The following maps summarize the pattern and number of the areas where students travel to school. In every map, each color represents a ward or planning area where students live. The house symbols represent the center of the geographic area where the student lives and the school icons represent the center of the geographic area where the school is located. The thickness of the corresponding line represents the number of students traveling to or from another area to attend school. In most areas, the majority of students attend school in the area they live. Cross-area commuting tends to be limited to nearby areas. Select different options in the filter menus to view patterns for students in other geographies, school years, sector, and grade bands.
The bars below the map describe how many students "STAY" or attend school in the same ward or planning area they live, "LEAVE" or attend school in a different ward or planning area than the selected focus geography where they live, and "ENTER" or attend school in the focus geography but do not live there. These bars are stacked with each color representing a different geography.
Student Commute Patterns, SY2014-15-SY2023-24
Note: For more information about the enrollment patterns of specific schools, by neighborhood cluster, or by DCPS boundary see the DME's enrollment visualizations on the DME data resources page. Source: OSSE Audited Enrollment, SY14-15 to SY23-24
