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The fastest-growing public schools in Washington, District of Columbia

94 public schools in Washington, District of Columbia appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public schools, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Coolidge HS leads the list at 232%, against a median of 17.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Washington, District of Columbia

Top Enrollment growth

232%

Median Enrollment growth

17.8%

FASTEST GROWING · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Coolidge HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	310	1,029	232%
2	Eliot-Hine MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	203	432	113%
3	District of Columbia International School	Washington, DC	District of Columbia International School	804	1,654	106%
4	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	204	386	89.2%
5	Van Ness ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	215	404	87.9%
6	Hardy MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	392	631	61.0%
7	Ingenuity Prep PCS	Washington, DC	Ingenuity Prep PCS	496	797	60.7%
8	Brookland MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	238	381	60.1%
9	Garrison ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	250	395	58.0%
10	John Lewis ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	330	509	54.2%
11	Bancroft ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	544	821	50.9%
12	Sela PCS	Washington, DC	Sela PCS	202	302	49.5%
13	Benjamin Banneker HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	482	703	45.9%
14	Dunbar HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	617	892	44.6%
15	Paul PCS - MS	Washington, DC	Paul PCS	228	328	43.9%
16	Two Rivers PCS - Young ES	Washington, DC	Two Rivers PCS	284	407	43.3%
17	DC Bilingual PCS	Washington, DC	DC Bilingual PCS	440	622	41.4%
18	Browne Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	457	40.6%
19	Whittier ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	450	38.5%
20	Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	365	503	37.8%
21	Maury ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	407	559	37.3%
22	Kingsman Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Kingsman Academy PCS	252	346	37.3%
23	Roosevelt HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	698	943	35.1%
24	Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	260	350	34.6%
25	DC Prep PCS - Anacostia ES	Washington, DC	DC Prep PCS	304	409	34.5%
26	Garnet-Patterson STAY HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	515	672	30.5%
27	Jefferson MS Academy	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	314	409	30.3%
28	Langley ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	275	348	26.5%
29	Payne ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	315	398	26.3%
30	Columbia Heights Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,240	1,563	26.0%
31	Miner ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	345	433	25.5%
32	Hyde-Addison ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	320	400	25.0%
33	KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	338	422	24.9%
34	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	351	437	24.5%
35	Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	Washington, DC	Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	462	572	23.8%
36	John Francis Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	473	583	23.3%
37	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	Washington, DC	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	358	440	22.9%
38	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	253	307	21.3%
39	Washington Yu Ying PCS	Washington, DC	Washington Yu Ying PCS	579	701	21.1%
40	Wheatley Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	324	390	20.4%
41	Johnson MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	255	307	20.4%
42	Creative Minds International PCS	Washington, DC	Creative Minds International PCS	441	530	20.2%
43	McKinley MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	241	286	18.7%
44	H.D. Woodson HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	488	579	18.6%
45	Eastern HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	769	909	18.2%
46	Ludlow-Taylor ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	414	489	18.1%
47	KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	520	614	18.1%
48	E.L. Haynes PCS - ES	Washington, DC	E.L. Haynes PCS	348	409	17.5%
49	Burroughs ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	282	331	17.4%
50	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	Washington, DC	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	446	522	17.0%

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