Dunbar HS

Dunbar HS, a high-enrollment high school in Washington, District of Columbia, one of the schools within District of Columbia Public Schools, serves 892 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 61% 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; Dunbar HS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Dunbar HS logs that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Dunbar HS has 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Dunbar HS tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, District of Columbia reports that median household income runs about $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Dunbar HS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

Nearest neighbor: Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dunbar HS.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 45%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 892 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 95% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.