MacArthur HS

MacArthur HS is a four-year high school of compact scale in Washington, District of Columbia, overseen by District of Columbia Public Schools, teacheing 390 students in grades 9 through 11. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 553.

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

Looking at the student body, MacArthur HS shows that Black students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school records 17% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate median household income runs about $109,870, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), MacArthur HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Duke Ellington School of the Arts, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

MacArthur HS operates from a metropolitan location.

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