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Ranks 51–100 of the highest-performing public schools in reading in District of Columbia. Back to page 1.

BEST IN READING · DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
51	Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	Middle	238	40.9%
52	Sela PCS	Washington, DC	Sela PCS	Elementary	302	40.3%
53	Friendship PCS - Southeast Middle	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	Middle	293	39.7%
54	Eliot-Hine MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Middle	432	39.7%
55	Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC)	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	331	39.7%
56	Thomson ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	259	39.3%
57	DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS	Washington, DC	DC Prep PCS	Middle	308	39.2%
58	DC Prep PCS - Benning ES	Washington, DC	DC Prep PCS	Elementary	430	39.0%
59	Barnard ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	573	38.9%
60	Center City PCS - Brightwood	Washington, DC	Center City PCS	Elementary	269	38.9%
61	LEARN DC PCS	Washington, DC	LEARN DC PCS	Elementary	290	38.1%
62	Friendship PCS - Ideal Middle	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	Middle	172	37.8%
63	Bruce-Monroe ES at Park View	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	448	37.5%
64	DC Prep PCS - Benning MS	Washington, DC	DC Prep PCS	Middle	318	37.5%
65	Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	350	37.4%
66	Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster)	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	415	37.3%
67	Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook	Washington, DC	Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS	Elementary	563	37.3%
68	Dorothy I. Height ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	400	37.2%
69	Ida B. Wells MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Middle	521	36.1%
70	Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street	Washington, DC	Two Rivers PCS	Elementary	391	35.8%
71	Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Middle	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	Middle	282	35.7%
72	Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	Middle	199	35.4%
73	John Lewis ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	509	35.3%
74	Paul PCS - MS	Washington, DC	Paul PCS	Middle	328	35.3%
75	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill	Washington, DC	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS	High	387	34.6%
76	Paul PCS - International HS	Washington, DC	Paul PCS	High	439	33.8%
77	Raymond ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	439	33.3%
78	Columbia Heights Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	1,563	33.0%
79	Washington Global PCS	Washington, DC	Washington Global PCS	Middle	227	33.0%
80	J.O. Wilson ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	477	32.9%
81	MacFarland MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Middle	486	32.6%
82	E.L. Haynes PCS - ES	Washington, DC	E.L. Haynes PCS	Elementary	409	31.8%
83	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	High	307	31.7%
84	DC Prep PCS - Anacostia MS	Washington, DC	DC Prep PCS	Middle	315	31.6%
85	MacArthur HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	390	31.6%
86	Langdon ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	377	31.4%
87	Howard University MS of Mathematics and Science PCS	Washington, DC	Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science P	Middle	271	30.4%
88	McKinley MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Middle	286	30.2%
89	Takoma ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	483	30.0%
90	Tubman ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	415	30.0%
91	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Washington, DC	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	High	300	29.6%
92	Breakthrough Montessori PCS	Washington, DC	Breakthrough Montessori PCS	Elementary	383	29.2%
93	Creative Minds International PCS	Washington, DC	Creative Minds International PCS	Elementary	530	29.0%
94	Seaton ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	390	28.8%
95	Two Rivers PCS - Young ES	Washington, DC	Two Rivers PCS	Elementary	407	28.7%
96	Moten ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	216	28.6%
97	LaSalle-Backus ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	279	28.4%
98	Bunker Hill ES	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Elementary	219	28.4%
99	Brookland MS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	Middle	381	28.3%
100	KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	High	643	28.3%

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