Hearst ES

Set in Washington, District of Columbia, Hearst ES is a medium-sized K-5 school, operated by District of Columbia Public Schools. It caters to 356 students across grades pre-K through 5.

District of Columbia Public Schools runs 117 schools in total, collectively educating 52,030 students. Hearst ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hearst ES logs that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for District of Columbia shows 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%. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Hearst ES is one.

Eaton ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hearst ES.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hearst ES has increased 14%, going from 312 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 27% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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