Brightwood ES

As a large K-5 school in Washington, District of Columbia, Brightwood ES hosts 646 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of District of Columbia Public Schools. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 348 students each, so Brightwood ES sits 86% bigger than that benchmark.

Brightwood ES is one of 117 schools operated by District of Columbia Public Schools, a district that teaches 52,030 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Brightwood ES lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Brightwood ES reports 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Brightwood ES tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, District of Columbia reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Brightwood ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Friendship PCS - Online Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brightwood ES.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 737 students in 2018 compared to 646 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment rose from 20% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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