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The fastest-growing public high schools in District of Columbia

26 public high schools in District of Columbia appear in this ranking of the fastest-growing public high 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 18.4% 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

District of Columbia

Top Enrollment growth

232%

Median Enrollment growth

18.4%

FASTEST GROWING · 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	District of Columbia International School	Washington, DC	District of Columbia International School	804	1,654	106%
3	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	204	386	89.2%
4	Benjamin Banneker HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	482	703	45.9%
5	Dunbar HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	617	892	44.6%
6	Kingsman Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Kingsman Academy PCS	252	346	37.3%
7	Roosevelt HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	698	943	35.1%
8	Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	260	350	34.6%
9	Garnet-Patterson STAY HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	515	672	30.5%
10	Columbia Heights Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,240	1,563	26.0%
11	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	Washington, DC	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	358	440	22.9%
12	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	253	307	21.3%
13	H.D. Woodson HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	488	579	18.6%
14	Eastern HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	769	909	18.2%
15	McKinley Technology HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	620	723	16.6%
16	BASIS DC PCS	Washington, DC	BASIS DC PCS	598	692	15.7%
17	IDEA PCS	Washington, DC	IDEA PCS	306	350	14.4%
18	Luke C. Moore HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	251	275	9.6%
19	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	685	745	8.8%
20	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	Washington, DC	Washington Latin PCS	331	357	7.9%
21	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Washington, DC	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	282	300	6.4%
22	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	566	589	4.1%
23	Capital City PCS - HS	Washington, DC	Capital City PCS	335	348	3.9%
24	E.L. Haynes PCS - HS	Washington, DC	E.L. Haynes PCS	430	446	3.7%
25	School Without Walls HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	592	606	2.4%
26	Jackson-Reed HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,829	1,855	1.4%

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