Name: District of Columbia schools on the rise · enrollment growth 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment growth, NCES, District of Columbia

District of Columbia schools on the rise

District of Columbia public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

top growth in state

Top growth

+268%

MacFarland Middle School

Range

+18% to +268%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↓
MacFarland Middle School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	132	486	268%
Coolidge High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	310	1,029	232%
Breakthrough Montessori PCS	WASHINGTON	Breakthrough Montessori PCS	135	383	184%
Eliot-Hine Middle School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	203	432	113%
District of Columbia International School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia International School	804	1,654	106%
Washington Leadership Academy PCS	WASHINGTON	Washington Leadership Academy PCS	204	386	89.2%
Van Ness Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	215	404	87.9%
Lee Montessori PCS - Brookland	WASHINGTON	Lee Montessori PCS	177	298	68.4%
Hardy Middle School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	392	631	61.0%
Ingenuity Prep PCS	WASHINGTON	Ingenuity Prep PCS	496	797	60.7%
Brookland Middle School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	238	381	60.1%
Garrison Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	250	395	58.0%
John Lewis Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	330	509	54.2%
Bancroft Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	544	821	50.9%
Noyes Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	195	293	50.3%
Sela PCS	WASHINGTON	Sela PCS	202	302	49.5%
Benjamin Banneker High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	482	703	45.9%
Dunbar High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	617	892	44.6%
Paul PCS - Middle School	WASHINGTON	Paul PCS	228	328	43.9%
Two Rivers PCS - Young Elementary School	WASHINGTON	Two Rivers PCS	284	407	43.3%
DC Bilingual PCS	WASHINGTON	DC Bilingual PCS	440	622	41.4%
Browne Education Campus	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	457	40.6%
Whittier Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	325	450	38.5%
Capitol Hill Montessori School at Logan	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	365	503	37.8%
Maury Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	407	559	37.3%
Kingsman Academy PCS	WASHINGTON	Kingsman Academy PCS	252	346	37.3%
Roosevelt High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	698	943	35.1%
Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	260	350	34.6%
DC Prep PCS - Anacostia Elementary School	WASHINGTON	DC Prep PCS	304	409	34.5%
Garnet-Patterson STAY High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	515	672	30.5%
Jefferson MS Academy	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	314	409	30.3%
Maya Angelou PCS - High School	WASHINGTON	Maya Angelou PCS	170	218	28.2%
Langley Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	275	348	26.5%
Payne Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	315	398	26.3%
Columbia Heights Education Campus	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	1,240	1,563	26.0%
Miner Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	345	433	25.5%
Hyde-Addison Elementary School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	320	400	25.0%
KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS	WASHINGTON	KIPP DC PCS	338	422	24.9%
Perry Street Preparatory PCS	WASHINGTON	Perry Street Preparatory PCS	351	437	24.5%
Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	WASHINGTON	Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS	462	572	23.8%
John Francis Education Campus	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	473	583	23.3%
Goodwill Excel Center PCS	WASHINGTON	Goodwill Excel Center PCS	358	440	22.9%
Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory High School	WASHINGTON	Friendship PCS	253	307	21.3%
Washington Yu Ying PCS	WASHINGTON	Washington Yu Ying PCS	579	701	21.1%
Johnson Middle School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	255	307	20.4%
Wheatley Education Campus	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	324	390	20.4%
Creative Minds International PCS	WASHINGTON	Creative Minds International PCS	441	530	20.2%
McKinley Middle School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	241	286	18.7%
H.D. Woodson High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	488	579	18.6%
Eastern High School	WASHINGTON	District of Columbia Public Schools	769	909	18.2%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-dc.csv

How this list was built

Every District of Columbia public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more District of Columbia families are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

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