Plummer ES

Located at 4601 Texas Ave. SE, in Washington, District of Columbia, Plummer ES is a close-knit K-5 school that works with 233 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by District of Columbia Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 348 students per school, that is 33% below typical.

Plummer ES is one of 117 schools operated by District of Columbia Public Schools, a district that educates 52,030 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Plummer ES shows that Black students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder looks like 21% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Plummer ES is one.

The SEED PCS of Washington DC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Plummer ES.

Plummer ES operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plummer ES has ticked down 38%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 233 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 today.

On this page, members of the Plummer ES community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.