Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster)

Located at 420 12th St. SE, in Washington, District of Columbia, Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) is a mid-tier elementary campus that serves 415 students (grades 1 through 5), operated by District of Columbia Public Schools.

District of Columbia Public Schools runs 117 schools in total, collectively educating 52,030 students. Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for District of Columbia put 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 Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) is one.

Nearest neighbor: Digital Pioneers Academy PCS - Capitol Hill, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Watkins ES (Capitol Hill Cluster) has fell 3%, going from 428 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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