Truesdell ES

Truesdell ES, a moderately sized elementary-level community in Washington, District of Columbia, operated by District of Columbia Public Schools, teaches 370 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within District of Columbia Public Schools, which oversees 117 schools and 52,030 students, Truesdell ES is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Truesdell ES logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 28% Black, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for District of Columbia shows median household earnings sit near $109,870, 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 Truesdell ES is one.

Roosevelt HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Truesdell ES.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Truesdell ES has ticked down 47%, going from 698 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 1% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Truesdell ES community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.