Dorothy I. Height ES

Located at 1300 Allison St NW, in Washington, District of Columbia, Dorothy I. Height ES is a reasonably sized elementary school that instructs 400 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by District of Columbia Public Schools.

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

Looking at the student body, Dorothy I. Height ES logs that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Dorothy I. Height ES reports 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Dorothy I. Height ES tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, District of Columbia reports that median household earnings sit near $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Dorothy I. Height ES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Truesdell ES, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dorothy I. Height ES has contracted 16%, going from 479 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 2% to 10%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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