Kelly Miller MS

Kelly Miller MS is one of the mid-tier middle-grades schools in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by District of Columbia Public Schools, with 315 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

On demographics, Kelly Miller MS shows that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Kelly Miller MS has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages about 10.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, census data for District of Columbia shows median household income runs about $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Kelly Miller MS is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

The closest other public school is Lorraine H. Whitlock ES, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 95% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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