public School Buildings
This secon shows the locaon of all public school buildings in SY2016-17. A list of school buildings is provided at the end of the
fact sheet.
Map 1 displays the 212 public school buildings in SY2016-17. A school may be located in mulple school buildings; alternavely, a
building may house mulple schools in the same LEA or from dierent LEAs (referred to as a co-locaon) with the same grade
conguraon or a dierent grade conguraon. For example, Briya PCS was housed in four school buildings; alternavely,
Jeerson Middle School Academy and Appletree Early Learning PCS—Southwest co-located. The school building list, provided at
the end of this fact sheet, lists the schools with their associated buildings in SY2016-17. Appendices 3 and 4 also display the
buildings with their addresses and grade spans. In addion, see the DME website for an interacve map.
Note: Bancro ES/Briya PCS (co-located) , Marie Reed ES, Murch ES, Watkins ES, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts were in temporary locaons for SY16-17
Map 1: Locaon of DCPS and PCS Public School Buildings, SY16-17
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Supply of School-Age Children: Demographics of All Public School Students
This secon describes where all public school students live and their demographics. This includes their race/ethnicity, special
educaon status, English Learner status, and at risk of academic failure status.
As of SY2016-17, there were 90,061 public school
students enrolled in DCPS and public charter schools.
Figure 4 shows the number and distribuon of where
all public school students lived (ward of residence) in
SY2016-17 according to the audited enrollment.
Ward 8 had the greatest number of students (21,210
students). Ward 7 had the next greatest number of
students (17,282) while Ward 2 and Ward 3 had the
fewest students (1,731 and 5,027 students,
respecvely).
The majority of all public school students in SY2016-17
were African American (68%) followed by Hispanic
(18%) and white students (10%) (Figure 5).
Figure 5 also shows the racial/ethnic background of
students in SY2016-17 by ward of residence. Almost all
of the students in Wards 7 and 8 were African
American, while Wards 1 and 4 had the largest number of Hispanic students with 4,248 and 6,330 students, respecvely. Ward 3
had the greatest number of white students followed by Ward 6 (3,158 and 2,074 students, respecvely).
Figure 4: Number of All Public School Students, by Ward of Residence,
SY16-17
Note: Excludes 541 students whose addresses could not be geocoded/whose ward could not be assigned.
Note: Excludes 541 students whose addresses could not be geocoded/whose ward could
not be assigned.
8,297
1,731
5,027
14,823
12,503
8,647
17,282
21,210
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
Total public
enrollment = 90,061
Figure 5: Share and Number of All Grade Public School Students by Race/Ethnicity, by Ward of Residence, SY16-17
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
African American 2,872 372 374 6,188 9,198 5,380 16,317 20,372
Hispanic 4,248 662 723 6,330 2,298 669 715 468
White 835 453 3,158 1,693 634 2,074 94 166
Asian, Multiracial, Other
342 244 772 612 373 524 156 204
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
20,000
22,000
68%
18%
10%
4%
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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School-Age Children: Demographics of All Public Students, connued
Out of all public school students, 14% have specialized
educaon needs (Figure 6). Special educaon is
educaon designed to meet the needs of students with
disabilies. Governed by the federal Individuals with
Disabilies Educaon Act (IDEA), special educaon
programs typically provide students up to age 22 with
addional supports and accommodaons that allow
them to access a specic curriculum. Public school
students in Wards 7 and 8 had slightly higher special
educaon needs at 16% and 17%, respecvely,
compared to public school students living in other
wards in the city.
English Learners (EL) are students who need addional
academic support in order to fully parcipate in a
general educaon program. Schools typically idenfy
these students and adjust their instrucon and monitor
the students. An EL student is someone, ages 3 through
21, who is not yet uent in English, and who
understands or speaks another language or has a family
background where a language other than English is
spoken in the home. Figure 7 shows that 10% of the
public school student populaon were EL; Wards 1, 2,
and 4 had the highest shares of EL students at 29%,
25%, and 26%, respecvely.
Figure 8: Share of All Public School Students with At Risk of
Academic Failure Status, by Ward of Residence, SY16-17
Figure 7: Share of All Public School Students with English Learner
Status, by Ward of Residence, SY16-17
Figure 6: Share of All Public School Students with Special Educaon
Needs, by Ward of Residence, SY16-17
At risk of academic failure is a local District denion that
idenes vulnerable students, such as students who are
homeless, in foster care, qualify for federal food stamps
and welfare, or are overage for high school (dened as one
year older, or more, than the expected age for the grade).
This idencaon is used to ensure that schools receive
addional local funds to serve these students. Students in
adult and alternave schools are not categorized as at-risk
and are not included in this metric. Citywide, 47% of all
public school students were idened as at risk, with the
highest percentage of students living in Wards 7 and 8 at
56% and 66%, respecvely.
14%
13%
9%
7%
12%
14%
13%
16%
17%
10%
29%
25%
8%
26%
10%
4%
2%
1%
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Demand: Where All Public School Students Aend School
This secon describes enrollment in more detail: whether students were enrolled in-boundary or out of boundary at
neighborhood DCPS schools, at citywide DCPS schools (where there is no boundary designaon), or public charter schools.
The District has many enrollment opons: students can either aend their neighborhood DCPS school (i.e., in-boundary school of
right) or enter the common loery to aend an out of boundary DCPS school, a citywide DCPS school (that is not a school of right),
a DCPS applicaon high school, a DCPS alternave school, or a public charter school. Figure 9 shows the number and share of
public school students that aended each of these types of schools in SY2016-17. Nearly half of all pubic school students aended
a public charter school (46%), followed by approximately one-quarter of students who aended their in-boundary DCPS school
(27%) and one-quarter of students who aended an out of boundary DCPS school (21%). Four percent of public school students
aended a DCPS applicaon high school. Only two percent of public school students aended a citywide DCPS school and less than
one percent aended a DCPS alternave school.
43%
31%
9%
41%
56%
39%
52%
53%
<1%
<1%
<1%
<1%
1%
1%
1%
<1%
6%
4%
3%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
<1%
2%
1%
5%
1%
1%
22%
21%
8%
22%
22%
19%
23%
23%
27%
44%
80%
29%
15%
33%
21%
21%
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
DCPS in-boundary
DCPS out of boundary
DCPS citywide
DCPS application high school
DCPS alternative
Public charter
Figure 10: Share of Public School Students, by Ward of Residence and Sector, SY16-17
Figure 10 shows the number of all public school students that aended their in-boundary DCPS school, an out of boundary DCPS
school, a citywide DCPS school, a DCPS applicaon high school, a DCPS alternave school, or a public charter school by the
student’s ward of residence. For instance, 80% of students living in Ward 3 aended their in-boundary DCPS school, while only
15% of students in Ward 5 did the same.
Figure 9: Number and Share of All Public School Student Enrollment, SY16-17
Note: Excludes 541 students (DCPS and public charter) whose boundary could not be geocoded/whose ward could not be assigned.
Total 8,297 1,731 5,027 14,823 12,503 8,647 17,282 21,210
Note: Excludes 307 DCPS students whose boundary could not be geocoded/whose ward could
not be assigned; percentages do not add up to 100% due to rounding.
23,946
27%
19,008
21%
1,308
2%
3,599
4%
387
<1
41,506
46%
DCPS in-boundary
DCPS out of boundary
DCPS citywide
DCPS application high school
DCPS alternative
Public charter
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Demand: Where All Public School Students Aend School, connued
This secon describes the share of students who aended school in the same ward as where they live, for all public school
students, as well as for DCPS and public charter students separately.
Due to the city’s exible enrollment policies, students may choose to aend school near or far from their home. Figure 11 shows
the share of all public school students who aended school in the same ward as where they lived, as of SY2016-17. On average,
55% of all students aended school in their own ward. Ward 3 students were the most likely to go to school in their ward: of all
public school students, 81% enrolled in a school located in Ward 3.
Figure 12 shows the share of students who lived in the same ward as where they were enrolled in school by sector (DCPS and
public charter school students). For most wards, DCPS students were more likely to aend school in their ward than public charter
school students. The excepons are Wards 1 and 5. In Ward 1, 47% of public charter school students lived and aended school in
Ward 1, while 42% of DCPS students did the same. In Ward 5, 49% of public charter school students lived and aended school in
Ward 5 and only 43% of DCPS students from Ward 5 did the same. Because there were no public charter schools located in Ward 3,
all students living in Ward 3 and aending a public charter school aended school in a ward outside of where they lived.
Note: No public charter schools were located in Ward 3. Bancro ES/Briya PCS (co-located) and Marie Reed are assigned to Ward 4 where they were temporarily
located during modernizaon; their permanent locaons are in Ward 1. Duke Ellington School of the Arts is assigned to Ward 1 where the school was located dur-
ing modernizaon; the permanent locaon is in Ward 2.
55%
44%
44%
81%
56%
46%
56%
50%
63%
Citywide Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
Figure 11: Share of All Public School Students Who Live and Public Aend School in
the Same Ward, by Ward of Residence, SY16-17
Figure 12: Share of All Public School Students Who Live and Aend Public School in the Same
Ward, by Ward of Residence and Sector, SY16-17
N/A
62%
42%
60%
89%
65%
43%
72%
55%
68%
47%
47%
10%
44%
49%
31%
45%
58%
Citywide Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
DCPS
PCS
N/A
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Private School Students
This secon describes the share of school-age children enrolled in private school in the District.
Not all of the public school students living in the District aend public school. Figure 13 shows the esmated share of private
school enrollment by ward according the American Community Survey, 5 Year Esmates (2011-2015) for all school-aged students,
ages 3 to 17 (approximang grades PK3 to 12th grade). Note that the denominator used to calculate these esmates does not
include students not enrolled in school (children not enrolled in either public or private school).
Since the informaon comes from survey samples of the District from the US Census Bureau and are not administrave records
from a city agency, the survey esmaons include the average esmaon plus the margin of error (the average is labeled in Figure
13 and the margin of error is the blue bar above and below). The margin of error is used to calculate the lower and upper
condence bounds (using a 90% probability) that the survey esmate contains the true value. The larger the margin of error, the
wider the range of what the true value may be. For example, for the period between 2011-2015, you can be 90% condent that the
true share of all school-aged students that aended private school was between 18% and 20%. Students in Wards 2 and 3 were the
most likely to aend private school compared to the other wards. See Appendix 2 for the margins of error.
Figure 13: Share of Private School Enrollment for Ages 3-17, by Ward of Residence, 2011-2015
Source: 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Esmates, Table B14003
18.8%
17.2%
48.1%
52.9%
21.8%
15.9%
16.9%
7.2%
5.6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Citywide Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
% Private School Enrollment
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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This secon describes the programmac capacies of DCPS and public charter school buildings serving all grades.
Programmac capacity reects the maximum number of students that can be housed in each school building given the schools’
current facility and exisng educaonal programs, class size, and stang. For DCPS, school-level programmac capacity numbers
are collected by both DGS and DCPS based upon the DCPS Educaonal Specicaon guidelines. The school-level programmac
capacity numbers were reviewed by DCPS to ensure alignment with each school’s programmac needs. DCPS’s capacies include
“portables”, or temporary buildings, located near the school facility. Public charter programmac capacies are collected for each
public charter LEA via a facility survey administered by PCSB and developed in partnership with the DME for SY2016-17. For more
informaon about facilies and more detailed informaon dierenang permanent and portable capacies, please see the
Master Facility Plan Annual Supplement. School-specic capacies are included in Appendices 3 and 4.
The 234 schools in SY2016-17 had a programmac building capacity of 108,638 students (see Table 1). This means that the
buildings housing these schools had the capacity for 108,638 students. Total building enrollment was 86,739. The DCPS
programmac capacity was 57,553 students. Similarly, public charter schools had a capacity of 51,085 students for all the grades
oered in those buildings. Figure 14 shows programmac capacity and enrollment of the school buildings by ward and sector.
Wards 5 and 8 had the greatest capacies (22,085 and 21,374 seats, respecvely). It should be noted that new schools may not
have yet enrolled in their maximum grade as of SY16-17 and some programmac capacies indicate capacies for growing schools.
Supply and Demand: Programmac Capacity and Enrollment of All Public Schools
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
DCPS PCS DCPS PCS DCPS PCS DCPS PCS DCPS PCS DCPS PCS DCPS PCS DCPS PCS
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8
Programmatic
Capacity
DCPS Enrollment
PCS Enrollment
Note: No public charter schools were located in Ward 3.
Table 1: Programmac Capacity and Enrollment for
All Public School Buildings by Sector, SY16-17
Programmac
Capacity
Enrollment
DCPS 57,553 45,233
PCS 51,085 41,506
Total 108,638 86,739
N/A
Table 2: Programmac Capacity and Enrollment for
All Public School Buildings, by Ward, SY16-17
Ward
Programmac
Capacity
Enrollment
Ward 1 11,094 9,415
Ward 2 3,623 3,478
Ward 3 6,286 6,284
Ward 4 15,029 12,895
Ward 5 22,085 15,066
Ward 6 13,699 11,083
Ward 7 15,448 11,979
Ward 8 21,374 16,539
Grand Total 108,638 86,739
Note: Capacies and enrollments for Murch, Bancro, Marie Reed, Powell, Watkins,
and Duke Ellington School of the Arts were excluded since the buildings are under-
going renovaons; capacies and enrollments for MacFarland Middle School and
Ron Brown College Preparatory High School were excluded because it reopened in
SY16-17 and the informaon was not yet available
Figure 14: Programmac Capacity for All Public School Buildings,
by Ward of School and Sector, SY16-17
Citywide Public School Fact Sheet, SY2016-17
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Supply and Demand: Building Ulizaon and Boundary Parcipaon of Schools
Table 3: Building Ulizaon of Public Schools, by Ward of
School, SY16-17
This secon provides informaon about the citywide demand of all public schools, by ward of the schools. The following
metrics show how full or ulized the schools were as of SY2016-17, the share of DCPS students enrolled at the school who lived
in the school’s boundary, and the share of all DCPS students who lived in the school’s boundary who enrolled at the school.
This secon describes three measures that help describe the demand for schools: facility ulizaon rates, school in-boundary
parcipaon rate (DCPS only), and boundary parcipaon rate (DCPS only). See Appendices 3 and 4 for school-specic metrics.
The rst measure is the facility ulizaon rate, which is calculated by dividing the schools’ total audited enrollment (including all
grades oered in the school) by the schools’ programmac capacies (including portables) citywide and for each ward. Table 3
shows that DCPS schools had an average ulizaon rate of 79% of their total capacity. Ward 5 DCPS schools had the lowest
average ulizaon rate (57%) and Ward 3 DCPS schools had the highest average ulizaon rate (100%). Public charter schools had
an average ulizaon rate of 81%; Ward 5 schools had the lowest (74%) and Ward 2 schools had the highest (100%). There were
no public charter schools located in Ward 3. It should be noted that new schools may have not yet enrolled in their maximum
grade as of SY16-17.
Table 4 provides the average school in-boundary rate. This is the share of DCPS schools’ total enrollment that lived in-boundary.
The numerator is the number of in-boundary students aending the school and the denominator is the number of students
enrolled at the school program. The average DCPS school had a school in-boundary rate of 49%. Table 4 also breaks the
informaon down by ward of the school. For instance, 60% of DCPS Ward 7 students lived in-boundary.
Table 4 also shows the boundary parcipaon rate. This metric calculates the share of all public school students living in each
specic DCPS school’s boundary who aended the school. The numerator is the number of in-boundary students aending the
school and the denominator is all public school students living in the boundary. Table 4 shows that, on average, 28% of all public
school students enrolled in their in-boundary DCPS school in SY2016-17. Students living in Ward 3 were more likely to aend their
in-boundary DCPS school (80% of all Ward 3 public school students) while Ward 5 students were less likely to aend their in-
boundary DCPS school (16% of all Ward 5 public school students). Because public charters have citywide enrollment policies (they
do not have boundaries), school in-boundary and boundary parcipaon rates are not applicable.
Ward
DCPS Facility
Ulizaon Rate
PCS Facility
Ulizaon Rate
Ward 1
2
83% 87%
Ward 2
3
94% 100%
Ward 3
2
100% --
Ward 4
2, 4
87% 84%
Ward 5 57% 74%
Ward 6
2
77% 89%
Ward 7
4
73% 82%
Ward 8 73% 81%
Citywide 79% 81%
Ward
Average DCPS School
In-Boundary Rate
Average DPCS Boundary
Parcipaon Rate
Ward 1
26% 27%
Ward 2 30% 41%
Ward 3 68% 80%
Ward 4 53% 29%
Ward 5 39% 16%
Ward 6 38% 33%
Ward 7 60% 23%
Ward 8 59% 21%
Citywide 49% 28%
Table 4: Boundary Parcipaon for DCPS Schools, by Ward
of School, SY16-17
2
Capacies and enrollments for Murch, Bancro, Marie Reed, Powell,
Watkins, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts were excluded since the
buildings are undergoing renovaons.
3
There was no Ward 2 comprehensive high school.
4
Capacies and enrollments for MacFarland Middle School and Ron
Brown College Preparatory High School were excluded because they
reopened in SY16-17 and the informaon was not yet available.
Note: DCPS Citywide and Selecve High Schools are excluded from the In-
Boundary and Boundary Parcipaon rates.
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The Future: Populaon Forecasts Compared to Current Supply of Public School Seats
This secon describes the DC Oce of Planning’s populaon forecasts and how they compare to the current supply of public
school seats.
This secon reviews whether the current supply of educaonal seats is sucient for the esmated future number of public school
students. The DC Oce of Planning (OP) forecasted single age populaons for 2020 and 2025. Table 5 lists these forecasts for ages
3 through 17 (reecng grades PK3 through 12th grade). In addion, Table 5 adjusts the forecasts for public school enrollment.
The DME did this by subtracng the shares of age-specic private school enrollment and of children not in school in the US
Census’s American Community Survey from the OP forecasts. These esmates assume that the share of the school-age populaon
that aends public school versus private school or that is not in school remains constant. The highest esmated public school
enrollments show that as many as 18,659 addional 3-17 year olds may enroll in the public school system (a 24% increase
between 2015 and 2025).
2015
5
2020 2025
Forecasted 3-17 year old populaon
6
92,401 102,023 114,838
High-Level Esmate of 3-17 year olds in public school
7
76,843 84,844 95,502
Mid-Level Esmate of 3-17 year olds in public school
7
76,113 84,038 94,594
Low-Level Esmate of 3-17 year olds in public school
7
75,383 83,232 93,687
Table 5: Forecasted Populaon and Esmated Public School Students, 3-17 Year Olds, 2020 and 2025
5
U.S. Census Bureau Populaon Esmate for 2015.
6
DC Oce of Planning forecasted age -specic populaon forecasts
7
DME applied the age-specic % private school enrollment and % not in school from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Esmates to the
OP forecasts to esmate the number of children in public school.
Figure 15: Forecasted Populaon and Esmated Public School Students, 3-17 Year Olds, 2020 and 2025
92,401
102,023
114,838
70,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
110,000
120,000
2015 2020 2025
Forecasted 3-17 year
old population
High-Estimate of 3-
17 year old Public
School Enrollment
Mid-Estimate of 3-17
year old Public School
Enrollment
Low-Estimate of 3-17
year old Public School
Enrollment
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The Future: Populaon Forecasts Compared to Current Supply of Seats, connued
Table 6 shows the esmated number of public school seats by sector and ward in SY2016-17. The number of citywide seats is
equal to the total school programmac capacies discussed in Table 1 (see Appendices 3 and 4 for the total building capacies for
each school). These seats reect the grades that the schools serve and their facilies as of SY2016-17 and do not take into
account any future changes in grade spans or opening or closing of schools (e.g., if schools plan to incrementally add grades; if
schools plan to reduce the number of grades oered; if schools plan to change or renovate their facilies resulng in an increase
or decrease in capacity and seats; or if new schools or campuses open or close). Using this method, there were 56,219 DCPS and
45,464 public charter school seats, totaling 101,683 seats (Table 6).
Table 6: Esmated Number of Public School Seats, by Ward of School, SY16-17
Ward
# DCPS Seats
(based on capacity)
# PCS Seats
(based on capacity)
# Total Seats
(based on capacity)
Ward 1 5,633 2,696 8,329
Ward 2 2,643 980 3,623
Ward 3 6,286 0 6,286
Ward 4 8,052 6,205 14,256
Ward 5 7,121 13,266 20,387
Ward 6 8,908 4,721 13,629
Ward 7 7,556 7,670 15,226
Ward 8 10,021 9,926 19,947
Grand Total 56,219 45,464 101,683
Private school/not in school discount rate esmates were applied to the OP 2025 forecasted populaon. Based on this, there
may be between 93,687 and 95,502 3-17 year old public school students in 2025 (see Figure 15). If the District grows by this
amount, and if the city keeps the same supply of schools with the same grade spans and facilies as they have in SY2016-17,
then there may be a surplus of 6,182 to 7,996 seats in our current facility inventory (Figure 16).
101,683
70,000
75,000
80,000
85,000
90,000
95,000
100,000
105,000
Low-Estimate of
Public School Enrollment
Mid-Estimate of
Public School Enrollment
High-Estimate of
Public School Enrollment
2015
2020
2025
Total Available
Seats
Surplus
7,996
Surplus
7,089
Surplus
6,182
Figure 16: Comparison of Public School Seats in 2025 Based on Schools as of SY16-17
Note: Capacies for Murch, Bancro, Marie Reed, Powell, Watkins, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts were excluded since
the buildings are undergoing renovaons; capacies for MacFarland Middle School and Ron Brown College Preparatory High
School were excluded because they reopened in SY16-17 and the informaon was not yet available; for Adult and Alternave
programs, capacies are based on a 3-year average percent of students in the building that are ages 0-17.
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Supply of Buildings: Locaon of School Buildings Serving Grades PK3 to 5th in SY2016-17, connued
Public Schools in SY2016-17
# School Name(s) Grades Served
1 Academy of Hope Adult PCS - Northeast [18th Place] Adult
2 Academy of Hope Adult PCS - Southeast (Main Campus) Adult
3
Achievement Preparatory PCS - Elementary; Achievement Preparatory PCS - Middle
School
PK3-3rd; 4th-8th
4 Aiton Elementary School PK3-5th
5 Amidon-Bowen Elementary School PK3-5th
6 Anacosa High School 9th-12th
7 AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Columbia Heights PK3-PK4
8 AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Lincoln Park PK3-PK4
9 AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Oklahoma Avenue PK3-PK4
10 AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Southeast [Douglass Knoll] PK3-PK4
11 AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Southeast [Parklands] PK3-PK4
12 Ballou High School; Ballou STAY High School 9th-12th; Adult
13 Bancro Elementary School @ Sharpe; Briya PCS [13th Street/Sharpe] PK3-5th; PK3-PK4; Adult
14 Barnard Elementary School PK3-5th
15 Basis DC PCS 5th-12th
16 Beers Elementary School PK3-5th
17 Benjamin Banneker High School 9th-12th
18 Breakthrough Montessori PCS PK3-PK4
19 Brent Elementary School PK3-5th
20 Bridges PCS; Briya PCS [Gallan Street/Fort Toen] PK3-4th; PK3-PK4; Adult
21 Brightwood Educaon Campus PK3-8th
22 Briya PCS [Georgia Avenue/Petworth] PK3-PK4; Adult
23 Briya PCS [Ontario Road/Adams Morgan/Main] PK3-PK4; Adult
24 Brookland Middle School 6th-8th
25 Browne Educaon Campus PK3-8th
26 Bruce-Monroe Elementary School @ Park View PK3-5th
27 Bunker Hill Elementary School PK3-5th
28 Burroughs Elementary School PK3-5th
29 Burrville Elementary School PK3-5th
30 C.W. Harris Elementary School PK3-5th
31
Capital City PCS - Elementary School; Capital City PCS - Middle School; Capital City PCS -
High School
PK3-4th; 5th-8th;
9th-12th
32 Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan PK3-8th
33 Cardozo Educaon Campus 6th-12th
34 Carlos Rosario Internaonal PCS [Harvard Street] Adult
35 Carlos Rosario Internaonal PCS [Sonia Guerrez] Adult
36 Cedar Tree Academy PCS PK3-KG
37 Center City PCS - Brightwood PK3-8th
38 Center City PCS - Capitol Hill PK4-8th
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Supply of Buildings: Locaon of School Buildings Serving Grades PK3 to 5th in SY2016-17, connued
Public Schools in SY2016-17
# School Name(s) Grades Served
39 Center City PCS - Congress Heights PK3-8th
40 Center City PCS - Petworth PK3-8th
41 Center City PCS - Shaw PK4-8th
42 Center City PCS - Trinidad PK4-8th
43 Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Capitol Hill 9th-12th
44 Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Chavez Prep 6th-9th
45
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside MS ; Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy -
Parkside HS
6th-8th; 9th-12th
46 City Arts & Prep PCS PK3-8th
47 Cleveland Elementary School PK3-5th
48 Columbia Heights Educaon Campus 6th-12th
49 Community College Preparatory Academy PCS [Main] Adult
50 Coolidge High School 9th-12th
51 Creave Minds Internaonal PCS PK3-6th
52 DC Bilingual PCS PK3-5th
53 DC Prep PCS - Anacosa Campus PK3-KG
54 DC Prep PCS - Benning Elementary School ; DC Prep. PCS - Benning Middle School PK3-3rd; 4th-7th
55 DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Elementary School PK3-3rd
56 DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Middle School 4th-8th
57 DC Scholars PCS PK3-7th
58 Deal Middle School 6th-8th
59 Democracy Prep Congress Heights PCS PK4-7th
60 District of Columbia Internaonal School [16th Street] 6th-9th
61 District of Columbia Internaonal School [Harvard Street] 6th-9th
62 Dorothy I. Height Elementary School PK3-5th
63 Drew Elementary School PK3-5th
64 Duke Ellington School of the Arts @ Garnet-Paerson 9th-12th
65 Duke Ellington School of the Arts @ Meyer 9th-12th
66 Dunbar High School 9th-12th
67 E.L. Haynes PCS [Georgia Avenue] - Middle School 5th-8th
68
E.L. Haynes PCS [Kansas Avenue] - Elementary School; E.L. Haynes PCS [Kansas Avenue]
- High School
PK3-4th; 9th-12th
69 Eagle Academy PCS - Capitol Riverfront PK3-3rd
70 Eagle Academy PCS - Congress Heights PK3-3rd
71 Early Childhood Academy PCS [Facility A] PK3-3rd
72 Early Childhood Academy PCS [Facility B] PK3-3rd
73 Eastern High School 9th-12th
74 Eaton Elementary School PK4-5th
75 Eliot-Hine Middle School; Watkins Elementary School (Capitol Hill Cluster) 6th-8th; 1st-5th
76 Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS PK3-5th
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Supply of Buildings: Locaon of School Buildings Serving Grades PK3 to 5th in SY2016-17, connued
Public Schools in SY2016-17
# School Name(s) Grades Served
77 Excel Academy PCS PK3-8th
78 Friendship PCS - Armstrong PK3-5th
79 Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Elementary; Friendship PCS - Blow-Pierce Middle PK3-3rd; 4th-8th
80 Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Elementary; Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Middle PK3-3rd; 4th-8th
81 Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy 9th-12th
82 Friendship PCS - Online KG-8th
83 Friendship PCS - Southeast Academy PK3-5th
84
Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory Middle; Friendship PCS - Technology
Preparatory High
6th-8th; 9th-12th
85 Friendship PCS - Woodridge Elementary; Friendship PCS - Woodridge Middle PK3-3rd; 4th-8th
86 Gareld Elementary School PK3-5th
87 Garrison Elementary School PK3-5th
88 Goodwill Excel Center PCS 9th-12th
89 H.D. Cooke Elementary School PK3-5th
90 H.D. Woodson High School 9th-12th
91 Hardy Middle School 6th-8th
92 Harmony DC PCS - School of Excellence KG-5th
93 Hart Middle School 6th-8th
94 Hearst Elementary School PK4-5th
95 Hendley Elementary School PK3-5th
96 Hope Community PCS - Lamond PK3-5th
97 Hope Community PCS - Tolson PK3-8th
98 Houston Elementary School PK3-5th
99 Howard University Middle School of Mathemacs and Science PCS 6th-8th
100 Hyde-Addison Elementary School PK3-5th
101 IDEA PCS 9th-12th
102 Ideal Academy PCS PK3-8th
103 Ingenuity Prep PCS; Naonal Collegiate Preparatory PCHS PK3-3rd; 9th-12th
104 Inspired Teaching Demonstraon PCS PK3-8th
105 Inspiring Youth Program Alternave
106 J.O. Wilson Elementary School PK3-5th
107 Janney Elementary School PK4-5th
108 Jeerson Middle School Academy; AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Southwest 6th-8th; PK3-PK4
109 Johnson Middle School 6th-8th
110 Kelly Miller Middle School 6th-8th
111 Ketcham Elementary School PK3-5th
112 Key Elementary School PK4-5th
113 Kimball Elementary School PK3-5th
114 King Elementary School PK3-5th
115 Kingsman Academy PCS 6th-12th
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Supply of Buildings: Locaon of School Buildings Serving Grades PK3 to 5th in SY2016-17, connued
Public Schools in SY2016-17
# School Name(s) Grades Served
116
KIPP DC PCS Arts & Technology Academy; KIPP DC PCS Quest Academy; KIPP DC PCS
Valor Academy
PK3-KG; 1st-4th; 5th-7th
117 KIPP DC PCS College Prep Academy 9th-12th
118
KIPP DC PCS Connect Academy; KIPP DC PCS Spring Academy; KIPP DC PCS Northeast
Academy
PK3-KG; 1st-4th; 5th-8th
119
KIPP DC PCS Discover Academy; KIPP DC PCS Heights Academy; KIPP DC PCS AIM
Academy
PK3-KG; 1st-4th; 5th-8th
120 KIPP DC PCS Grow Academy; KIPP DC PCS Lead Academy; KIPP DC PCS WILL Academy PK3-KG; 1st-4th; 5th-8th
121 KIPP DC PCS LEAP Academy; KIPP DC PCS Promise Academy; KIPP DC PCS KEY Academy PK3-PK4; KG-4th; 5th-8th
122 Kramer Middle School 6th-8th
123 Lafayee Elementary School PK4-5th
124 Langdon Elementary School PK3-5th
125 Langley Elementary School PK3-5th
126 LaSalle-Backus Educaon Campus PK3-8th
127 Lan American Montessori Bilingual PCS [Missouri Avenue] PK3-5th
128 LAYC Career Academy PCS; The Next Step/El Proximo Paso PCS Alternave
129 Leckie Educaon Campus PK3-7th
130 Lee Montessori; Washington Leadership Academy [St. Paul's College] PK3-3rd; 9th
131 Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School PK3-5th
132 Luke C. Moore High School 9th-12th
133 MacFarland Middle School; Marie Reed Elementary School 6th; PK3-5th
134 Malcolm X Elementary School @ Green PK3-5th
135 Mann Elementary School PK4-5th
136 Mary McLeod Bethune PCS [16th Street] PK3-1st
137 Mary McLeod Bethune PCS [Main] PK3-8th
138 Maury Elementary School PK3-5th
139 Maya Angelou PCS - High School; Maya Angelou PCS - Young Adult Learning Center 9th-12th; Adult
140 McKinley Middle School; McKinley Technology High School 6th-8th; 9th-12th
141 Meridian PCS [13th Street] PK3-5th
142 Meridian PCS [14th Street] 6th-8th
143 Miner Elementary School PK3-5th
144 Monument Academy PCS; Community College Preparatory Academy PCS [Gibbs] 5th-6th; Adult
145 Moten Elementary School PK3-5th
146 Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS PK3-5th
147 Murch Elementary School @ UDC PK4-5th
148 Nalle Elementary School PK3-5th
149 Noyes Elementary School PK3-5th
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Supply of Buildings: Locaon of School Buildings Serving Grades PK3 to 5th in SY2016-17, connued
Public Schools in SY2016-17
# School Name(s) Grades Served
150 Orr Elementary School PK3-5th
151 Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Adams) 4th-8th
152 Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Oyster) PK4-3rd
153 Paerson Elementary School PK3-5th
154 Paul PCS - Middle School; Paul PCS - Internaonal High School 6th-8th; 9th-12th
155 Payne Elementary School PK3-5th
156 Peabody Elementary School (Capitol Hill Cluster) PK3-KG
157
Perry Street Preparatory PCS; Lan American Montessori Bilingual PCS [South Dakota
Avenue]
PK3-8th; PK3-5th
158 Phelps Architecture, Construcon and Engineering High School 9th-12th
159 Plummer Elementary School PK3-5th
160 Powell Elementary School PK3-5th
161 Randle Highlands Elementary School PK3-5th
162 Raymond Educaon Campus PK3-8th
163 Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts 8th-12th
164 River Terrace Educaon Campus SPED
165 Rocketship DC PCS PK3-2nd
166 Ron Brown College Preparatory High School 9th
167 Roosevelt High School; Roosevelt STAY High School 9th-12th; Adult
168 Roots PCS [Kennedy Street] PK3-5th
169 Roots PCS [North Capitol Street] PK3-5th
170 Ross Elementary School PK3-5th
171 Savoy Elementary School PK3-5th
172 School Without Walls @ Francis-Stevens PK3-8th
173 School Without Walls High School 9th-12th
174 School-Within-School @ Goding PK3-5th
175 Seaton Elementary School PK3-5th
176 SEED PCS of Washington, DC 6th-12th
177 Sela PCS PK3-3rd
178 Shepherd Elementary School PK3-5th
179 Shining Stars [Randolph Street] PK3-5th
180 Simon Elementary School PK3-5th
181 Smothers Elementary School PK3-5th
182
Somerset Preparatory Academy PCS; Community College Preparatory Academy PCS
[Wheeler]
6th-11th; Adult
183 Sousa Middle School 6th-8th
184 St. Colea Special Educaon PCS SPED
185 Stanton Elementary School PK3-5th
186 Stoddert Elementary School PK4-5th
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Supply of Buildings: Locaon of School Buildings Serving Grades PK3 to 5th in SY2016-17, connued
Public Schools in SY2016-17
# School Name(s) Grades Served
187 Stuart-Hobson Middle School (Capitol Hill Cluster) 6th-8th
188 Takoma Educaon Campus PK3-8th
189 The Children's Guild DC PCS KG-8th
190 Thomas Elementary School PK3-5th
191 Thomson Elementary School PK3-5th
192 Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS 9th-12th
193 Truesdell Educaon Campus PK3-8th
194 Tubman Elementary School PK3-5th
195 Turner Elementary School PK3-5th
196 Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street [Elementary] PK3-5th
197 Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street [Middle] 6th-8th
198 Two Rivers PCS - Young PK3-2nd
199 Tyler Elementary School PK3-5th
200 Van Ness Elementary School PK3-1st
201 Walker-Jones Educaon Campus PK3-8th
202 Washington Global PCS 6th-8th
203 Washington Lan PCS - Middle School; Washington Lan PCS - High School 5th-8th; 9th-12th
204 Washington Mathemacs Science Technology PCHS 9th-12th
205 Washington Metropolitan High School; CHOICE Academy @ Wash Met 9th-12th; Alternave
206 Washington Yu Ying PCS PK3-5th
207 West Educaon Campus PK3-8th
208 Wheatley Educaon Campus PK3-8th
209 Whier Educaon Campus PK3-8th
210 Woodrow Wilson High School 9th-12th
211 Youth Services Center Alternave
212 Youthbuild PCS Alternave