Amidon-Bowen ES

Amidon-Bowen ES is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by District of Columbia Public Schools. The school teaches 374 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Amidon-Bowen ES is one of 117 schools operated by District of Columbia Public Schools, a district that instructs 52,030 students overall.

Demographically, Amidon-Bowen ES reports that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 13% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for District of Columbia put median household earnings sit near $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Amidon-Bowen ES is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

AppleTree Early Learning PCS - Waterfront Station is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Amidon-Bowen ES.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 83% to 72%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Amidon-Bowen ES community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.