Deal MS

Set in Washington, District of Columbia, Deal MS is a large middle school, one of the schools within District of Columbia Public Schools. It serves 1,462 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 345 students each, so Deal MS sits 324% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Deal MS records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 19% Black, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.8:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for District of Columbia put the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Deal MS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

Jackson-Reed HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deal MS.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deal MS has showed little movement, going from 1,475 students in 2018 to 1,462 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 28% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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