Nalle ES

Nalle ES, an intimate primary school in Washington, District of Columbia, overseen by District of Columbia Public Schools, enrolls 287 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Nalle ES records that Black students make up the majority at 79%; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Nalle ES reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for District of Columbia shows median household income runs about $109,870, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across District of Columbia's 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), Nalle ES is one campus in the mix.

KIPP DC - LEAP Academy PCS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Nalle ES operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Nalle ES's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 287). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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