Benjamin Banneker HS

Benjamin Banneker HS, a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus in Washington, District of Columbia, run under District of Columbia Public Schools, instructs 703 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in District of Columbia, which averages around 553 students.

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

On demographics, Benjamin Banneker HS lists that Black students make up the majority at 69%; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Benjamin Banneker HS is one.

The closest other public school is Seaton ES, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 46%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 703 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 1% to 9% across the same window.

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