Beers ES

Beers ES is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Washington, District of Columbia, part of District of Columbia Public Schools. The school hosts 412 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within District of Columbia Public Schools, which oversees 117 schools and 52,030 students, Beers ES is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Beers ES shows that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the broader community, District of Columbia reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Beers ES is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

Nearest neighbor: I Dream PCS, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Beers ES's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 484 (now 412). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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