Ron Brown College Preparatory HS

Ron Brown College Preparatory HS is an one-room-style high school in Washington, District of Columbia, part of District of Columbia Public Schools. The school instructs 196 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 65% smaller than the state mean of about 553.

District of Columbia Public Schools comprises 117 schools with combined enrollment of 52,030 students; Ron Brown College Preparatory HS is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ron Brown College Preparatory HS shows that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, District of Columbia reports that median household income runs about $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Ron Brown College Preparatory HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Houston ES, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ron Brown College Preparatory HS.

Ron Brown College Preparatory HS operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 209 students in 2018 compared to 196 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.