District of Columbia schools ranked by test score
Latest DC CAPE year (2024-25). 209 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 38.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Friendship PCS - Blow Pierce Middle Washington · Friendship PCS | Middle | 40.9% | +2.9pp |
| 52 | Sela PCS Washington · Sela PCS | Elementary | 40.3% | +2.3pp |
| 53 | Bard HS Early College DC (Bard DC) Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 39.7% | +1.7pp |
| 54 | Eliot-Hine MS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Middle | 39.7% | +1.7pp |
| 55 | Friendship PCS - Southeast Middle Washington · Friendship PCS | Middle | 39.7% | +1.7pp |
| 56 | Thomson ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 39.3% | +1.3pp |
| 57 | DC Prep PCS - Edgewood MS Washington · DC Prep PCS | Middle | 39.2% | +1.2pp |
| 58 | DC Prep PCS - Benning ES Washington · DC Prep PCS | Elementary | 39.0% | +1.0pp |
| 59 | Barnard ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 38.9% | +0.9pp |
| 60 | Center City PCS - Brightwood Washington · Center City PCS | Elementary | 38.9% | +0.9pp |
| 61 | LEARN DC PCS Washington · LEARN DC PCS | Elementary | 38.1% | +0.1pp |
| 62 | Friendship PCS - Ideal Middle Washington · Friendship PCS | Middle | 37.8% | -0.2pp |
| 63 | Bruce-Monroe ES at Park View Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 37.5% | -0.5pp |
| 64 | DC Prep PCS - Benning MS Washington · DC Prep PCS | Middle | 37.5% | -0.5pp |
| 65 | Phelps Architecture Construction and Engineering HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 37.4% | -0.6pp |
| 66 | Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook Washington · Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS | Elementary | 37.3% | -0.7pp |
| 67 | Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 37.3% | -0.7pp |
| 68 | Dorothy I. Height ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 37.2% | -0.8pp |
| 69 | Ida B. Wells MS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Middle | 36.1% | -1.9pp |
| 70 | Two Rivers PCS - 4th Street Washington · Two Rivers PCS | Elementary | 35.8% | -2.2pp |
| 71 | Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Middle Washington · Friendship PCS | Middle | 35.7% | -2.3pp |
| 72 | Friendship PCS - Armstrong Middle Washington · Friendship PCS | Middle | 35.4% | -2.6pp |
| 73 | John Lewis ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 35.3% | -2.7pp |
| 74 | Paul PCS - MS Washington · Paul PCS | Middle | 35.3% | -2.7pp |
| 75 | Social Justice PCS Washington · Social Justice PCS | Middle | 35.2% | -2.8pp |
| 76 | Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill Washington · Digital Pioneers Academy PCS | High | 34.6% | -3.4pp |
| 77 | Paul PCS - International HS Washington · Paul PCS | High | 33.8% | -4.2pp |
| 78 | Raymond ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 33.3% | -4.7pp |
| 79 | Columbia Heights Education Campus Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 33.0% | -5.0pp |
| 80 | Washington Global PCS Washington · Washington Global PCS | Middle | 33.0% | -5.0pp |
| 81 | J.O. Wilson ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 32.9% | -5.1pp |
| 82 | MacFarland MS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Middle | 32.6% | -5.4pp |
| 83 | E.L. Haynes PCS - ES Washington · E.L. Haynes PCS | Elementary | 31.8% | -6.2pp |
| 84 | Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory HS Washington · Friendship PCS | High | 31.7% | -6.3pp |
| 85 | DC Prep PCS - Anacostia MS Washington · DC Prep PCS | Middle | 31.6% | -6.4pp |
| 86 | MacArthur HS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | High | 31.6% | -6.4pp |
| 87 | Langdon ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 31.4% | -6.6pp |
| 88 | Howard University MS of Mathematics and Science PCS Washington · Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science P | Middle | 30.4% | -7.6pp |
| 89 | McKinley MS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Middle | 30.2% | -7.8pp |
| 90 | Takoma ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 30.0% | -8.0pp |
| 91 | Tubman ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 30.0% | -8.0pp |
| 92 | Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts Washington · Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts | High | 29.6% | -8.4pp |
| 93 | Breakthrough Montessori PCS Washington · Breakthrough Montessori PCS | Elementary | 29.2% | -8.8pp |
| 94 | Creative Minds International PCS Washington · Creative Minds International PCS | Elementary | 29.0% | -9.0pp |
| 95 | Seaton ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 28.8% | -9.2pp |
| 96 | Two Rivers PCS - Young ES Washington · Two Rivers PCS | Elementary | 28.7% | -9.3pp |
| 97 | Moten ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 28.6% | -9.4pp |
| 98 | Bunker Hill ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 28.4% | -9.6pp |
| 99 | LaSalle-Backus ES Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Elementary | 28.4% | -9.6pp |
| 100 | Brookland MS Washington · District of Columbia Public Schools | Middle | 28.3% | -9.7pp |
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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.