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The largest public high schools in District of Columbia

Across District of Columbia, 45 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Jackson-Reed HS leads the list at 1,855, against a median of 433 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 Students

1,855

Median Students

433

LARGEST · DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Jackson-Reed HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	1,855
2	District of Columbia International School	Washington, DC	District of Columbia International School	High	1,654
3	Columbia Heights Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	1,563
4	Coolidge HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	1,029
5	Roosevelt HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	943
6	Eastern HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	909
7	Dunbar HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	892
8	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	High	745
9	McKinley Technology HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	723
10	Cardozo Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	710
11	Benjamin Banneker HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	703
12	BASIS DC PCS	Washington, DC	BASIS DC PCS	High	692
13	Garnet-Patterson STAY HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	672
14	KIPP DC PCS - Legacy College Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	High	646
15	KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	High	643
16	School Without Walls HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	606
17	Ballou HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	597
18	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	589
19	H.D. Woodson HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	579
20	E.L. Haynes PCS - HS	Washington, DC	E.L. Haynes PCS	High	446
21	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	Washington, DC	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	High	440
22	Paul PCS - International HS	Washington, DC	Paul PCS	High	439
23	Ballou STAY HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	433
24	MacArthur HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	390
25	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill	Washington, DC	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS	High	387
26	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	High	386
27	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	High	373
28	Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy	Washington, DC	Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy	High	367
29	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	Washington, DC	Washington Latin PCS	High	357
30	IDEA PCS	Washington, DC	IDEA PCS	High	350
31	Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	350
32	Capital City PCS - HS	Washington, DC	Capital City PCS	High	348
33	Kingsman Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Kingsman Academy PCS	High	346
34	Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC)	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	331
35	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	High	307
36	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Washington, DC	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	High	300
37	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	Washington, DC	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	High	292
38	Luke C. Moore HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	275
39	Anacostia HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	246
40	The SEED PCS of Washington DC	Washington, DC	SEED PCS	High	245
41	Maya Angelou PCS - HS	Washington, DC	Maya Angelou PCS	High	218
42	Ron Brown College Preparatory HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	High	196
43	Girls Global Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Girls Global Academy PCS	High	183
44	Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center	Washington, DC	DYRS	High	85
45	DC Department of Corrections	Washington, DC	DC Jail Education Program	High	45

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