Turner ES

Turner 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 461 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, District of Columbia's public schools average about 348 students each, so Turner ES sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, Turner ES reports that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Turner ES higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (District of Columbia) shows that median household income runs about $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. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Turner ES is one.

Nearest neighbor: AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 463 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Turner ES community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.