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The fastest-growing public elementary schools in District of Columbia

Across District of Columbia, 51 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by enrollment growth between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Van Ness ES leads the list at 87.9%, against a median of 17.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

District of Columbia

Top Enrollment growth

87.9%

Median Enrollment growth

17.5%

FASTEST GROWING · DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Van Ness ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	215	404	87.9%
2	Ingenuity Prep PCS	Washington, DC	Ingenuity Prep PCS	496	797	60.7%
3	Garrison ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	250	395	58.0%
4	John Lewis ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	330	509	54.2%
5	Bancroft ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	544	821	50.9%
6	Sela PCS	Washington, DC	Sela PCS	202	302	49.5%
7	Two Rivers PCS - Young ES	Washington, DC	Two Rivers PCS	284	407	43.3%
8	DC Bilingual PCS	Washington, DC	DC Bilingual PCS	440	622	41.4%
9	Browne Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	457	40.6%
10	Whittier ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	450	38.5%
11	Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	365	503	37.8%
12	Maury ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	407	559	37.3%
13	DC Prep PCS - Anacostia ES	Washington, DC	DC Prep PCS	304	409	34.5%
14	Langley ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	275	348	26.5%
15	Payne ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	315	398	26.3%
16	Miner ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	345	433	25.5%
17	Hyde-Addison ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	320	400	25.0%
18	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	351	437	24.5%
19	Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	Washington, DC	Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	462	572	23.8%
20	John Francis Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	473	583	23.3%
21	Washington Yu Ying PCS	Washington, DC	Washington Yu Ying PCS	579	701	21.1%
22	Wheatley Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	324	390	20.4%
23	Creative Minds International PCS	Washington, DC	Creative Minds International PCS	441	530	20.2%
24	Ludlow-Taylor ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	414	489	18.1%
25	KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	520	614	18.1%
26	E.L. Haynes PCS - ES	Washington, DC	E.L. Haynes PCS	348	409	17.5%
27	Burroughs ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	282	331	17.4%
28	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	Washington, DC	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS	446	522	17.0%
29	Oyster-Adams Bilingual School	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	677	791	16.8%
30	Houston ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	269	314	16.7%
31	Langdon ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	324	377	16.4%
32	Murch ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	573	658	14.8%
33	Early Childhood Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Early Childhood Academy PCS	246	281	14.2%
34	Hearst ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	312	356	14.1%
35	Lafayette ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	816	923	13.1%
36	Bunker Hill ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	200	219	9.5%
37	Shepherd ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	364	394	8.2%
38	Marie Reed ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	427	461	8.0%
39	Amidon-Bowen ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	351	374	6.6%
40	School-Within-School at Goding	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	308	325	5.5%
41	Seaton ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	371	390	5.1%
42	Center City PCS - Trinidad	Washington, DC	Center City PCS	202	212	5.0%
43	Cedar Tree Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Cedar Tree Academy PCS	381	399	4.7%
44	Shirley Chisholm ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	525	542	3.2%
45	Lawrence E. Boone ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	404	416	3.0%
46	Center City PCS - Brightwood	Washington, DC	Center City PCS	263	269	2.3%
47	Takoma ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	473	483	2.1%
48	Kimball ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	330	1.5%
49	Center City PCS - Petworth	Washington, DC	Center City PCS	252	255	1.2%
50	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland	Washington, DC	Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS	350	354	1.1%

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