Burroughs ES

Burroughs ES is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the schools within District of Columbia Public Schools, teacheing 331 students in grades pre-K through 5.

District of Columbia Public Schools comprises 117 schools with combined enrollment of 52,030 students; Burroughs ES is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Burroughs ES lists that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) shows that median household income runs about $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. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Burroughs ES is one.

Perry Street Preparatory PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 17%: 282 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 87% to 57%.

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