Ludlow-Taylor ES

Ludlow-Taylor ES is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in Washington, District of Columbia, run under District of Columbia Public Schools, with 489 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 348 students each, so Ludlow-Taylor ES sits 41% above that benchmark.

Across the 117 schools in District of Columbia Public Schools (52,030 students total), Ludlow-Taylor ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Ludlow-Taylor ES reports that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ludlow-Taylor ES has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) logs that the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ludlow-Taylor ES is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

The closest other public school is School-Within-School at Goding, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ludlow-Taylor ES.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 489 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 52% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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