Seaton ES

Seaton ES is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in Washington, District of Columbia, part of District of Columbia Public Schools, with 390 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Seaton ES is one of 117 schools operated by District of Columbia Public Schools, a district that instructs 52,030 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Seaton ES shows that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 31% Black, 23% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, District of Columbia as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) shows that median household earnings sit near $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. Seaton ES is one of 247 public schools in District of Columbia (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students).

The closest other public school is Benjamin Banneker HS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Seaton ES has grew 5%, going from 371 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 9% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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