Coolidge HS

Set in Washington, District of Columbia, Coolidge HS is a well-populated high school, one of the schools within District of Columbia Public Schools. It caters to 1,029 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 86% larger than the typical public school in District of Columbia, which averages around 553 students.

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

Demographically, Coolidge HS logs that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 43% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Coolidge HS higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) records that median household income runs about $109,870, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Coolidge HS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

The closest other public school is Ida B. Wells MS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coolidge HS.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Coolidge HS's enrollment has ticked up 232% since 2018, when it stood at 310 (now 1,029). Black enrollment moved from 69% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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