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Ron Brown College Preparatory High School

4800 Meade St. NE, Washington, DC 20019 · (202) 729-4343 · District of Columbia
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of District of Columbia public high schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded District of Columbia public high schools

Enrollment
196
High
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 553
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 96935%
Grade 105327%
Grade 113819%
Grade 123618%
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 56% · US 70%
Hispanic
105%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
18393%
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · US 15%
Two+
32%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
196100%

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Test scores

DC CAPE 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
15.6%
DC avg 37.9%
Math
13.4%
DC avg 27.5%

What this means: On the DC CAPE, District of Columbia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all District of Columbia schools, those numbers are about 38 and 28.

Source: DC CAPE. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

Where Ron Brown College Preparatory High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn District of ColumbiaIn District of Columbia
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
13.4%#11 of 34#11 of 34
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
15.6%#30 of 36#30 of 36
Enrollment
ranked largest first
196#42 of 45#42 of 45
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-6.2%#8 of 9#8 of 9
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
196
-20 (-9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 6.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2519628.96.8:1N/A
2023-2416128.95.6:1N/A
2022-2316928.55.9:1N/A
2020-21216326.8:1N/A
2017-182091613.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ron Brown College Preparatory High School.

About Ron Brown College Preparatory High School

Ron Brown College Preparatory High School is a small high school serving families in Washington, District of Columbia. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 196 students. For comparison, high schools in District of Columbia average about 553 students.

Ron Brown College Preparatory High School is one school in District of Columbia Public Schools, a system of 117 schools with 52,030 students.

The student body at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School is 93% Black. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. By comparison, District of Columbia residents are about 42% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 28.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 6.8:1. This ratio sits 4.4 below the 11.2:1 average for high schools in District of Columbia.

The allk12 Grade for Ron Brown College Preparatory High School is C. Compared with District of Columbia public high schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

In District of Columbia (population about 681,294), the median household income is $109,870, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. There are 247 public schools in District of Columbia, enrolling about 94,385 students in all.

Houston Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ron Brown College Preparatory High School.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.

Federal data show a 9% enrollment decrease, from 216 in 2020-21 to 196 in 2024-25.

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District of Columbia at a glance

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Population
681,294
Census ACS
Median income
$109,870
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
247
94,385 students

Quick facts

School name
Ron Brown College Preparatory High School
District
District of Columbia Public Schools
Address
4800 Meade St. NE, Washington, DC 20019
Phone
(202) 729-4343
County
District of Columbia
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
196
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
6.8:1
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
110003000512
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Ron Brown College Preparatory High School
What is the total enrollment at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School?
Ron Brown College Preparatory High School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Ron Brown College Preparatory High School serve?
Ron Brown College Preparatory High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School?
Approximately 6.8:1 students per teacher at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School?
At Ron Brown College Preparatory High School, the student body is approximately 5% Hispanic, 93% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Ron Brown College Preparatory High School public or private?
Ron Brown College Preparatory High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by District of Columbia Public Schools.
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