MacFarland MS

MacFarland MS operates as a mid-sized middle school in Washington, District of Columbia, overseen by District of Columbia Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 486 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 345.

District of Columbia Public Schools comprises 117 schools with combined enrollment of 52,030 students; MacFarland MS is among them.

In terms of who attends, MacFarland MS reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 39% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.8:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate median household earnings sit near $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), MacFarland MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt HS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MacFarland MS.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MacFarland MS has increased 268%, going from 132 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 94% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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