District of Columbia schools ranked by test score
Latest DC CAPE year (2024-25). 36 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 38.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Banneker HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 92.3% | +54.3pp |
| 2 | Washington Latin PCS - Upper School Washington · Washington Latin PCS | High | 80.1% | +42.1pp |
| 3 | BASIS DC PCS Washington · BASIS DC PCS | High | 77.9% | +39.9pp |
| 4 | McKinley Technology HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 74.7% | +36.7pp |
| 5 | Jackson-Reed HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 69.9% | +31.9pp |
| 6 | Duke Ellington School of the Arts Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 56.9% | +18.9pp |
| 7 | District of Columbia International School Washington · District of Columbia International School | High | 56.8% | +18.8pp |
| 8 | The Sojourner Truth School PCS Washington · The Sojourner Truth School PCS | High | 50.0% | +12.0pp |
| 9 | Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC) Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 39.7% | +1.7pp |
| 10 | Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 37.4% | -0.6pp |
| 11 | Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill Washington · Digital Pioneers Academy PCS | High | 34.6% | -3.4pp |
| 12 | Paul PCS - International HS Washington · Paul PCS | High | 33.8% | -4.2pp |
| 13 | Columbia Heights Education Campus Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 33.0% | -5.0pp |
| 14 | Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS Washington · Friendship PCS | High | 31.7% | -6.3pp |
| 15 | MacArthur HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 31.6% | -6.4pp |
| 16 | Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts Washington · Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts | High | 29.6% | -8.4pp |
| 17 | KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS Washington · KIPP DC PCS | High | 28.3% | -9.7pp |
| 18 | Girls Global Academy PCS Washington · Girls Global Academy PCS | High | 26.2% | -11.8pp |
| 19 | Eastern HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 25.2% | -12.8pp |
| 20 | Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS Washington · Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS | High | 24.9% | -13.1pp |
| 21 | Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy Washington · Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy | High | 24.5% | -13.5pp |
| 22 | Washington Leadership Academy PCS Washington · Washington Leadership Academy PCS | High | 24.2% | -13.8pp |
| 23 | Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy Washington · Friendship PCS | High | 24.1% | -13.9pp |
| 24 | H.D. Woodson HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 24.1% | -13.9pp |
| 25 | Coolidge HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 22.9% | -15.1pp |
| 26 | IDEA PCS Washington · IDEA PCS | High | 22.5% | -15.5pp |
| 27 | E.L. Haynes PCS - HS Washington · E.L. Haynes PCS | High | 22.0% | -16.0pp |
| 28 | Roosevelt HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 21.6% | -16.4pp |
| 29 | KIPP DC PCS - Legacy College Preparatory PCS Washington · KIPP DC PCS | High | 17.7% | -20.3pp |
| 30 | Ron Brown College Preparatory HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 15.6% | -22.4pp |
| 31 | Cardozo Education Campus Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 15.0% | -23.0pp |
| 32 | Ballou HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 14.0% | -24.0pp |
| 33 | Capital City PCS - HS Washington · Capital City PCS | High | 12.9% | -25.1pp |
| 34 | Dunbar HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 12.5% | -25.5pp |
| 35 | The SEED PCS of Washington DC Washington · SEED PCS | High | 7.5% | -30.5pp |
| 36 | Anacostia HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 5.7% | -32.3pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the DC CAPE % Meeting + Exceeding threshold on the latest available DC CAPE English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in District of Columbia, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.