Stoddert ES

Stoddert ES, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by District of Columbia Public Schools, instructs 425 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in District of Columbia, which averages around 348 students.

District of Columbia Public Schools runs 117 schools in total, collectively educating 52,030 students. Stoddert ES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Stoddert ES shows that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest comes out to 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) records that the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Stoddert ES is one.

Hardy MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stoddert ES has fell 3%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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