District of Columbia schools ranked by test score
Latest DC CAPE year (2024-25). 34 schools with reported Mathematics scores. State average: 27.5%.
| Rank | School | Level | Mathematics | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School Without Walls HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 75.3% | +47.8pp |
| 2 | BASIS DC PCS Washington · BASIS DC PCS | High | 67.7% | +40.2pp |
| 3 | Benjamin Banneker HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 60.9% | +33.4pp |
| 4 | Washington Latin PCS - Upper School Washington · Washington Latin PCS | High | 38.2% | +10.7pp |
| 5 | Jackson-Reed HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 36.2% | +8.7pp |
| 6 | District of Columbia International School Washington · District of Columbia International School | High | 33.8% | +6.3pp |
| 7 | McKinley Technology HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 26.7% | -0.8pp |
| 8 | The Sojourner Truth School PCS Washington · The Sojourner Truth School PCS | High | 24.6% | -2.9pp |
| 9 | E.L. Haynes PCS - HS Washington · E.L. Haynes PCS | High | 20.5% | -7.0pp |
| 10 | Duke Ellington School of the Arts Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 16.0% | -11.5pp |
| 11 | Ron Brown College Preparatory HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 13.4% | -14.1pp |
| 12 | Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 11.6% | -15.9pp |
| 13 | MacArthur HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 11.3% | -16.2pp |
| 14 | Columbia Heights Education Campus Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 11.2% | -16.3pp |
| 15 | Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill Washington · Digital Pioneers Academy PCS | High | 11.1% | -16.4pp |
| 16 | Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS Washington · Friendship PCS | High | 10.6% | -16.9pp |
| 17 | KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS Washington · KIPP DC PCS | High | 10.1% | -17.4pp |
| 18 | Washington Leadership Academy PCS Washington · Washington Leadership Academy PCS | High | 10.0% | -17.5pp |
| 19 | Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC) Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 9.6% | -17.9pp |
| 20 | Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy Washington · Friendship PCS | High | 8.3% | -19.2pp |
| 21 | Coolidge HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 8.1% | -19.4pp |
| 22 | Paul PCS - International HS Washington · Paul PCS | High | 7.0% | -20.5pp |
| 23 | Eastern HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 5.0% | -22.5pp |
| 24 | The SEED PCS of Washington DC Washington · SEED PCS | High | 4.8% | -22.7pp |
| 25 | Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy Washington · Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy | High | 4.7% | -22.8pp |
| 26 | Capital City PCS - HS Washington · Capital City PCS | High | 3.8% | -23.7pp |
| 27 | IDEA PCS Washington · IDEA PCS | High | 3.8% | -23.7pp |
| 28 | Dunbar HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 3.5% | -24.0pp |
| 29 | Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts Washington · Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts | High | 3.5% | -24.0pp |
| 30 | KIPP DC PCS - Legacy College Preparatory PCS Washington · KIPP DC PCS | High | 3.4% | -24.1pp |
| 31 | Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS Washington · Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS | High | 3.4% | -24.1pp |
| 32 | H.D. Woodson HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 3.3% | -24.2pp |
| 33 | Roosevelt HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 2.6% | -24.9pp |
| 34 | Cardozo Education Campus Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 2.4% | -25.1pp |
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 Mathematics 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.