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The public high schools with the most Black students in District of Columbia

This ranking covers the public high schools with the most Black students in District of Columbia, drawn from 45 qualifying public high schools. Eastern HS leads the list at 807, against a median of 312 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 Black students

807

Median Black students

312

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Eastern HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	909	88.8%	807
2	Dunbar HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	892	87.6%	781
3	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	745	95.6%	712
4	KIPP DC PCS - Legacy College Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	646	98.8%	638
5	KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS	Washington, DC	KIPP DC PCS	643	96.4%	620
6	McKinley Technology HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	723	80.6%	583
7	Ballou HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	597	95.8%	572
8	Coolidge HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,029	55.2%	568
9	H.D. Woodson HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	579	92.1%	533
10	Jackson-Reed HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,855	26.3%	487
11	Benjamin Banneker HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	703	68.6%	482
12	Roosevelt HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	943	48.8%	460
13	Columbia Heights Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,563	28.5%	445
14	District of Columbia International School	Washington, DC	District of Columbia International School	1,654	25.9%	428
15	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	Washington, DC	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	440	93.9%	413
16	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	589	66.0%	389
17	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill	Washington, DC	Digital Pioneers Academy PCS	387	98.2%	380
18	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS	373	99.7%	372
19	Kingsman Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Kingsman Academy PCS	346	99.1%	343
20	Cardozo Education Campus	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	710	47.0%	334
21	IDEA PCS	Washington, DC	IDEA PCS	350	94.3%	330
22	Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy	Washington, DC	Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy	367	87.2%	320
23	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	386	80.8%	312
24	Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	350	88.6%	310
25	Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS	Washington, DC	Friendship PCS	307	98.4%	302
26	Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC)	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	331	90.6%	300
27	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	Washington, DC	Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts	300	97.7%	293
28	Ballou STAY HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	433	62.8%	272
29	Garnet-Patterson STAY HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	672	38.8%	261
30	Luke C. Moore HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	275	93.8%	258
31	MacArthur HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	390	59.2%	231
32	The SEED PCS of Washington DC	Washington, DC	SEED PCS	245	92.7%	227
33	Anacostia HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	246	92.3%	227
34	Maya Angelou PCS - HS	Washington, DC	Maya Angelou PCS	218	98.6%	215
35	Paul PCS - International HS	Washington, DC	Paul PCS	439	46.9%	206
36	Ron Brown College Preparatory HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	196	93.4%	183
37	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	Washington, DC	The Sojourner Truth School PCS	292	61.0%	178
38	Girls Global Academy PCS	Washington, DC	Girls Global Academy PCS	183	83.6%	153
39	School Without Walls HS	Washington, DC	District of Columbia Public Schools	606	22.8%	138
40	E.L. Haynes PCS - HS	Washington, DC	E.L. Haynes PCS	446	27.1%	121
41	BASIS DC PCS	Washington, DC	BASIS DC PCS	692	17.3%	120
42	Washington Latin PCS - Upper School	Washington, DC	Washington Latin PCS	357	30.5%	109
43	Capital City PCS - HS	Washington, DC	Capital City PCS	348	25.9%	90
44	Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center	Washington, DC	DYRS	85	94.1%	80
45	DC Department of Corrections	Washington, DC	DC Jail Education Program	45	93.3%	42

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