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Fastest-growing District of Columbia public schools, 2017-2024

District of Columbia public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
51	Oyster-Adams Bilingual School	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	677	791	16.8%
52	Houston ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	269	314	16.7%
53	McKinley Technology HS	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	620	723	16.6%
54	Langdon ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	324	377	16.4%
55	BASIS DC PCS	Washington	BASIS DC PCS	598	692	15.7%
56	KIPP DC - AIM Academy PCS	Washington	KIPP DC PCS	378	435	15.1%
57	Murch ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	573	658	14.8%
58	IDEA PCS	Washington	IDEA PCS	306	350	14.4%
59	Early Childhood Academy PCS	Washington	Early Childhood Academy PCS	246	281	14.2%
60	Hearst ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	312	356	14.1%
61	Lafayette ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	816	923	13.1%
62	Hart MS	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	337	374	11.0%
63	KIPP DC - Valor Academy PCS	Washington	KIPP DC PCS	307	340	10.7%
64	Luke C. Moore HS	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	251	275	9.6%
65	Bunker Hill ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	200	219	9.5%
66	Stuart-Hobson MS (Capitol Hill Cluster)	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	422	460	9.0%
67	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	Washington	Friendship PCS	685	745	8.8%
68	Shepherd ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	364	394	8.2%
69	Marie Reed ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	427	461	8.0%
70	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	Washington	Washington Latin PCS	331	357	7.9%
71	Amidon-Bowen ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	351	374	6.6%
72	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Washington	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	282	300	6.4%
73	KIPP DC - WILL Academy PCS	Washington	KIPP DC PCS	321	341	6.2%
74	Washington Latin PCS - MS	Washington	Washington Latin PCS	367	389	6.0%
75	School-Within-School at Goding	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	308	325	5.5%
76	Seaton ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	371	390	5.1%
77	Center City PCS - Trinidad	Washington	Center City PCS	202	212	5.0%
78	Cedar Tree Academy PCS	Washington	Cedar Tree Academy PCS	381	399	4.7%
79	KIPP DC - Northeast Academy PCS	Washington	KIPP DC PCS	330	345	4.5%
80	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	566	589	4.1%
81	Capital City PCS - HS	Washington	Capital City PCS	335	348	3.9%
82	E.L. Haynes PCS - HS	Washington	E.L. Haynes PCS	430	446	3.7%
83	Shirley Chisholm ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	525	542	3.2%
84	Lawrence E. Boone ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	404	416	3.0%
85	Capital City PCS - MS	Washington	Capital City PCS	334	344	3.0%
86	School Without Walls HS	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	592	606	2.4%
87	Friendship PCS - Woodridge International Middle	Washington	Friendship PCS	218	223	2.3%
88	Center City PCS - Brightwood	Washington	Center City PCS	263	269	2.3%
89	Takoma ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	473	483	2.1%
90	Kimball ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	330	1.5%
91	Jackson-Reed HS	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,829	1,855	1.4%
92	Center City PCS - Petworth	Washington	Center City PCS	252	255	1.2%
93	St. Coletta Special Education PCS	Washington	St. Coletta Special Education PCS	247	250	1.2%
94	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland	Washington	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS	350	354	1.1%
95	H.D. Cooke ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	404	406	0.5%
96	Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy	Washington	Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy	367	367	0.0%
97	Capital City PCS - Lower School	Washington	Capital City PCS	324	323	-0.3%
98	Turner ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	463	461	-0.4%
99	Mann ES	Washington	District of Columbia Public Schools	400	397	-0.8%
100	KIPP DC - Quest Academy PCS	Washington	KIPP DC PCS	391	388	-0.8%

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