Luke C. Moore HS

As an intimate secondary school in Washington, District of Columbia, Luke C. Moore HS teaches 275 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by District of Columbia Public Schools. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 553 students each, so Luke C. Moore HS sits 50% below that benchmark.

District of Columbia Public Schools comprises 117 schools with combined enrollment of 52,030 students; Luke C. Moore HS is among them.

On demographics, Luke C. Moore HS records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, District of Columbia reports that median household income runs about $109,870, 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 Luke C. Moore HS is one.

The closest other public school is Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS - Brookland, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Luke C. Moore HS's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 275). Class-load math has fell: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.