DC Department of Corrections

DC Department of Corrections is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the schools within DC Jail Education Program, with 45 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 553 students each, so DC Department of Corrections sits 92% leaner than that benchmark.

DC Department of Corrections sits inside DC Jail Education Program, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, DC Department of Corrections shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) shows that median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 DC Department of Corrections is one.

Nearest neighbor: St. Coletta Special Education PCS, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.